Homelife, The Basis for Homeschooling (5 Tips Episode #1)

Posted by Donna Simmons

So the title for this talk is A Home for Homemaking. If we are homeschoolers, then our home, and being at home, is what is most important. The home is the vessel, the chalice, the place where karmic relationships between…

Christopherus Geography

Posted by Donna Simmons

Geography is a wonderful homeschooling topic and at Christopherus, we follow the Waldorf path of gradually unfolding from home in fourth grade out to encompassing the world by eighth grade. Here is a grade by grade description of how we…

From Form Drawing to Geometry

Posted by Donna Simmons

As I now (summer 2025)  head toward completing our Christopherus curriculum (parts of 8th grade are available here) I am in the wonderful and privileged position of being able to look back over the grades and seeing how they connect…

Children and Angels

Posted by Donna Simmons

God is Listening One of the most powerful examples parents can set for their children is to let them witness them as reverent people who pray and who actively relates to the spiritual worlds. We live in dark times and…

Child Development

Posted by Donna Simmons

In order to make the Christopherus curriculum one’s own and to work with its healing depths, one needs to have more than a passing familiarity with child development.

Introduction to Anthroposophy

Posted by Donna Simmons

Although teachers in Waldorf schools should be working out of anthroposophy, no homeschooler is, of course obliged to walk this path. However, if one wants to understand the depths of this uniquely universal education, one which is, at heart a…

Christopherus math through the grades

Posted by Donna Simmons

A holistic math curriculum At Christopherus we are proud to provide a math curriculum  based on the holistic reality of numbers and operations, grounded in the child’s own experience and deepened from grade to grade. From collecting nuts to memorizing…

a story of St Nicholas

Posted by Donna Simmons

St Nicholas’ day has passed (6 December) but this is a lovely story to share with your children. It was written by a Christian Community (the church inspired by the work of Steiner) priest. May it be received with love…

Your Child and Tests

Posted by Donna Simmons

The Christopherus curriculum definitely includes tests–but the right tests, given in the right way at the right time. Listen here for a discussion of this topic plus what to do if tests are required where you live. Here is the…

The Spiritual Reality of Truth

Posted by Donna Simmons

In this 20 minute talk I explore (briefly!!) the spiritual reality of truth; the un-truth of political movements inspired by postmodernism; and the paradox of the individual yet universality of the striving toward truth as a spiritual deed. I begin…