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The sisters reflect on 2020, and look hopefully toward a better 2021.
Plus they share the inspiring words of Katrina Kenison, who encourages us to slow down this holiday season.
This episode is sponsored by Wisdom Wonder Project, KiwiCo, and TeacherFit/StudentFit.
This “a Year to Slow Down” EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY:
WISDOM WONDER PROJECT
Looking for a developmentally appropriate, engaging, open & go home education option? Wisdom Wonder Project offers a private school education right from your home. With rich, beautiful, literature-based lessons in monthly digital downloads and streaming instructional videos for preschool through 2nd grade, Wisdom Wonder Project makes learning accessible and affordable worldwide for teachers and parents alike. Try your first month free!
Subjects range from literature, block play, art, history/literature, and science, along with a la carte options for learning about holidays, nature play, and more books! Wisdom Wonder Project believes that play and wondering is the work of children, from which sprouts wisdom.
In addition, Wisdom Wonder Project believes character matters in education—with monthly character traits and free book lists available on their blog, they encourage reading aloud family discussions around the dinner table or snuggled up on the couch!
To learn more head to Wisdom Wonder Project and use the coupon code SISTERS to get 10% off your first purchase of any curriculum.
TEACHERFIT & STUDENTFIT
TeacherFit and StudentFit offer a tailored approach to at-home fitness, yoga, and mindfulness for homeschool parents and their students.
TeacherFit’s mission is to impact the health and wellness of educators to allow them to be their best for their students and in turn impact them to their greatest ability. The benefits of high-intensity functional movement are endless, not to mention sometimes you just need to sweat. TeacherFit online fitness classes feature 5 new classes each week combining bodyweight, dumbbell, and kettlebell movements designed to build muscle, burn fat, and increase metabolic capacity. Every class features a movement demonstration, recommended alternatives, warm-up, and a cool-down stretch.
New this year, StudentFit is brought to you by TeacherFit. StudentFit is a movement to change the way students around the world look at their health and wellness. StudentFit offers 2 mindfulness practices per week, two 30-minute fitness classes per week, and two 15-minute yoga classes per week.
Use the promo code SISTERS for $10 off StudentFit and/or TeacherFit.
KIWICO
This episode is sponsored by KiwiCo. While this holiday season may look a little different, it’s still the season to celebrate moments of wonder & discovery. With a KiwiCo hands-on science and art projects, you’ll give a gift that sparks curiosity and learning all year round. KiwiCo’s seriously fun and innovative crates will help you share new discoveries with everyone on your holiday list this year.
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LISTEN TO THE episode here:
LINKS FROM THE EPISODE, to help you slow down
- A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
- Audible (get a free book!)
- Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
- Earth Sky + Water Publishing (signed copies of Katrina Kenison’s books)
- Hiking boots
- Hyggeschooling: The Sisters Get Cozy {Episode 29}
- Hyggeschooling 2: Electric Light Boogaloo {Episode 58}
- If You’re Already Dreading Winter, Here Are Some Small Ways to Prepare Now by Rachel Miller, Vice
- Kara’s Baked Potato Coat
- Kara’s Instagram post
- Kara’s puzzle
- KatrinaKenison.com
- Kim John Payne episode
- Magical Journey: An Apprenticeship in Contentment by Katrina Kenison
- Mitten Strings for God: Reflections for Mothers in a Hurry by Katrina Kenison
- Moments of Seeing: Reflections from an Ordinary Life by Katrina Kenison
- Our Town by Thornton Wilder
- Poetry for Neanderthals
- SAD Lamp
- Santa Cookie Elf Snowman
- Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza
- That ‘Brain Fog’ You’re Feeling Is Perfectly Normal by Molly Colvin, WBUR
- The Gift of an Ordinary Day: A Mother’s Memoir by Katrina Kenison
- The Organization of Virginia Homeschoolers: 2020 VA Homeschoolers Conference and Resource Fair
- Throw Throw Burrito
- Throw Throw Burrito Extreme
- Zombie reference came from these episodes:
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You can follow Katrina via her website, KatrinaKenison.com.
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