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Hi, I'm Meghann, the voice behind Rooted Childhood and mama to three littles.

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Another day, another ball run! I’ve gotten lot

Another day, another ball run!

I’ve gotten lots of questions about the pieces we use to make these so I thought I’d give it a permanent home here.

We use @melissaanddougtoys unit blocks as the base to lift up sections of the run. @grimmswoodentoys building boards and semicircles provide the flat bases the ball runs on and Grimm’s rainbows add a little fun with lifting up sections and providing a squiggly track to run on. Grimm’s nesting bowls make a perfect finale for the ball to drop into.

We have the Grimm’s small balls and sorting board to keep track of the balls. I love the Grimm’s pastels and we have a mix of pastel and natural items and I love how it looks! They’ve added in Grimm’s trees and peg people to decorate this run.

We’ve gotten all of our Grimm’s pieces from @bellalunatoys, @thehappylark_fw, and @thewoodenwagon. Don’t buy these on Amazon because you’ll overpay-head to your favorite small shop!

As for building the runs, my best tip is to start at the end. We build a little and test it and repeat until we’re happy with it and get reliable results.

Building these ball runs is an amazing engineering challenge and all three of my kids ages 9, 6, and 3, can build some sort of run by themselves, but we all have more fun when we work collaboratively as a family!

Let me know if you have more questions and I’d love to help! Anyone else love making these like we do?!

🌻Slow your scroll, mama!🌻 We’ve been road

🌻Slow your scroll, mama!🌻

We’ve been road tripping all day back from the cutest little flower farm and I haven’t had time to tell you more about this special gift for you…$10 shop credit to my shop + 13 more! 🎉

This isn’t a giveaway and you don’t need to wait and see if you win- YOU WON! You get $140 in shop credits when you use code SEPTEMBER10 at any of our shops.

I’ll include a link in my stories to swipe up for easier shopping, but you’ll have to hurry because this amazing offers expires FRIDAY at 8am PST. Check the link in my stories or my last post for more details and all the fine print.

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@meaningfulmenus
@gentle_classical_press
@simple.and.free_
@fiddlesticks.education
@willfullyservinghischildren
@stephhathawaydesigns
@storiesbeginathome
@withheidijoy
@bravegrownhome
@livinglessonsinreading
@livingincolorblog

Happy Fall, y’all!!! Seasons come and seasons g

Perhaps the most forgotten aspect of education tod

Perhaps the most forgotten aspect of education today is the education of the hands. 🖐

Machines have taken over much of what human hands used to be necessary for and yet, we still need makers and fixers in our everyday life and if we’re not training our young ones up to fill those gaps, what will the world look like in 50 years?

A favorite book on the subject of making and fixing things, Shop Class as Soulcraft, outlines the shift in our society’s approach to personal belongings: “What ordinary people once made, they buy; and what they once fixed for themselves, they replace entirely or hire an expert to repair.”

This book explores a thesis that Charlotte Mason also knew more than 100 years ago- working with your hands is meaningful because it is genuinely useful.

Little hands can do extraordinary things, if only given the chance. My children have woven wall hangings, used needles to felt wool, made fleece blankets, sewed seasonal decor, rolled beeswax candles, built furniture in the woodshop, made toys for our animals, dyed silks for play forts...the possibilities are endless!

How do we make time for these endeavors? They are prioritized right along with math, reading, geography, and history. My children will not join the generation of children who can answer standardized test questions, have endless lists of data memorized, but can’t actually *do* anything.

Handicrafts are an opportunity to do something well for its own sake. When a child creates something from his own two hands, the lessons are limitless. A child looks at a finished project with such pride at his contribution to the family. ☺️

I want my children to grow up and make a difference in the world. 🌎And so...we start here by weaving lessons of life and love and hope and peace into every thread along the way. 🧶

I’m so honored to share about #howwecharlottemason with some dear friends. Hop over to @casachitalpa to hear more about how she approaches handicrafts in a slow, methodical, meaningful way and please join the conversation by using the hashtag to share your own way of incorporating handicrafts into your homeschool.

Last night we hosted friends for an autumn equinox

Last night we hosted friends for an autumn equinox celebration and it was so perfect. 🍂 We enjoyed the pool for maybe the last time this summer, the kids played, the grown ups played (if you haven’t heard of KanJam, you need this in your life 😆), we cooked around the campfire, and enjoyed a nut-free, dairy-free, and Covid-friendly 🤪caramel apple bar using the date caramel recipe in the Rooted Childhood September Collection.

I sliced all of the apples and put them into bowls with labels and each family took a few slices of each and put them on a large plate with corresponding apple name labels. I put the date caramel in 4oz jelly jars. We had little wooden sticks for dipping, but honestly the kids used their fingers!

I put the toppings in individual containers for each family to share- we had crushed pretzels, crushed Maple Creme Oreos, pepitas, sunflower seeds, shredded coconut, crushed pizzelles, and by far the group’s favorite- mini gummy bears.

This year has been such a wild ride, but the seasons and nature’s rhythms are always grounding. Children especially can find such comfort in these rhythms and the traditions that accompany them. My littles may not know September, October, or November, but they absolutely know caramel apple bars, candle making, and cozy campfires along with flower fairies and pumpkin houses and felted acorns. 🎃

Hoping you had a weekend as lovely as ours and wishing you a happy equinox this week! 🧡🧡🧡

🍂 🧶 Autumn Handcraft Giftaway 🧶 🍂 “

🍂 🧶 Autumn Handcraft Giftaway 🧶 🍂

“We will make a quilt to help us always remember home.” Anna’s mother said. “It will be like having the family in backhome Russia dance around us at night.”
The Keeping Quilt, Patricia Polacco

For centuries families have sat together by candlelight, firelight, and daylight making together. It’s a generations old tradition that our culture seems to be swiftly breaking from.

Here’s a special opportunity to grab back the calm and steady work that is handcrafts. Our children yearn to know how to make meaningful, useful items that any recipient will want to display with joy!

One winner receives:
🎨 Koi travel watercolor set
🎨 Strathmore watercolor artist tiles
🎨 Beeswax blocks
🎨 Organic wood wicks
🎨 Woolbuddy felting pad
🎨 Felting needles
🎨 Wool roving
🎨 Macrame cord
🎨Rooted Childhood Autumn Collection

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The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts, and litt

The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts, and little did she realize it would take all day...😆❤️😘

But worth it for celebrating the letter H, right?! Recipe from @tamingofthespoon and they turned out perfectly!

#gentleclassicalpreschool

🍄 Small Shop Giveaway! 🍄 . Fall is in the ai

🍄 Small Shop Giveaway! 🍄
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Fall is in the air, and some small shop friends and I have joined together to gift TWO families with extraordinary fall-themed resources
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There are so many goodies included in this, you’ll be set for years of cozy, seasonal resources!
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🍄 The winners will each receive:
• Hello Autumn Pack @fiddlesticks.education
• Fall Invitation Collection @storiesbeginathome
• Pumpkin Mini Unit @stephhathawaydesigns
• Garden Seeds Unit @greenurbancreative
• Constellations Unit @chickieandroo
• Burgess Birds Guide @simple.and.free_
• Autumn Journal @raising_up_wild_things
• A Year of Tales @ayearof_learning
• September Collection @rootedchildhood
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