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My First Little Workbook of Wicca
(Review originally published 2013, book purchased by the reviewer) My biggest complaint: this book is perfect bound, and as a workbook, I really wish it was either spiral bound, or had tear-out pages, or something. I could see kids doing these pages over and over again, and I’ve recently come upon several ways to re-use…
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A Witch’s Primer, Grade 1
(Review originally published 2012, book purchased by reviewer) Let’s start with the basics: I bought this book to review because I really liked the premise. Ms. Manderly says in the intro that she is interested in the idea of a Pagan school (parochial school) and felt there wasn’t anything out there that would serve as…
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The Ancient Amber Beads
(Review originally published 2014, book purchased by reviewer) As I mentioned in a previous review of another book by this author, I met the author through a business networking group, and I really like her Waldorf style. This is a really beautiful book done in the same style of watercolors as all of Ancient Amber’s books. This…
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March Brings Ostara
I know that Imbolc is “the beginning of spring” traditionally….but here in Michigan, February is typically stormy, colder than cold, and snowy. We’ve had more than a foot of snow, total, in February this year along with several inches of rain, multiple high wind warnings, and several snow days for local schools. So for me,…
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Revival in School?
In early February, a school in West Virginia made the news for having a Christian revival at school during school hours, which some teachers stated was mandatory. As you might expect, some students and parents (rightfully) pointed out that this is illegal. Students staged a walk-out. The school contends that this event happened during a…
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Review: Kindling Sparks
(book purchased by reviewer) So, a month or two back I ran across a clergy person on Patreon and discovered that they were in the process of publishing a book. Specifically, “Kindling Sparks: A Religious Education Program for Young Pagans.” Many of the things from this book are on Rev. Jan Avende’s Patreon, but having…
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Schooling
So, here we are. I’ve been adding homeschool resources, and deleting one site that went out of business. I’ve also been thinking a lot about schooling in general. We’ve been very child-led this year, and debating not going back to school at all. But I’ve also been wondering what happened to all the resources that…
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Review: Pagan Homeschooling
(book owned by reviewer) I’ve been promising a review of Pagan Homeschooling, by Kristin Madden, for some time now. I’ve finally finished re-reading it, and truthfully, I feel like the impression I got from it when I first read it, probably 17 years ago, was probably correct then, and is still correct now. Sure, it’s…
