DRAGONFLY COVE

Welcome to our Dragonfly Cove Care Home and our Nook and a Book reading corner. This blog is a living, growing record of our kiddos during this beautiful time in our lives together. This kind of blogging is as personal and intimate as writing a journal or diary. Memories and experiences are the greatest gifts we can bestow on our children. Here we document and share the unique experiences, ideas and inspirations enriching our lives and the children in our care. You will see various pictures of our kiddos learning through play and inquiry in every day life♥

A couple of ideas and quotes related to our blog and growth...

"Life isn't about finding yourself; It's about creating yourself."
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass; it's learning to dance in the rain"

My passion and love of learning stems from a belief that learning is a life-long process. We strive to be open and adaptable to the many changes and challenges of everyday life. I try to model continued learning as the children see me reading, studying and implementing new, creative adaptations and theory to our home indoor and outdoor environments and lives. By giving them these roots, my hope is they will also follow a path of inquiry and know as students of life, they will always be learning and growing♥

Here is an excerpt from "How Does Learning Happen? Ontario’s Pedagogy for the Early Years" which directly pertains to our blog here...

"a means of sharing perspectives with parents and colleagues. When families and others are invited to contribute to the documentation and share their own interpretations, it can provide even more insights that children, educators, and families can return to, reflect on, and remember in order to extend learning."

We love reading your thoughts and comments! Thanks so much for embarking on this special, memorable journey with us... lots of love♥

Tuesday, 19 December 2017

Winter Hygge includes books books books♥

Staying in and curling up with a good book♥

Winter came down to our home one night
Quietly pirouetting in on silvery-toed slippers of snow,
And we, we were children once again...

~Bill Morgan Jr.

Put your love in a poem
Roses are red.
Put your love in a letter,
Words never said.
Whisper love
When you're feeling shy.
Sing of love,
And the world will cry.
Save your love for a present,
Give it away.
The perfect gift
For Christmas Day.

Rankin/Bass

I'm a little penguin
Just a few days old,
Trying to keep warm
In the Antarctic cold.
Mom and Dad care for me
...By giving me heat.
Watch me as I sit upon
Their nice warm feet.
~Angel Fuller

Saturday, 16 December 2017

Take time to stand in wonder... embrace the beauty and stillness♥

Our backyard, covered in a blanket of snow♥

The kids have been having fun, playing all day... embracing the beauty and stillness of winters majesty.

We now have a multitude of snow gear drying by the fire while we get ready to enjoy another pot of homemade chicken stew!

Our crock pots will get a lot of use this winter...

A lovely way to end a day... so hygge♥

What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
WH Davies

Monday, 4 December 2017

Blessed♥

Whether I walk trails or parks with my kiddos,
Or gaze upon the birds nest in our yard,
Or wade our feet along the beach just in the edge of the water,
Or stand under vastly soaring trees in the woods,
Or converse, or rest, or dine with the ones I love,

Or play fun games, or thoughtful inquiry with my littles,
Or become lost in one of our new books... or old ones,
Or watch my littles riding with me in the van,
Or watching sleepy baby eyes while nursing,
Or become deeply moved while we watch films,
Or watching our wildlife on our homestead,
Or wet kisses on my cheek and little arms around my neck,
Or delight in leaves or snow twirling through the air,
Or the wonder of sunset, dawn, or of stars shining so quiet and bright,
Or the exquisite scent of my babies hair, or the quiet of their breath on my skin;

Or cuddle entwined, holding hands or being close...
These with the rest, one and all, are to me miracles and I feel truly blessed♥

SGJ~2017♥

Based on Leaves of Grass poetry collection by Walt Whitman

Friday, 24 November 2017

Kindness is the best gift this season♥

Welcome to the season of giving♥

Dragonfly Cove