We have a English/Korean background here, so tea time is happening all day…morning, afternoon, and bedtime. 😅. The Daily Connoisseur on YT has some great ideas for tea time…if anyone wants to get a little fancy. :)
It’s been three days since I watched this video, and two days of implementing 3 o’clock tea time in our home. It immediately became the kids favorite time of day. This afternoon they were so looking forward to our time together over tea!! Thank you ❤️
"Everything we do in this classical world, all the training towards virtue and wisdom, the great living books, the outdoor times, freedom not being in a school all day, all these life-giving things we fight for as homeschooling mothers, saying that it's important for the formation of our children, is not just for them. It's not for keeps. It's to go out, love God, and love thy neighbor." This right here is the heart of it all! That the love for God we are instilling in our children will overflow onto others.
Um, absolutely no idea what Charlotte Mason is Pretty sure I don't need any atm But, your positive energy & enthusiasm are beyond doubt and I admire you for it.
Harold! Charlotte Mason was a British educator in the late 1800s, early 1900s. Seemingly progressive for her time, she was actually a classical educator who believed all children were full persons and as such deserved lives, and education, of truth, goodness, and beauty. Stick around and all my energy and enthusiasm about things worth loving will abound!
I haven't seen any of your other videos (yet) and so I wanted to say that this video has blessed me so much!! I have a 2 year old and a 10 month old and am planning on homeschooling. Your reminders of why we do what we do for our children and why we pursue beauty are so beautiful. It's all about Christ and you said it so well I felt like I was hearing the Holy Spirit.
Thank you for all the great tips! Tea time is new for us, but my children (5 and 2) LOVE each time we sit down and sip tea. We currently do it about once a week but I would love to make it a daily thing. Blessings to your family.
Isn't it fun to have some ceremony and beauty in your days?! Even the little ones recognize it. We started so small-a cup of tea and a picture book-and from there it grew to today!
Thank you for making this video. We recently found a set of yellow tea cups (my son’s favorite color) at a thrift store and I’ve been wanting to start doing tea time during our homeschool. We also have to hot water spout on our espresso machine and it’s nice!
I love this! My grandparents were from the Nederland and my at grandma’s we always had tea time. It was delicious and cozy… I’m looking forward to start this habit with my kids! But of course, we will add something to nourish the mind as well
Very helpful! We do tea time every afternoon after the 4 year olds have some quiet time and the baby naps, and at first I made it fairly intentional but I have definitely let it slip into “eh whatever” mode and I think tomorrow I’m going to try to make it more intentional again. Tea, snack, some poetry. We just read a delightful picture book called Emily, all about Emily Dickinson, and we have a book of her poems. I bet my older two will love hearing her poetry read
Oh yes, that's a perfect idea! And if you know, "I'm going to read poetry," the great thing is you don't have to plan the poems! We frequently just flip through until something catches our fancy!
Autumn, I must say that the more videos I watch of yours, the more I love it. It is my first year homeschooling our 3 youngest (they are 8, 6 almost 7, and 4 almost 5). I had been looking into homeschooling for several years before taking the plunge, so to speak, and have known that I would like our homeschool to be more Charlotte Mason inspired. I often times feel overwhelmed and don't know where to really start with it. Can you suggest a "this is where you should begin" or a video that you have done that maybe discussed this? Also, you mentioned that your 10:00 tea time is 10 minutes, but I don't remember if you stated how long your tea time is at 3:00. I was curious how long you do the more elaborate tea time. Thank you for your videos. I appreciate them so much and am strongly considering a Patreon membership with you.
So happy to hear it, Crystal! I'd probably recommend starting with my podcast. Season 1 of The Commonplace gave an introduction to some classical CM concepts and ideas that might stump you in the beginning. Season 2 worked through all of Mason's 20 principles. As for videos, I'd start with the "Get Your Bearings" series to which I'm always adding new things: th-cam.com/video/cF8K9OrJIU0/w-d-xo.html We'd love to have you join us in Patreon! It's a constant conversation and resource hub for these things and more!
@@thecommonplacehomeschool thank you, Autumn! I just listened to Episode 00 on the podcast. You mentioned the first 6 years are meant for the mother to be training, educating and preparing herself for teaching. How does one begin teaching this way when my children are already the ages that they are? While I'm not completely new to Charlotte Mason philosophy, I have by no means been preparing myself for 6 years.
This whole video was good, the ending was great. Also, tea doesn’t have to have caffeine if that’s a concern for mothers of little children. The children in my life love a cup of chai.
I just want you to know your content is amazing! I just love it! Also I’m a Pennsylvanian too. Pittsburgh area. But no longer live there since my husband is active duty Army. Anyway, thank you for your content!
My kids (5 and 2) also love to drink tea all day 😅 I wish they could make it themselves, but I have to put a kettle on, so it’s a bit treacherous. We aren’t officially homeschooling, but we do a tea “lunch” once a week and read from A Child’s Garden of Verses or When We Were Very Young, and my girls really look forward to it 🙂 They also like to dress up, and we put quiet classical music on in the background. And yes, toast is fine! Often our tea lunch is some sourdough toast with jam or honey, unless we had time to bake scones or muffins.
I love a good dress up tea! I actually find myself in my wedding dress far more than you'd think! Ha! It's my "princess" dress when the others don their best dress-up clothes. Makes for a proper good time!
This is wonderful! I just stumbled upon your videos and I have been captivated and have so much to learn. With that, do you have a video or blog or something that explains “a day in the life” of homeschooling? I just purchased TCT and I am so excited to get started. But, I also want to know how to get through our daily tasks in a meaningful, beautiful way. I have a 7 yo girl, 6 yo boy and 4 yo triplet boys for reference and this will be our first year doing anything classical/CM which means my entire household and all I’ve ever known needs to be changed 🙂
I have thought about "7, 6, and 4, 4, 4," so many times today since reading your comment. Huzzah! I don't have a "Day in the Life" video (since I keep my kids mostly off the internet) but I do have resources in Common House from various seasons including timetables, chore lists, etc. I'm also asked some form of this question in almost every Common House Q&A so I try to answer it from various angles.
Autumn, thank you for your videos (and podcast!!) your perspective is a breath of fresh air. I absolutely adore your intention and deeply beautiful work. I also love the idea of liturgies with my kids but I did not grow up in that mindset (i am now Anglican and my soul is just soaking up the liturgy!) would you mind sharing how you open tea time? What do you say & what do they say?
Oh yes! And you may enjoy taking a spin through Common House one day. It's a very liturgical group! Tea time: Me, in accent, sometimes with a pipe: I now call to order the Society of Kernels Who Drink Tea! Kids, in accents, sometimes with pipes and hats: HEAR! HEAR! *bang loudly on table* Then I bring up our agenda for the time. I'll ask things like, "Why do we read and think these lovely thoughts?" (A: To know God's love.) or "What is God's big plan?" (A: To kill the dragon and get the girl!) or "Of what are we the keepers?" (A: Truth, goodness, and beauty!) and whole bunch of things. During Church liturgical seasons, things get swapped but that depends on the season!
That is exactly why you do tea time. Usually at 4 or 5 pm since Europeans have dinner at 8 pm or even later? And you don't have to make the tea weak. Especially if it's herbal teas
Ah, yes. We haven't forayed too far into herbal teas. I'm far too fond of Yorkshire Gold! And yes! That later tea makes such sense when you consider the late dinner time in Europe. Once, in Spain, I couldn't find a restaurant that would serve me until 9 pm!
It is! Check the top post (The "Start here" one!). There's a table of contents section and you'll find it linked under guides. It will take you to the Common Mom post about the early years and you'll find it linked in that post!
I enjoy tea, but I don't think my kids share the same preference. What does everyone else do in this situation? Should I persistently offer tea until they develop a taste for it, or should I offer a different beverage? I do have reservations about alternatives, as it might not capture the essence of a leisurely tea time that encourages them to unwind and slow down. What would you recommend in this situation? I'm also curious Autumn if you're catholic?
How old are these children and did you catch my note that some of my children drink tea more appropriately called sugar milk? (We have weaned the sugar spoons! Honey for the win!) Ha! I recommend people start with something like cocoa if the tea is not working to get in the habit of an afternoon pause to warm the belly and the soul. Then move to the tea pot with the cream and sugar bowls (if you're okay with it!). Then, if you'd like to, you can start reducing the sugar spoon size or what have you. Baby steps is usually my recommendation! And no, we're not Catholic!
They’re 11 & 12. Thanks for taking the time to respond! I’ll try your recommendations! That was so helpful! Re, religion: it's reassuring to confirm that you're a Christian, as you mentioned in one of your videos. I tried to find information on your website but couldn't find anything on that topic, so I appreciate your openness about it. Connecting with individuals who share my beliefs is significant to me.🤍
I’m trying to think through how this looks practically. I guess you are going back to the table every couple of hours. I only have one child so I am often his play buddy and often going to play dates so he has other children to play with. I guess your outdoor playtime gets broken up into the time between breakfast, tea, lunch, nap, tea, & dinner. Maybe this type of routine can help me solve my never-ending wonder of if my child is bored because I don’t have enough toys to keep him busy as an only child.
It's changed through the seasons! My years of naps and babies are over, so for us, we end school around 11 and can get outside pretty immediately. Tea at 3 gives us a good four-ish hours outside and then I send them out on their own (harder with a single, I know) after tea for a bit more play. In the early years, it was incredibly broken up between meals, naps, nursing, etc., but we were out whenever we could be and usually stitched together a good 4-6 hours in our moderate months! (2-3 in our harsher months)
The amazon links and podcast link are broken in the description, at least for me. :( I'm able to google and find them, but just a heads up, in case it's not just on my end.
Can you do a day in the life video? I feel like I have such a hard time imagining what all of this stuff looks like with kids. Did you wait til they were 2 to start? I can't imagine doing some of this with my 14 month old.
Ah! The sneaky day-in-the-life! While I completely understand the ask, it's not something I do. I keep a pretty high wall around my personal life while talking about all of the ideas I love! However, a fun tip: I started tea time with my oldest at 1.5 years old and it was a quick tea and picture book. It grew from there, which means my younger two did join tea time at birth. I don't start giving tea to a kid until about 18 months (and then, it's very weak tea water) but they can join in on the rich reading, jollification, and snacks along the way! You may enjoy popping into Common House for a bit! We have moms around the world discussing the details of things like this!
I was about to ask what tea you recommend. I've tried three different kinds and my girls (5 & 3) haven't liked any of them! I may just order the Yorkshire Gold and cross my fingers... if they still don't approve, at least I'll have plenty to enjoy myself!
My 3 year old loves fruit teas. That’s a great way to start. And Harney & Sons had a great decaf one called Vanilla Comoro. A small of milk, honey, and mix with a frother/ whisk. It’s so delightful and the decaf helps prevent a hyper preschooler 😂
I'm British and I can confirm that Yorkshire Gold is the best! Although I do think you're a bit mad to let your kids have caffeine 😂 and then add sugar too! There must be a decaffe version or YG. It's interesting that here in the UK we generally don't give our children cups (or mugs) of tea... Tomorrow will be day three of my first week of CM with my 6 year old, so I think we better add in 3pm tea time and make it a habit now!
P.s. Do you make your tea in a tea pot or a mug? Both are very British and are a signifier of class. No body really uses porcelain cups on a day to day basis anymore...
@@susieare Wait. Your children do NOT have tea?! Say more. I do use decaf Yorkshire Gold now that I've found it and had it shipped from the UK. Well worth the shipping.
Hi Autumn, I've just recently found your channell and I've got to say, I love your honest, Godly heart. I think we should be friends. I'm in Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺
Thank you for the tips! I like the idea of a candle. I think my girls will love that ceremony. Your videos and podcasts have been so helpful to me. Thank you for saying how you do teatime and that it doesn’t have to be a big production. It is nice for teatime to be special with scones or another baked good, but you do not have to. My Mom is British and having tea was just apart of the day with or without a snack. And especially with my grandparents it was a culture. If you walked in their house the first thing they would ask is if you would like a cup of tea. You don’t have to have a snack or just have whatever snack you would normally give at that time and add tea. One reason why I think tea is helpful (instead of just an afternoon snack is that my girls (5, 3, and 1) will bolt their snack in 30 seconds it seems, but tea takes longer and they will sit there and stir it and sip it for enough time to read poems or a story. And maybe this is blasphemous to some, but a lot of times, I will just make a pot of tea in the morning, then reheat it later or add freshly boiled water if it’s low. Also, a tea we’ve had recently that hasn’t needed any sweetener is Mighty Leaf Orange Blossom. Or another fruit tea like black currant might help it not need sweetener, but I still put a lot of milk in the girls, so that helps too.
Yes! Love this. There are so many things we are attempting to bring back into commonplace life that seem like such "work" (ah! tea time every day?!) but used to be regular patterns of life that formed people in such rich ways. I like to take my cues from the liturgical church calendar. Most of the days in a year are ordinary, common days. Most of my tea times are filled with ordinary, good things. But there are festal seasons and there are festal tea times with all the fun trimmings! We need both in life and neither is to fill an improper space in our lives. This is the balance that I think the modern mom struggles to find in an age of everyone's highlight reels all of the time. I'm always fighting for the common (good)!
“Not how to need perfect circumstances in order to have joy!!” This part got me!! Thank you ♥️
This seems to be the continued lesson for me through motherhood!
Me too!
We have a English/Korean background here, so tea time is happening all day…morning, afternoon, and bedtime. 😅. The Daily Connoisseur on YT has some great ideas for tea time…if anyone wants to get a little fancy. :)
Aaaall day, everrry day. What a life!
Ooh, I want to get a little fancy! I will be sure to check those out-thank you!
Love Jennifer at Daily Connoisseur! I’m a member of her Chic Society and agree that she has great tea time suggestions!
It’s been three days since I watched this video, and two days of implementing 3 o’clock tea time in our home. It immediately became the kids favorite time of day. This afternoon they were so looking forward to our time together over tea!! Thank you ❤️
Woo! Thank God! Enjoy, enjoy!
"Everything we do in this classical world, all the training towards virtue and wisdom, the great living books, the outdoor times, freedom not being in a school all day, all these life-giving things we fight for as homeschooling mothers, saying that it's important for the formation of our children, is not just for them.
It's not for keeps. It's to go out, love God, and love thy neighbor."
This right here is the heart of it all! That the love for God we are instilling in our children will overflow onto others.
This is the heart!
Um, absolutely no idea what Charlotte Mason is
Pretty sure I don't need any atm
But, your positive energy & enthusiasm are beyond doubt and I admire you for it.
Harold! Charlotte Mason was a British educator in the late 1800s, early 1900s. Seemingly progressive for her time, she was actually a classical educator who believed all children were full persons and as such deserved lives, and education, of truth, goodness, and beauty. Stick around and all my energy and enthusiasm about things worth loving will abound!
Thank you as always Autumn for all your help pointing us moms to a higher calling. I’m so thankful for you!
So glad you're here, Madeline! What gifts God has given!
I haven't seen any of your other videos (yet) and so I wanted to say that this video has blessed me so much!! I have a 2 year old and a 10 month old and am planning on homeschooling. Your reminders of why we do what we do for our children and why we pursue beauty are so beautiful. It's all about Christ and you said it so well I felt like I was hearing the Holy Spirit.
I'm so glad you found this one!
My husband is Japanese. My kids love tea. Due to watching this in the morning, my kids are going to be excited to have tea with breakfast. 😉
I hope it started off the day in a proper good way!
@@thecommonplacehomeschool , it did indeed. We also warmed up with it after a 2hr park adventure. Thank you for your work. 🙂
Thank you for all the great tips! Tea time is new for us, but my children (5 and 2) LOVE each time we sit down and sip tea. We currently do it about once a week but I would love to make it a daily thing. Blessings to your family.
Isn't it fun to have some ceremony and beauty in your days?! Even the little ones recognize it. We started so small-a cup of tea and a picture book-and from there it grew to today!
Thank you for making this video. We recently found a set of yellow tea cups (my son’s favorite color) at a thrift store and I’ve been wanting to start doing tea time during our homeschool. We also have to hot water spout on our espresso machine and it’s nice!
The hot water spout is the real MVP on getting tea on the table for a quick tea time! Enjoy, enjoy!
Absolutely beautiful! Thank you for the detailed walkthrough
You're welcome!
I miss our tea time! we did one for most of year zero and year one...and I got out of practice. need to add it back in :)
Add it back!! Add it back!
I love this! My grandparents were from the Nederland and my at grandma’s we always had tea time. It was delicious and cozy… I’m looking forward to start this habit with my kids! But of course, we will add something to nourish the mind as well
Ah, you have a tradition to pass on already! I love that.
Very helpful! We do tea time every afternoon after the 4 year olds have some quiet time and the baby naps, and at first I made it fairly intentional but I have definitely let it slip into “eh whatever” mode and I think tomorrow I’m going to try to make it more intentional again. Tea, snack, some poetry. We just read a delightful picture book called Emily, all about Emily Dickinson, and we have a book of her poems. I bet my older two will love hearing her poetry read
Oh yes, that's a perfect idea! And if you know, "I'm going to read poetry," the great thing is you don't have to plan the poems! We frequently just flip through until something catches our fancy!
This is so beautiful. Thank you. I’m going to start doing this!
Enjoy!
I love the music and aesthetic you share!
Thank you!
Autumn, I must say that the more videos I watch of yours, the more I love it. It is my first year homeschooling our 3 youngest (they are 8, 6 almost 7, and 4 almost 5). I had been looking into homeschooling for several years before taking the plunge, so to speak, and have known that I would like our homeschool to be more Charlotte Mason inspired. I often times feel overwhelmed and don't know where to really start with it. Can you suggest a "this is where you should begin" or a video that you have done that maybe discussed this?
Also, you mentioned that your 10:00 tea time is 10 minutes, but I don't remember if you stated how long your tea time is at 3:00. I was curious how long you do the more elaborate tea time.
Thank you for your videos. I appreciate them so much and am strongly considering a Patreon membership with you.
So happy to hear it, Crystal!
I'd probably recommend starting with my podcast. Season 1 of The Commonplace gave an introduction to some classical CM concepts and ideas that might stump you in the beginning. Season 2 worked through all of Mason's 20 principles.
As for videos, I'd start with the "Get Your Bearings" series to which I'm always adding new things: th-cam.com/video/cF8K9OrJIU0/w-d-xo.html
We'd love to have you join us in Patreon! It's a constant conversation and resource hub for these things and more!
@@thecommonplacehomeschool thank you, Autumn! I just listened to Episode 00 on the podcast. You mentioned the first 6 years are meant for the mother to be training, educating and preparing herself for teaching. How does one begin teaching this way when my children are already the ages that they are? While I'm not completely new to Charlotte Mason philosophy, I have by no means been preparing myself for 6 years.
Enjoyed the tips and perspective in this video! Once a week my daughter and I have "Poetry Coco Time" It is a highlight in our week.
We Kerns never say no to cocoa time! It really is such a delightful pause in the day/week!
This whole video was good, the ending was great. Also, tea doesn’t have to have caffeine if that’s a concern for mothers of little children. The children in my life love a cup of chai.
Yes! Once I learned Yorkshire Gold came in decaf, we were SET.
I just want you to know your content is amazing! I just love it! Also I’m a Pennsylvanian too. Pittsburgh area. But no longer live there since my husband is active duty Army. Anyway, thank you for your content!
I went to Grove City, just north of Pittsburgh! Thank you for your kind note!
So good, love this! I have been struggling to do this with my 4 littles, since they are so young, but I do want to get into this!
Tiny steps! Little times!
Also, scones dough can be shaped and frozen really easily 🔥
Excellent idea!
You are inspiring and sunny not stuffy. I shared you with my son for he and is wife.
Thank you! Hope never to be stuffy.
My kids (5 and 2) also love to drink tea all day 😅 I wish they could make it themselves, but I have to put a kettle on, so it’s a bit treacherous. We aren’t officially homeschooling, but we do a tea “lunch” once a week and read from A Child’s Garden of Verses or When We Were Very Young, and my girls really look forward to it 🙂 They also like to dress up, and we put quiet classical music on in the background.
And yes, toast is fine! Often our tea lunch is some sourdough toast with jam or honey, unless we had time to bake scones or muffins.
I love a good dress up tea! I actually find myself in my wedding dress far more than you'd think! Ha! It's my "princess" dress when the others don their best dress-up clothes. Makes for a proper good time!
I absolutely love this! I’ve wanted to do tea time, and hadn’t implemented it yet. This was the positive push I needed!
So happy to hear it! Go forth and enjoy!
This is wonderful! I just stumbled upon your videos and I have been captivated and have so much to learn. With that, do you have a video or blog or something that explains “a day in the life” of homeschooling? I just purchased TCT and I am so excited to get started. But, I also want to know how to get through our daily tasks in a meaningful, beautiful way. I have a 7 yo girl, 6 yo boy and 4 yo triplet boys for reference and this will be our first year doing anything classical/CM which means my entire household and all I’ve ever known needs to be changed 🙂
I have thought about "7, 6, and 4, 4, 4," so many times today since reading your comment. Huzzah!
I don't have a "Day in the Life" video (since I keep my kids mostly off the internet) but I do have resources in Common House from various seasons including timetables, chore lists, etc. I'm also asked some form of this question in almost every Common House Q&A so I try to answer it from various angles.
Autumn, thank you for your videos (and podcast!!) your perspective is a breath of fresh air. I absolutely adore your intention and deeply beautiful work. I also love the idea of liturgies with my kids but I did not grow up in that mindset (i am now Anglican and my soul is just soaking up the liturgy!) would you mind sharing how you open tea time? What do you say & what do they say?
Oh yes! And you may enjoy taking a spin through Common House one day. It's a very liturgical group!
Tea time:
Me, in accent, sometimes with a pipe: I now call to order the Society of Kernels Who Drink Tea!
Kids, in accents, sometimes with pipes and hats: HEAR! HEAR! *bang loudly on table*
Then I bring up our agenda for the time. I'll ask things like, "Why do we read and think these lovely thoughts?" (A: To know God's love.) or "What is God's big plan?" (A: To kill the dragon and get the girl!) or "Of what are we the keepers?" (A: Truth, goodness, and beauty!) and whole bunch of things. During Church liturgical seasons, things get swapped but that depends on the season!
Thank you! And yes, I think you’re right. Common house really should be in my future. I can’t imagine it not being wonderful!!
Just be rrally careful with hot tea.... we had a bad accident at out house... but thankfully everyone is fine now, and we still enjoy tea!
Yes, we definitely work with more luke-warm tea. And they love their cream, so it helps cool it quickly.
That is exactly why you do tea time. Usually at 4 or 5 pm since Europeans have dinner at 8 pm or even later?
And you don't have to make the tea weak. Especially if it's herbal teas
Ah, yes. We haven't forayed too far into herbal teas. I'm far too fond of Yorkshire Gold!
And yes! That later tea makes such sense when you consider the late dinner time in Europe. Once, in Spain, I couldn't find a restaurant that would serve me until 9 pm!
Is the Benediction Table still available for Patrons on Patreon? I can’t seem to find it.
It is! Check the top post (The "Start here" one!). There's a table of contents section and you'll find it linked under guides. It will take you to the Common Mom post about the early years and you'll find it linked in that post!
Encouraged 💕 - mom of 5 under 7
So glad to hear it!
I enjoy tea, but I don't think my kids share the same preference. What does everyone else do in this situation? Should I persistently offer tea until they develop a taste for it, or should I offer a different beverage? I do have reservations about alternatives, as it might not capture the essence of a leisurely tea time that encourages them to unwind and slow down. What would you recommend in this situation?
I'm also curious Autumn if you're catholic?
How old are these children and did you catch my note that some of my children drink tea more appropriately called sugar milk? (We have weaned the sugar spoons! Honey for the win!) Ha!
I recommend people start with something like cocoa if the tea is not working to get in the habit of an afternoon pause to warm the belly and the soul. Then move to the tea pot with the cream and sugar bowls (if you're okay with it!). Then, if you'd like to, you can start reducing the sugar spoon size or what have you. Baby steps is usually my recommendation!
And no, we're not Catholic!
They’re 11 & 12. Thanks for taking the time to respond! I’ll try your recommendations! That was so helpful!
Re, religion: it's reassuring to confirm that you're a Christian, as you mentioned in one of your videos. I tried to find information on your website but couldn't find anything on that topic, so I appreciate your openness about it. Connecting with individuals who share my beliefs is significant to me.🤍
I’m trying to think through how this looks practically. I guess you are going back to the table every couple of hours. I only have one child so I am often his play buddy and often going to play dates so he has other children to play with. I guess your outdoor playtime gets broken up into the time between breakfast, tea, lunch, nap, tea, & dinner. Maybe this type of routine can help me solve my never-ending wonder of if my child is bored because I don’t have enough toys to keep him busy as an only child.
It's changed through the seasons! My years of naps and babies are over, so for us, we end school around 11 and can get outside pretty immediately. Tea at 3 gives us a good four-ish hours outside and then I send them out on their own (harder with a single, I know) after tea for a bit more play.
In the early years, it was incredibly broken up between meals, naps, nursing, etc., but we were out whenever we could be and usually stitched together a good 4-6 hours in our moderate months! (2-3 in our harsher months)
The amazon links and podcast link are broken in the description, at least for me. :( I'm able to google and find them, but just a heads up, in case it's not just on my end.
Thank you! I stopped using the Amazon affiliate links so all my old links will be duds!
Do you have recommendations for poetry books for young kids? What are your favorites?
Oh, yes!
Edward Lear's Book of Nonsense Verse
Anything by Robert Louis Stevenson (Garden of Verses), A.A. Milne, and Christina Rossetti.
Can you do a day in the life video? I feel like I have such a hard time imagining what all of this stuff looks like with kids. Did you wait til they were 2 to start? I can't imagine doing some of this with my 14 month old.
Ah! The sneaky day-in-the-life! While I completely understand the ask, it's not something I do. I keep a pretty high wall around my personal life while talking about all of the ideas I love!
However, a fun tip: I started tea time with my oldest at 1.5 years old and it was a quick tea and picture book. It grew from there, which means my younger two did join tea time at birth. I don't start giving tea to a kid until about 18 months (and then, it's very weak tea water) but they can join in on the rich reading, jollification, and snacks along the way!
You may enjoy popping into Common House for a bit! We have moms around the world discussing the details of things like this!
@@thecommonplacehomeschool I completely understand keeping that wall high. Thanks for sharing when you started tea time!
You need to try Yorkshire biscuit tea. I'd happily send you a box from the UK
Talk to me. What makes a biscuit tea a biscuit tea?!
@thecommonplacehomeschool lol it is tea that tastes of tea and biscuits. Really comforting when it gets cooler in autumn
I was about to ask what tea you recommend. I've tried three different kinds and my girls (5 & 3) haven't liked any of them! I may just order the Yorkshire Gold and cross my fingers... if they still don't approve, at least I'll have plenty to enjoy myself!
Please report back! I hope they enjoy it!
My 3 year old loves fruit teas. That’s a great way to start. And Harney & Sons had a great decaf one called Vanilla Comoro. A small of milk, honey, and mix with a frother/ whisk. It’s so delightful and the decaf helps prevent a hyper preschooler 😂
I'm British and I can confirm that Yorkshire Gold is the best! Although I do think you're a bit mad to let your kids have caffeine 😂 and then add sugar too! There must be a decaffe version or YG. It's interesting that here in the UK we generally don't give our children cups (or mugs) of tea... Tomorrow will be day three of my first week of CM with my 6 year old, so I think we better add in 3pm tea time and make it a habit now!
P.s. Do you make your tea in a tea pot or a mug? Both are very British and are a signifier of class. No body really uses porcelain cups on a day to day basis anymore...
@@susieare Wait. Your children do NOT have tea?! Say more.
I do use decaf Yorkshire Gold now that I've found it and had it shipped from the UK. Well worth the shipping.
Do your kids have any screen time?
They have a family movie about twice a month.
Hi Autumn, I've just recently found your channell and I've got to say, I love your honest, Godly heart. I think we should be friends. I'm in Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺
Hey Ashleigh! So glad to have you here for some common mom camaraderie!
Thank you for the tips! I like the idea of a candle. I think my girls will love that ceremony. Your videos and podcasts have been so helpful to me.
Thank you for saying how you do teatime and that it doesn’t have to be a big production. It is nice for teatime to be special with scones or another baked good, but you do not have to. My Mom is British and having tea was just apart of the day with or without a snack. And especially with my grandparents it was a culture. If you walked in their house the first thing they would ask is if you would like a cup of tea. You don’t have to have a snack or just have whatever snack you would normally give at that time and add tea. One reason why I think tea is helpful (instead of just an afternoon snack is that my girls (5, 3, and 1) will bolt their snack in 30 seconds it seems, but tea takes longer and they will sit there and stir it and sip it for enough time to read poems or a story.
And maybe this is blasphemous to some, but a lot of times, I will just make a pot of tea in the morning, then reheat it later or add freshly boiled water if it’s low. Also, a tea we’ve had recently that hasn’t needed any sweetener is Mighty Leaf Orange Blossom. Or another fruit tea like black currant might help it not need sweetener, but I still put a lot of milk in the girls, so that helps too.
Yes! Love this. There are so many things we are attempting to bring back into commonplace life that seem like such "work" (ah! tea time every day?!) but used to be regular patterns of life that formed people in such rich ways.
I like to take my cues from the liturgical church calendar. Most of the days in a year are ordinary, common days. Most of my tea times are filled with ordinary, good things. But there are festal seasons and there are festal tea times with all the fun trimmings! We need both in life and neither is to fill an improper space in our lives. This is the balance that I think the modern mom struggles to find in an age of everyone's highlight reels all of the time.
I'm always fighting for the common (good)!
Does the tea you mentioned have caffeine?
Yorkshire Gold has a decaf option!
CREAM, SUGAR AND HONEY FOR TEA? As a Brit, this is very offensive to me! 🤣
I mean, not ALL at once! * cries a wee American cry *