teaching children – Michele Ballantyne

The new barn is going up.

Yesterday evening we worked in the cool of the late part of the day. We had Ryan helping to place the hurricane ties for the rafters. The last two nights I’ve had dreams where the 6 tons of hay we bought were being rained on! Makes me feel a great sense of urgency to get the…

micheleballantyne

July 9, 2017

Building Cool Stuff

Building, building a barn and corral, Homeschool Fun, teaching children, Things to do with kids

Another toy for Ryan and me.

I borrowed a friends tractor and had a great time grading our back half acre. We smoothed out the pasture area and created a nice slope in the new barn area where we will be building this summer. Also, spent some time smoothing out the old garden to extend our grassy back lawn. The…

micheleballantyne

July 7, 2017

Building Cool Stuff, Homeschool Fun, My Horses

Building, building a barn and corral, kids, teaching children, women building, Women Building Awesome Stuff!

What a perfect little paw print! What I saw while I was organizing my garage :-)

Today (written on Wed. Jan. 25th) I’m organizing my garage! Or I should say I’m supervising the organization of my garage! Ha ha I’m sitting in a rocking chair, in a big fluffy down jacket, telling my son and my niece what to do. My niece is a real go-getter. She has worked for me…

micheleballantyne

January 26, 2017

About Michele

cat paw print, cat print, cat track, felting workshop, fiber art, Health, house cleaning, kids, labor, learning, life, life lessons, organizing, paw print, scarf workshop, stress, teaching children, tracking, tracks, wet felting, wet felting workshop, work ethic, work for children, workers, workshop

Getting the Teenagers Involved in the Barn Building

My daughter Juliana’s friends came to help build the barn! These are friends from her homeschool group. They donated their time as a service project. I am so grateful for their help. They each came for several days and helped for many hours! What a great learning project for them and a great help to…

micheleballantyne

September 15, 2016

Building Cool Stuff, Homeschool Fun, My Horses

Building, education, kids building, kids projects, life lessons, teaching children, Things to do with kids, women building, Women Building Awesome Stuff!

Alone in the Woods : Part 3 – The Lecture

Morning came too soon, yet not soon enough for the shivering child. In her struggle to keep warm and dry, Little Girl had piled her sweaters and jacket under her sleeping bag so the cold from the ground wouldn’t chill her. The puddles that formed in her tent from the leaky roof had to be…

micheleballantyne

August 3, 2016

“Little Girl” stories

Grandfather Coyote, grandfather’s worlds, life lessons, Little Girl, little girl and grandfather coyote, spirit that moves in and through all things, spirit world, spirituality, teaching children, the force, trackerschool, world of spirit

My Amazing Crew of Young Men!

Digging out a bush is hard work! With my health so poor that exertion makes me winded and my heart race, having a crew of young men is an amazing thing. When my two young grandchildren begged to stay with me for a couple days, I warned them I would put them to work. They…

micheleballantyne

June 22, 2016

Homeschool Fun, Survival Skills

education, life lessons, teaching children, work ethic, work for children

Making a Cottage Art Studio : Part 2 – A Zen Attitude

When Melanie left I felt sad, partly because I would miss her and partly because I wanted us to keep working on the art studio!!! We put one of the 8 paned windows in before she left, and I put the other one in the next day with the help of my sister, niece, and…

micheleballantyne

June 20, 2016

Making a Cottage Art Studio