Welcome to the Wild and Free podcast, Episode 68.

I'm Ainsley Arment, and this week we're talking with Jonna Holmgren of Fox Meets Bear, all about developing daily rhythms in our homeschools.

Creating a rhythm ended up really helping us homeschool-wise, but then also just living-wise to be able to, you know,

know what to expect throughout a weekly basis and a daily basis, but then still have that

whole rhythm be incredibly fluid and flexible. And it feels like it's this anchor that is always

there, these like roots within the system that we can tap into whenever we are

kind of feeling like that chaoticness, we can always kind of go back to that.

Plus, we just reprinted our popular Nature Journal book and course by Kristen Rogers, and we'll

tell you what's inside in just a minute. So grab a cup of coffee and join us on the front porch.

Let's get started.

Each fall, I lament the darker days and colder nights of this season. Yet, by the time November and December

come around, my heart settles into the home in an absorbing, contemplative, and satisfying way.

Somehow, as the world embraces us a little more tightly. I feel it breathing new life into our rhythms

rather than suffocating them.

While the world rushes about doing, going,

buying, and bustling,

we slow down and embrace the home more than ever before.

We worry less about making our home holiday ready and more about making the most of what

this time of year can offer in the ways of learning, crafting, reading, gifting, and eating. We embrace the

state of being housebound due to winter's chill and make the most of our togetherness indoors.

We focus more on caring for each other, nurturing our sibling and family relationships,

and cherishing our favorite holiday traditions. This involves a lot of handcrafting, baking,

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