Today’s giveaway is from Meagan of Whole Family Rhythms, helping you to create seasonal, weekly and daily rhythms for your family in order to nurture the wonder, beauty and light in early childhood. Whole Family Rhythms are a series of seasonal and monthly guides created and designed to help you maintain a steady rhythm in your home. The rhythms include unstructured, child-led play both outdoors and indoors; early childhood stories and fingerplays; weekly bushwalking themes; daily art, handwork or creative projects; holistic baking and cooking recipes for the whole family as well as weekly caregiver meditations and projects for families of all ages and sizes.
In Meagan’s words,
“I am ever inspired by my little ones and the way they live into each moment with very little regard for the past or future. It is so very difficult for us as parents to protect the magic and wonder of childhood. Modern and Western ways of life create schedules, endless to do lists and a constant sense of multitasking that often feels unavoidable. My hope is that by being very clear about our family values and then translating these into strong rhythms for my children, I am also creating a strong rhythm for myself – empowering me to slow down, and to be present, calm and authentic for my children.”
Each Seasonal Guide contains over 70 pages including weekly oral stories and fingerplays, bushwalking themes, seasonal crafts, wet-on-wet watercolour painting, drawing and modelling activties as well as weekly caregiver meditations, monthly caregiver handwork projects and seasonal book recommendations. Whole Family Rhythms was written and created in New South Wales, Australia however Meagan is originally from Canada in the Northern Hemisphere. She has created Guides for both the Southern and Northern Hemisphere so that no matter where you are there are relevant activities, crafts and themes to suit the holidays and season. The guides are available as a complete set including all four seasons, as single season packages, or even just monthly if you’d like to try a single month.
Meagan is offering two winners their choice of either the Whole Family Rhythms Northern Hemisphere Summer Guide or the Southern Hemisphere Winter Guide depending on which side of the world you are from. For your chance to win, simply leave a comment on this post. Comments are closed and the winners are:
Lindsay “What a great idea!”
and
Felicia H. “wow! looks like fun! Thanks for the chance!”
Thanks, Meagan!
After reading about Meagans ideas I feel so much encouraged in my own system of bringing a strong rhythm in my familys daily routine. I helps me a lot to stay relaxed and opens up time to play for all of us. I’d love to learn more about her family rhythms.
What a wonderful way to add a sense of structure to the days and weeks.
Would love to win this and pass on as a gift to a dear friend in Northern NSW 🙂
Super cool for summertime fun and making memories. This would be so wonderful with my 2 sons. Thank you for sharing
These sound wonderful! It is so easy to get caught up in the daily unending to do list and forget to stop and smell the roses.
Thank you for the opportunity – I can thoroughly recommend Whole Family Rhythms.
Sounds perfect!
Sounds really wonderful.
I am very interested in this idea! I would love to try it!
Wonderful!
Would love a Southern Hemisphere package. Thanks!
Sounds lovely! Thanks for the chance!
This sounds amazing! With three children under three I need all the help I can get! Thanks for the chance to win!
This would be incredibly timely! Thank you!
This would enrich my family so much. What a generous giveaway. Thanks for the chance.
We have the Winter and Spring guides. They have helped our family tremendously! I also appreciate that Meagan offers each season and even each month individually. It’s easier to budget small amounts throughout the year when you have a large family (six children). We would love to win the Summer guide!
I love Ginny’s blog! I thought that having two children qualifies my for a status of a “busy mum”, but as I have discovered it is possible to raise seven, homeschool them and knit at the same time. Ginny, you are my inspiration! I started knitting socks after I first saw all your projects, they are amazing knits. You have such a wonderful family, all the best for you and your loved ones! Ana. 🙂
I’d love to win! Beautiful website!
I’d love to win!
ohhh….this is lovely!
Thank you for the introduction to such a wonderful resource & thank you for the generous giveaway, as well! Whole Family Rhythms would be treasured here…& I am certain, by any family who wins! Blessings+*+*+
Another beautiful grace-filled thing brought to my attention:) thank you! We would love to win this!
Oh how I would love to win this!! Thank you for the opportunity!!
I am looking to re-find rhythm and slow down after baby number 7 (a whole year ago…)! I live the beautiful ideas puctured. And Ginny, I find your blog very comforting and inspiring.
lovely! just lovely! thank you for the chance to win! 🙂
We would love this. Thanks for the opportunity! God bless!
I am always striving to slow down and just ‘be’ with my two little ones … stilling the urge to battle the constant to do list and miss out on time with them!! I would love to win this as I am always looking for better rhythms to our daily / monthly and yearly lives 😉
This is definitely something I am needing right now! After adding our third baby into the mix this past winter, I am trying to figure out how to come out of the baby fog and get into a new rhythm again 🙂
Sounds lovely x
How fun! I’ve never tried finger plays with my little ones. They might really like that.
Thanks for the giveaway! This sounds beautiful, peaceful, and inspiring.
What a lovely giveaway! Rhythm is something we are always working on.
This is such a great giveaway. Sounds like so much work has gone into it, how wonderful.
Simply beautiful!
What a lovely giveaway and thoughtful product! Thank you!
What a wonderful opportunity! Would love more ideas on creating and maintaining a rhythm in our household.
I would love to learn more strategies for establishing a rhythmic early childhood home for my little people.
Beautiful resource. Would love to use these with my grandbabies!
What an amazing resource!
What a neat resource! I would love the chance to see what Whole Family Rhythms is all about as we venture into homeschooling!
With a new little one in the house, I have been thinking a lot about family rhythm lately, this looks like an incredible resource!
Would enjoy this with my grandchildren. We spend many hours creating. Thanks.
This is so awesome, I love to just slow down with my little ones and enjoy them and what they are interested in. This will be such a big help.
My daughter would LOVE this, it would certainly keep us busy this summer.
What a beautiful idea!
~lisa
My daughter is a Montessori guide. This would be wonderful in her classroom.
My kids would love this! Thanks for the chance!
What a great idea!
I would love to win the southern hemisphere guide. 🙂
What a neat resource for a mama like me who is just beginning the process of homeschooling.
Would love to win this. Really struggling with rhythm in our homeschool and life