Everything is a lesson plan. Or a life plan. Either way, we approach our days as opportunities to teach and learn. So we have a tea party coming up? That can mean a brand-new rabbit trail to learn about Camellia sinensis and the Japanese tea ceremony and the British tradition of high tea!
But perhaps you would prefer to go the hospitality route and explore creating tablescapes, decorating party spaces, embroidering tea linens. Then there's the "etiquette" route--table manners, kind words, beautiful attire. Because we are homeschoolers, we thrive in these many possibilities!
We only have a few weeks to our tea party and though we long for that year-long project of teaching hospitality, history, and how herbal tea isn't real tea (it doesn't come from the Camellia sinensis plant), we know that we can still have a fun and elegant time.
You don't really need a pretty tablecloth--
Know that a scented candle will change the ambiance easily--
And really, it doesn't need to be anything floral at all!
Wherever you decide to serve tea on the 10th of April, do join us at three o'clock and we can 'clink' our tea cups virtually and have a great time.
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