Posts by: Lisa
I am delighted to bring you a picture of Terri’s Morning Garden, joyfully tended by, Terri Petrie. Terri welcomes children from 18 months to 9 years of age and has been doing this work for the past decade. Teri’s Morning Garden program is located on the edge of a wood and a […]
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by Christine Natale
What is Science?
Let’s begin by trying to get a real, working understanding of how Science is actually defined.
Science
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Science (from Latin: scientia meaning “knowledge”) is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions […]
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We have a lovely give away for you this month from Stophen Spitalny, Waldorf early childhood teacher, musician and author. To the readers of The Wonder of Childhood, Stephen is offering a copy of his book Connecting with Young Children: Educating the Will.
In the words of Lisa Boisvert Mackenzie, the Wonder of Childhood […]
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I am delighted to bring you a picture of Stephen Spitalny’s Kindergarten. Stephen Spitalny is a long time kindergarten teacher and teacher trainer. He is the recent editor of Gateways, the journal for early childhood teachers. He has written many inspiring and helpful articles on early childhood. He is the author of a […]
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“Forget the Baby Einstein videos and academic preschools. Body mastery must come first in order for the brain to be most receptive for all other learning.”
Balance is the last of the four foundational senses of which I have written in the past four issues:
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The Waldorf Journey
Waldorf education has grown enormously in the past few years, especially among families with young children. The internet, more specifically the blog world, has also grown and is bringing a picture of Waldorf education to families all over the world. Today many Moms have taken up blogging and blog about […]
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Waldorf education is said to be the fastest growing form of independent education in the United States. Many families now come to Waldorf education from exposure on the internet. But what do we really know about Waldorf education in the United States? Waldorf education began in the United States nearly 100 years ago […]
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As Waldorf home-schooling parents, we strive to bring our children a calm, rhythmic home life. Many of our young children are screen-free, get ample sleep and spend much of their days engaged in song, stories, crafts, cooking and nature. So our children must surely be relaxed and joyful, right?
Not necessarily. One element that may […]
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How do you or I experience the Spiritual World at the midnight hour of the soul’s year?
The veils that separate and obscure our individual interaction with the Hierarchies thin, even lift, at this time in the Cosmic Year. With the veils lifted, we might see Star-like Imaginations that lead us to where we can […]
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Last Winter, my family participated in our first Advent Spiral with our Waldorf-inspired homeschool group. It was an exquisite experience and we looked forward to participating again this year. When we learned we would not be available to attend the group’s 2011 Spiral, at first we were sad, but then brightened at the idea of […]
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