July 17, 2022 Despite the heat of summer, the verdant gardens and trees, and the bustle of wildlife keep me wishing to be outdoors. I have a ritual to my mornings- outside on my back deck as soon as possible, with my breakfast, an iced coffee, and a book of poetry. This summer, Sharifa […]
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June 26, 2022 This week’s blog post comes from author and early childhood educator, Judy Frizlen. I love spending time with my twenty-one-month-old grandson. It is fascinating to watch him learn and grow. It is also amazing to experience what happens when we meet in the consciousness of now. When we are cooking, eating, washing
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May 29, 2022 Here at the end of May, the lush abundance of color and sunshine is drawing us out of ourselves and into the summery dream. This quality of summer invites us to lay to rest the work that calls on our hardest thinking so that the heart may step forward to bring warmth
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May 8, 2022 Today’s blog post is from Chinyelu Kunz of WeNurture: In the context of the Waldorf approach, reverence is a feeling that we consciously cultivate and deeply touches the soul. It’s a mood within the soul that develops through a sense of wonder, gratitude, and devotion. Why are Wonder, Gratitude and Devotion important
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April 3, 2022 In this week’s Living Arts Weekly blog post, Chinyelu Kunz of WeNurture shares the ways in which you can nurture your child’s 12 senses through a holistic home life! SENSE OF TOUCH Are you able to have natural fibers – such as cotton, wool, linen – in your furnishings – rugs or
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March 6, 2022 Receive the child in Reverence Educate them in Love Let them go forth in Freedom -Rudolf Steiner Today’s blog post is from Chinyelu Kunz of WeNurture: The above quote from Rudolf Steiner, Founder of Waldorf Education, speaks to the very essence of this education. What’s so powerful about the words in
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February 20, 2022 This deep, instinctual knowledge of our kids- like everything else- waxes and wanes. While our love may always be there, our attention can suffer; our connection can sometimes falter, and when this happens understanding them can seem like a whole lot of work. –Kim John Payne, Simplicity Parenting Last Sunday was pretty
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February 13, 2022 If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control over your life by paying closer attention to the little things. -Emily Dickinson When I was little, one of my very favorite books was a Little Golden Book called Mr. Bell’s Fix-It Shop. Upon Mr.
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After a year’s hiatus at the Whidbey Island Waldorf School (WIWS) because of COVID, children have resumed their classes and had a full autumn’s worth of subjects, increased outdoor time, and festival life. The nursery program, blending outdoors and indoors time, was among the only segments of the school to continue operating last year, together
“Here as well as anywhere I can look out my window and see the world. There are lights that arrive here from deep in the universe.” -Wendell Berry Paradise Farm is the site of an historic homestead in southeastern Wisconsin, amid the rolling hills and fertile land of the Kettle Moraine. The Potawatomi people lived
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