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June 3, 2020 Creativity doesn’t wait for that perfect moment. It fashions its own perfect moments out of ordinary ones. — Bruce Garrabrandt This week I’d like to share how you can spontaneously make a few sweet toys for your children to play with! A little rag doll friend can live in fairy houses, doll houses …
May 31, 2020 May your new work excite your heart, Kindle in your mind a creativity To journey beyond the old limits Of all that has become wearisome. May this work challenge you toward New frontiers that will emerge As you begin to approach them, Calling forth from you the full force And depth …
May 27, 2020 “At times, our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person.” -Albert Schweitzer As we begin to emerge from these weeks and months of staying home perhaps you have neighbors, friends or relatives who extended themselves to make your life at home, with or with out children, …
May 24, 2020 In out of the way places of the heart, Where your thoughts never think to wander, This beginning has been quietly forming, Waiting until you were ready to emerge. Recently we shared a posting from our dear colleague Acacia, a Lead Teacher in Residence at the Rose Rock School in Oklahoma. …
May 20, 2020 To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow. – Audrey Hepburn The soil in the garden is warming as summer approaches and this is a great time to plant a “tea” garden! We all enjoy drinking a cup of tea with friends and family and a teas made from leaves …
May 17, 2020 Seek real, practical, material life, but seek in such a way that the spirit which dwells within is not deadened for you. -Rudolf Steiner Hello Everybody, Have you ever looked back on an episode or chapter of your life and thought, “I sure would love to have a do-over on that one”? …
May 13, 2020 A child, more than anyone else, is a spontaneous observer of nature. – Maria Montessori Spring Outdoor Fun “This is an excerpt of a weekly Curriculum Guide shared with families in the Honey Bee Nursery at Emerson Waldorf School, NC, during quarantine. Much gratitude to my early childhood colleagues for their inspiration …
May 10, 2020 Hi Everybody, and Happy Mother’s Day to everyone who is a mother, acts like a mother or has a mother! This blog is a bit different from what I imagined for a Mother’s Day post. However, I really wanted to give you a gift. The gift is also a bit different from …
May 6, 2020 Nothing can be truer than fairy wisdom. It is as true as sunbeams. — Douglas Jerrold A Soft Knock at the Door by Pamela Perkins Little Elf was making some dandelion tea And wishing so much that right now she Had a friend coming to share it, and a biscuit too, …
May 3, 2020 Be it ever so humble, there is no place like home. Years ago I was mentoring a lovely mother who was enrolled in one of our LifeWays training programs, not as a professional caregiver or teacher, but as a mother interested in learning more about child development. Brilliant, educated and a social …