September 2024 Vicki Kingsbury, an Early Childhood teacher at Prairie Hill Waldorf School in Wisconsin, shares this timeless article with us for today’s blog! As a Waldorf Education early childhood teacher, over the years, parents have often asked me: “What one thing can I do to promote my child’s healthy development?” If […]
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August 2024 Today’s blog features a fairy festival circle, shared with us by Cynthia Aldinger. First up, we have two videos for audio and visuals, followed up by the lyrics for you to save! Cynthia’s Video Part 1 Cynthia’s Video Part 2
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February 10th, 2024 Just recently my family slid into home base after two months of winter festivities that started at the beginning of December and ended at the end of January. For our family going from Advent (anticipation of the coming of Light into the darkness) through the journey of The Magi (seekers of
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November 19, 2023 “I have found it is the small things, everyday deeds of ordinary folk, that keeps the darkness at bay.“ ~ Gandalf the Grey, in The Hobbit With blessings to you all this Thanksgiving week, we share a warm message from our friend Pamela Perkins: Where I live, the golden light of Autumn
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November 5, 2023 With the passage of Halloween and the anticipation of the festivals of Light to come, we are settling into the season of darkness. We feel the pull to be in communion with others, providing for those in need with heartfelt gestures and sharing in joyful festivities. It is a season abundant with
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October 29, 2023 The slew of festivities that come with Autumn seem to pick up so quickly. With a summer full of activity and family vacations, there is hardly a moment of rest “between” the seasons. It’s not too late, however, to stop and reflect on what we want to do this season, and consider
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October 22, 2023 Straw into Gold: Spinning the Gold of Inner Understanding Yet again Summer gifts to the Fall Pumpkins, apples, and leaves above all – Leaves lovely-tinted rust, red and gold: Soon days grow dreary, then rainy and cold. A number of years ago, I journeyed across New York State, my first continental travels
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October 1, 2023 A Reflection Upon Michaelmas Festival by Sharifa Oppenheimer Michaelmas 2023 This morning I joined the CWS community for Michaelmas festivities. We gathered in the Pavilion as the 7th and 8th grades processed in with song, each carrying a brilliant autumn banner. One by one the classes entered; slowly their pure child-voices began
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September 10, 2023 One of the more challenging parts of parenting is finding cooperation in all that we need our young children to do. It becomes especially challenging when they develop their own ideas and agendas about what they would rather be doing in a particular moment, and thus, when we require of them to change
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July 23, 2023 In today’s article I share my experiences and tips on the great social art of roadtrips with littles. I’m kind of kidding about it being a social art, but really, it feels like an art more than a science to master these kind of family adventures! Did you ever ride in a
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