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Happy May Day
May Day can be a such a special day in a family and at school. My first recollection of celebrating May Day was in a local preschool where we 4-year-olds went around a simple May Pole each holding a ribbon. I was dressed in a handmade costume—a robin. I still remember the feelings of awkwardness [Read more...]
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Pondering Passover with Puppets
Today marks the beginning of Passover and I am including a link to a blog post written by Durga Bernhard, the illustrator of our Make Way for Reading. Durga shares her experience of working with a class on this theme. Four Archetypes of Learning http://durgabernhard.com/bookblog
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Growing Easter Grass
By the end of the post, you’ll see the final result of my growing some grass for an Easter basket. About a week ago, I purchased winterberry wheat seeds from a local natural foods grocer. If you can’t find those, then you might use “Cat Grass” which you might locate in a feed or a [Read more...]
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“Real” grass for your Easter Basket
Why not use “real” grass instead of using plastic shredded grass for your Easter decorations? It’s not too late. If you have a week—or even a day or so less than a week, here are photographs showing examples of our family’s table decorations grown in time for Easter Sunday in past years. Look through your [Read more...]
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Go to a Holiday Fair
Holiday fairs are often held in communities between Thanksgiving and Christmas or Chanuka. I recently worked at the fair sponsored by the Cape Ann Waldorf School. What a treat to buy items made of wood, beeswax, and other natural materials along with books and hand-made dolls. I am especially intrigued with the small wood animals [Read more...]
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Look What We Made
One of the highlights of attending a conference for Waldorf teachers is the participating in the artistic/practical workshops. Usually there are so many offerings that it’s difficult to choose. This year was no exception at the 2012 Western Waldorf Educators’ Conference, ” A New Inspiration for Education,” held at Rudolf Steiner College in Fair Oaks, [Read more...]
Spring Activities
Our long snow and icy winter is over and spring has finally come to New England. March and April can seem so long here along the NH/Massachusetts border, especially when the leaves on the trees don’t open up until the first week in May. A New England spring can last several weeks or sometimes only [Read more...]
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Waldorf Early Childhood
Click on heading to see Pittsburgh, PA Waldorf kindergarten classes and simple toys. Display of dolls was made in Peru for Waldorf conference.
Real Grass for your Easter or Spring Basket