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Real Grass for your Easter or Spring Basket

Spring is here and Easter is just around the corner. Why not use “real” grass instead of using plastic shredded grass for your decorations?  It’s not too late. Even if you have less than a week, here are directions with photographs showing examples of our family’s table decorations for Easter in years past. Containers? Look [Read more...]
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Books Review: Two Resources for Summer Fun

Some of the most delightful resources for parents interested in children’s activities, birthday parties, or holiday and festival crafts are published by Floris Books, in Edinborough, Scotland.  I’ve personally used many of the Floris books for craft activities as they have such creative ideas, colorful photos and illustrations and easy-to-follow instruction.  I wish owned these [Read more...]
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Home-town Memorial Day—once more

I still can’t get used to Memorial Day (originally ‘Decoration Day’) being observed on the 4th Monday of May—just to give Americans a 3-day weekend. I ignore the red, white and blue advertising supplements in the Sunday newspaper encouraging readers to go out and shop. But I do observe some traditions. In my New England [Read more...]
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March 17th – What else do we remember?

March 17th – Evacuation Day If you live outside of the Massachusetts, you may not know that Evacuation Day coincides with St. Patrick’s Day on this date. The significance of this day was not discussed in my classes growing up in this Commonwealth, but in my home. ( I’ll recommend a book after I describe [Read more...]
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Lunar New Year—Year of the Horse

I always look forward to new stamps issued by the US Postal Service.  My favorite times to seek out new stamps are in November for Christmas and then in January for the Chinese Lunar New Year. I’ve been known to buy a whole sheet of them and then not even use them on envelopes as [Read more...]
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One Family’s Advent Wreath

Although my children are adults and out in the world, I’ve continued our family observance of an Advent wreath in December. Some years I have used four candlesticks and other years I’ve used a ring—a circular base with four built-in holders for the candles. My latest Advent wreath is a blue ceramic ring. Since it [Read more...]
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Advent in a Waldorf Classroom

We are now in the season of Advent. The following scanned article is from our book,  Waldorf Education: A Family Guide and located in the Celebrations section and written by a former member of the faculty at Marin Waldorf School. San Rafael, CA              
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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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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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