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Rhythm During the Summer

by Karen Rivers June approaches very quickly and suddenly, and after that last assembly and picnic, it’s summer.  Your children are home now for full days, day after day. The school rhythm is gone. The temptation is there to slip into a somewhat unformed vacation life where most, if not all, regularity has gone. The [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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Let Me Tell You More—

Today—during these last weeks of summer—I’m finally starting a new series of blogs about some of the books and authors Karen Latimer and I chose to include in our Make Way for Reading: Great Books for Kindergarten Through Grade 8.  My intention is to do this weekly, but I may be inspired and write this [Read more...]
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Fresh Air and the Arts

This is a sad commentary on the arts and recess disappearing from many schools.  This cartoon was posted on the AWSNA Facebook page Feb 1.  
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A Rich, “Must-Have” Anthology

Anthologies are some of the most useful books one can have in a library—I love perusing through them. Here one can find collections of short stories, plays as well as poetry—all selected by one or more editors or a publishing house. One of the most important collections for families in the last century (including my [Read more...]
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“…a labor of love and a gift for a generation of parents and teachers.”

—from a book review in the newsletter, “Waldorf Today” edited by former teacher, David Kennedy and sent to 10,000 subscribers.  
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Article in “Renewal” magazine

The Fall/Winter issue of “Renewal: A Journal for Waldorf Education” includes a short  article about our newest book, Make Way for Reading: Great Books from Kindergarten Through Grade 8.  Founded in 1991, “Renewal” is a publication of the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA). The main purpose of “Renewal” is to promote understanding of [Read more...]
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Grimms Fairy Tales-200th Anniversary

Thursday, December 20, 2012 marks the 200th anniversary of the first publication of the fairy tales collected by Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm – better known as the Brothers Grimm.  The publication was called Children’s and Household Tales.  The subsequent collections (and with new title) have influenced Western civilization, literature and movies and are said to [Read more...]
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Reviews for New Reading List

Testimonial from Lynn Thurrell, Merriconeag Waldorf School “I think the book is so helpful to parents who are wondering what to choose for their children out of the plethora of unknowns that they face on library shelves and in bookstores.  It is hard to keep up, but with such solid and well informed selections as [Read more...]
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OUR NEW BOOK—a unique, age-appropriate K-8 Reading List!

A PERFECT HOLIDAY GIFT – helps parents and grandparents choose great books for children! MAKE WAY FOR READING: Great Books for Kindergarten Through Grade 8. Most adults who love reading want to pass on that love of reading to children. In this new book, nearly 1,000 books for children ages 6 to 14 are selected and [Read more...]
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