Tag Archives: Spring

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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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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SPECIAL SPRING GROUP OFFER

Are you looking for something special for your Grade 8 students for an end-of-the-year or graduation gift?   Follow the 2013 example of Jeannette Voss of the Waldorf School of Lexington and order our comprehensive, annotated Waldorf High School reading list, Books for the Journey, for each student.  This invaluable, 346-page resource was compiled by [Read more...]
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It’s Spring—Go Outdoors!

Spring has finally arrived in New England.  Many of us have been indoors far too long—avoiding the perils of icy sidewalks or muddy trails and puddles. Two weeks ago I heard the song birds just before the dawn. Those of us who have a home office are freed from commuter traffic, but may also spend [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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Spring Book Launch in California

Our new book was launched at a teachers’ conference at Rudolf Steiner College in Fair Oaks, CA. The bookstore generously provided a place for Pam to show Make Way for Reading and greet friends and colleagues. Before the conference, Karen and Pam enjoyed a celebratory brunch in Palo Alto. It was a glorious spring 3 [Read more...]
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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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