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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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Volume Discounts

Parent education is the 2nd most important job in a school—  We give an EXTRA “Enrollment Discount” to the many schools which provide one or more of our titles to: Newly-enrolling families, Parent/child class, Grade 8, etc. Click on Back-to-SchoolDiscount2013 to view the discounts. Please call us directly to place your order: +978-388-7066. Leave a message if we’re [Read more...]
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Do You Love Your Teacher?

Today I heard one boy’s answer— When I left New Jersey, leaving behind my work as the Director of Community Development at the Princeton Waldorf School in 1995, I didn’t know that when I settled in my hometown in northeast Massachusetts, I would learn of a group trying to start a Waldorf school in Portsmouth, [Read more...]
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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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Turkish translation arrives

Today our small local Post Office gave us a big surprise—we received copies of a new translation of our parenting title, Beyond the Rainbow Bridge: Nurturing your children from birth to seven. This one is in Turkish. Seeing a new edition brings back all those same feelings as when a book is first launched.  The clerk [Read more...]
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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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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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