One can ascend to a higher development only by bringing rhythm and repetition into one's life. Steiner A rhythm that works is like a second adult in the room. It supports us as parents just as much as it supports our children ~ Marina Unger When my children were smaller I had a home daycare. … Continue reading Rhythm of Life
Author: Marina
I'm a homeschooling mom to two children.
Time and Space for Diving Deeply
There are two great misconceptions I often come across when introducing families to Steiner's indications for education and development. The first is that the emphasis on play in the early years is strictly about delaying academics. The second is that the purpose of main lesson blocks in Steiner/Waldorf education serve only as a vehicle for … Continue reading Time and Space for Diving Deeply
Teaching as an Art: Creative Lessons Workshop
When we look at teaching our children through the lens of artistic experiences, something magical happens. It becomes a gift we share with our children! Instead of giving them facts to memorize, we are creating images and feelings that will reach the soul of the child. That is the magic of a Steiner inspired education! … Continue reading Teaching as an Art: Creative Lessons Workshop
Goodness Beauty and Truth: Discovering the Phases of Childhood
Steiner believed that the only way we could be good teachers is if we knew the true, whole image of the child. Not just through the lens of physical or mental development, as so many teachers and parents are focused on, but looking deeply at the WHOLE image of child development, physical, emotional/soul and spiritual. … Continue reading Goodness Beauty and Truth: Discovering the Phases of Childhood
The Heart of The Home: Finding Your Rhythm Intensive
Children and adults thrive when their environment is calm, secure and affords a certain amount of predictability. Rhythm provides all these elements to your day, and essentially acts like a second adult in the room because it supports us as parents just as much as it supports our children. But in today's busy world, many … Continue reading The Heart of The Home: Finding Your Rhythm Intensive
Gratitude
During the first period of life (from birth to seven) all that flows, with devotion and love, from a child's inner being toward whatever comes from the periphery through the parents or other educators - and everything expressed outwardly in the child's imitation - will be permeated with a natural mood of gratitude. We only … Continue reading Gratitude
Soft Launch into the New Year
This is the first year in a long time that our took a full summer break with no lessons and no holding onto the skeleton of our rhythm. After a year of my son doing a few online highschool credit courses on top of our planned lessons he was in need of some down time. … Continue reading Soft Launch into the New Year
Foundations of Home – Mentoring Package
Home should always come before schooling. Join me in this block of seven mentoring sessions and put your home back into homeschool by focusing on creating a learning environment within the home, instead of the other way around! Each family enters these sessions with a unique set of needs, so this mentoring option is 100% … Continue reading Foundations of Home – Mentoring Package
Real Understanding
I recently saw a quote by Sonke Ahrens, the author of How to Take Smart Notes (an amazing book, by the way, highly recommend) that said: “If you want to learn something for the long run, you have to write it down. If you really want to understand something, you have to translate it into … Continue reading Real Understanding
The Secret Life of Colour
The "art" aspect of a Steiner inspired homeschool was, for the longest time, a bit of a stumbling for me. It was one of the last things I tackled from a curriculum and innerwork standpoint. I always included artistic experiences in all of learning, but it wasn't something I felt confident in at all. It … Continue reading The Secret Life of Colour
