Even though we take December off regular schooling, we do use this time to assess our goals and make plans for the next few months. Today we baked some cookies and chatted about the last few months and what we wanted to see going into the new year. Here are some of the things we … Continue reading More of This. Less of That.
Festivals with young children can be a magical experience. They are still starry eyed and so connected with all that we cannot see that creating these experiences for them is a gift from our own hearts in keeping the world good and beautiful. But how do we keep that magic alive as our children grow? … Continue reading Celebrating Festivals with Older Children
52 Weeks of Steiner – Week 10 (This is part of a weekly serial started on Michaelmas 2023. To see the other entries, please see the post linked HERE and scroll down to the bottom for individual links) The Christmas Festival has begun! The last few years I have taken advent as a time to slowly read … Continue reading The Christmas Mood
52 Weeks of Steiner – Week 9 (This is part of a weekly serial started on Michaelmas 2023. To see the other entries, please see the post linked HERE and scroll down to the bottom for individual links) It is natural in teaching that there is a certain yearning for complete freedom, and we should not dismiss this … Continue reading Freedom in Teaching – Part Two
We have incredibly simple advent traditions in our home. Each Advent Sunday we light a candle and watch a movie together. The first week of advent we decorate the outside and begin decorating the inside. We stretch our indoor decorations out, adding things throughout the month. Depending on when advent falls we might decorate the … Continue reading Simplicity in Advent
Over my years of homeschooling, I haven't purchased many curriculum resources. The only subjects I needed support with beyond Steiner's indications were science and art. This is hands down my favourite resource out there for learning about art through the grades from K-12. Painting at School by Dick Bruin and Attie Lichthart provides a clear, … Continue reading Book Review: Painting At School
52 Weeks of Steiner – Week 8 (This is part of a weekly serial started on Michaelmas 2023. To see the other entries, please see the post linked HERE and scroll down to the bottom for individual links) Every single thing children learn during the course of their schooling should in the end be presented so broadly that … Continue reading Threads of Human Life
A work in progress Art, just like science, is not my strong suit. But we manage with a lot of support from outside sources. My favouirte support is Painting at School by Dick Bruin and Attie Lichthart. Grade nine art lessons are punctuated with lots of work with black and white, light and dark, and … Continue reading Waldorf Grade Nine Art
“We should teach in a way that leaves them with a yearning to be curious and inquisitive at every opportunity about what is going on around them, so that they use this curiosity and thirst for knowledge to add to whatever they already know.” Rudolf SteinerPractical Advice To Teachers Do you teach too much? One … Continue reading Less is More
52 Weeks of Steiner – Week 7 (This is part of a weekly serial started on Michaelmas 2023. To see the other entries, please see the post linked HERE and scroll down to the bottom for individual links) This school, whose foundation-stone laying we are celebrating today, must also consider a second thing. In a certain respect, the … Continue reading Laying the Foundation Stone
