Balance. It is a big word these days. Finding balance in life. Making sure no one part takes control and we lose sight of all the other facets of our lives. But is balance what we should be striving for? These thoughts were spurred by a post on Instagram by Waldorf Handwork Educators, where it … Continue reading Reconsidering Balance
52 Weeks of Steiner – Week 50 We should not underestimate the significance it once held for mankind to focus the whole attention during the year on a festival-time. Although in our time the celebration of religious festivals is largely a matter of habit, it was not always so. There were times when people united their … Continue reading A Festival Season for All
52 Weeks of Steiner – Week 47 We can notice that boys especially feel a strong need at this age [of fourteen and fifteen]—we only have to discover this and understand it correctly—for: “Everybody must choose his own hero, whom he has to follow on his way to Mt. Olympus.” And it is especially important for … Continue reading Differentiated Needs
52 Weeks of Steiner – Week 46 You see, one of the most essential things in the training of the Waldorf School teachers themselves is receptivity to the changes in human nature. And this the teachers have acquired relatively quickly for reasons which I shall explain. A Waldorf teacher—if I may express myself paradoxically—a Waldorf teacher … Continue reading Nothing Stays the Same
"If each human being is to become his own educator, we must pre-suppose that the necessary impulses are within him" ~ Rudolf Steiner, Self Education in the Light of Spiritual Science We rarely question nature and whether it knows what it's doing as it grows. We accept that it will adapt to its surroundings and … Continue reading One Hat Only
Teens have a bad reputation, but I think much of that is born from adults who just don't want to take the time to connect, be challenged or simply remember what it was like to be a teen. Here are some tips I've found help discover the wonder of these years: Listen more than you … Continue reading Teens are Wonderful!
Teenagers need time. We often hear parents say that their teenagers don't DO anything, but is it really that they don't do anything or is it that they don't do anything that the parents see as a valuable use of their time. My son is deep into viking and British/Norse history right now. He found … Continue reading Teenagers Need Time
“The young child is both individual and universal from the very beginning.” Cynthia Aldinger Childhood is a unique time in the greater picture of human development. It is a time of total openness to the outside world. A time when magic lives around every corner and the world and all its seemingly mundane (to us … Continue reading Individual Yet Universal
So, truth. Until recently, I was not a fan of Little Women. I hadn't even read the whole book. By recently, I mean last month. The book was introduced to me when I was 10 and it was given as a birthday party favour. I remember my mom saying that I'd love it. But, I … Continue reading All in good time, or not!
There's been a lot of this happening recently... I wish I could say it was some fantastic technology maker unit we were doing, but alas, this keyboard has been taken apart (numerous times) because something has been spilled on it. Our 14 (almost 15) year old is growing. The balance of his stretching body and … Continue reading Teens Need Compassion
