Keep the Wind in their Sails
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The Core of Good Parenting is the Fun Stuff — A Teacher’s Advice to Parents in One Short List
According to studies and parents themselves, parenting can make you tired, overwhelmed and anxious. And no wonder. The parent zone includes marinara drizzled onto your new beige carpet, more hours in the car than in your bed and entire mountain ranges of laundry. Plus you are responsible for the health and well being of someone who means more to you…
Set in a Waldorf School, This Book is the Perfect Gift for a Waldorf Parent, Teacher, Alum or Grandparent
“In an era where “high-stakes testing” and other so-called standards and measurements has taken over our public schools, this look into the life of a Waldorf school feels like a refreshing oasis in the desert!” “As an Early Childhood Waldorf parent of two with one just entering the grades, I was glued to the book A Gift of Wonder…
Five Questions to Ask as You Create Your Family’s Approach to Screens
by Kim Allsup Growing Children October, 2018 I have a scar on my lower lip because I was a child before cars had seat belts and forgiving interiors. The driver braked hard and I flew into the sharp edge of a metal strip. Many new technologies are not inherently safe and the automobile is still in the not-quite-fully-safe category. After…
This is how to help children find their moral compass
Writing in The Atlantic, Paul Barnwell says that students today have a “broken moral compass” because “The pressures of national academic standards have pushed character education out of the classroom.” (link below) One of the reasons I wrote A Gift of Wonder was to share a picture in which character education is integrated with academics. I discovered that this approach…
A Story for Parents and Teachers to Tell
At the start of the school year teachers and homeschoolers plan out their year, listing fun math projects, great sweeps of history to share, music to sing and stories to tell. As we look ahead to the fall we anticipate the dimming of the light, perhaps an autumn gale or two and weather growing ever colder. This turning of the…
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The Power of Observation
Take a full day to simply observe your child or your student. Above all do not judge as you observe. Notice the way she rises from a chair. Listen closely to her laughter. Does he step lightly or do his feet pound heavily? Listen to her speech. Is she loud or soft spoken? What causes him to appear content, afraid…
A Yearning for What We Have Lost
