#Waldorf Education

[blizzard-of-ozz]

I remember in 3rd grade I got in trouble for writing a title in my main lesson book in LOTR dwarvish.

[onlyactivewhenexhausted]

Are there any waldorf kids on here? I feel like only people who are actively involved in waldorf communities know what Waldorf education is

[themamabair]

I used to be very self conscious of my artistic skills. I’ve never been very “good” at art - my drawings don’t look realistic, I have trouble seeing and recreating fine details, and I have a very short attention span. Since becoming a Waldorf teacher, that self consciousness has melted away pretty rapidly. I draw on the chalkboard and allow the students to roast my work. I make examples of clay pendants and colored pencil sketches for my classes. Most importantly of all, I simply create without fear. This wreath may not be the most aesthetically pleasing decoration to ever be produced by a Waldorf teacher, but to me it symbolizes my growth, and I am beyond proud of it.

Wishing you warmth in winter.

[theschoolinghaus]

mushroom sensory activities.

[carolsclina]

Sonhos não morrem, apenas adormecem na alma da gente.

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Graduations, weddings and goodbyes: Navigating life's journeys

"Monumental changes seemingly occur in series of three."

Change happens every moment, accumulating mostly in unnoticeable measures. Think of the relative who remarks how much your child has grown since last summer. But sometimes monumental changes occur in short and dramatic order, seemingly in series of three.  This spring, the last of my children to attend Spring Garden Waldorf School graduated the eighth grade. I enrolled my eldest son there in…

[stargirlhysteria]

me this school year

[rosykissdiary]

𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒑 𝟏: 𝑫𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝑰𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕

𝑫𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒐𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈'𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔. 𝑯𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒊𝒏 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔. 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆’𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕:

𝑺𝒆𝒕 𝑪𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝑮𝒐𝒂𝒍𝒔

𝟏. 𝑰𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒚 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑮𝒐𝒂𝒍𝒔:

𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕-𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎 𝑮𝒐𝒂𝒍𝒔: 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄, 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆, 𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆, 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆-𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 (𝑺𝑴𝑨𝑹𝑻). 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆, 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕-𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝟓𝟎 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉.

𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒈-𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎 𝑮𝒐𝒂𝒍𝒔: 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒃𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒅, 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆. 𝑬𝒙𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕.

𝟐. 𝑾𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑫𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑮𝒐𝒂𝒍𝒔: 𝑷𝒉𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔. 𝑲𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆, 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒌 𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆.

𝟑. 𝑩𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝑫𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝑮𝒐𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒑𝒔: 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒍, 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓, 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕. 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒖𝒏 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒏, 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒋𝒐𝒈𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒕.

𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈

𝟏. 𝑬𝒎𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒂 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒔𝒆𝒕: 𝑩𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔. 𝑨𝒄𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔.

𝟐. 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑫𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔:

- 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔: 𝑪𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒔. 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔.

- 𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝑶𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝑨𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒔: 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒂, 𝒆𝒅𝑿, 𝒐𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔.

- 𝑺𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝑴𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑: 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔.

𝟑. 𝑹𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒚: 𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒍𝒔. 𝑲𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.

𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚

𝟏. 𝑪𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒍𝒆: 𝑫𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒍𝒔. 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒌𝒆𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔.

𝟐. 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔: 𝑲𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆.

𝟑. 𝑨𝒅𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝑵𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚: 𝑩𝒆 𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒅𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒅. 𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏’𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔.

𝑬𝒙𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆: 𝑨𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒑𝒔

𝑳𝒆𝒕’𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔.

- 𝑺𝒆𝒕 𝑪𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝑮𝒐𝒂𝒍𝒔:

- 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕-𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎: 𝑫𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒇𝒊𝒗𝒆-𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒆𝒄𝒉 𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉.

- 𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒈-𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎: 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 ����𝒇 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓.

- 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈:

- 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔.

- 𝑾𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝑻𝑬𝑫 𝑻𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒚𝒛𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒔’ 𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒅𝒔.

- 𝑬𝒏𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒃 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑻𝒐𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔.

- 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚:

- 𝑺𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝟑𝟎 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇.

- 𝑺𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔, 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔.

- 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎.

𝑩𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑𝒔, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝑾𝒐𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈’𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔. 𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒆𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈.

[youcantf1ndher]

[gostudyorillcomeforyou]

I feel so fkn weird

One day I’m the shit

And the other I’m a piece of shit

Anyone else?

The past couple weeks felt more like this than the vision boards I made lol

But I’ll keep posting these pretty boards and hopefully someday I will have both fun and straight As

But If I had to choose social life or straight As, I’d choose As anyway, so nevermind

I brainwashed myself into thinking that people see me as the pretty, mysterious, educated girl not as a loser with no social life, let’s stay delusional

[themamabair]

A magical evening at the Winter Fair. I mainly bought things from my students, including some homemade earrings from a 7th grader, a hand drawn and screen printed onesie from a 6th grader, and a mystery book from the 8th graders. I also bought some sauerkraut that one of our local families makes, and a playsilk. I really wanted food from the food truck, but the wait was sooo long. So I stopped at McDonald’s, where the wait was also incredibly long for much worse food. Much regret.

Tomorrow the fair continues and I am in charge of wreath making. I promised I would dehydrate some oranges for decorations, which I completely forgot to do when I got home this afternoon. But I’m in the stage of really trying to do what I say I’m going to do, so I just got the oranges in the oven. I have signed myself up for staying up until 1:30am for these damn oranges. The things I will do for this school.

[theschoolinghaus]

since we’re inching closer to thanksgiving, I thought it would be fun to use this month to learn about food that you’d see on the thanksgiving table and of course, our nature shelf is gonna reflect that.

[blurban-form]

Bluey’s School (Glasshouse School) (3/?)

Criticisms of the Waldorf educational approach

As mentioned in the last post on this, the Waldorf educational style emphasizes:

A slow build towards academic topics, spending more time on imagination and relationships in early grades;

A low-tech nature-oriented approach; and

An “everybody is important” mindset.

Advocates say that this approach can help children’s creativity, support motivation for learning, and remove/defer societal pressures on children. However, there are also detractors/critics.

Below, a few of the criticisms of the Waldorf (also sometimes called Steiner) educational approach.

Deferred Academics

So as we pointed out in the last post, the Waldorf approach to education seeks to protect children from the pressures of the outside world.

Consistent with this philosophy, many Waldorf schools don’t teach traditional ‘basic skills’ in literacy and numeracy until students are older.

(Note how in “Relax”, Bluey didn’t know numbers when she asked Mum which button to press in the elevator.)

Up until about age 7, most learning occurs through storytelling, drawing, and oral communication. There is greater emphasis on social skills, creativity, arts, and practical sciences. This fosters an appreciation of these topics in children as they mature.

On one hand that sounds good — academics and a drive to perform can be tough on children at any age. But there are many parents who also want to make sure their their children are not at a disadvantage. If a child misses out on the first few years of learning, potentially a student could fall behind and find it impossible to catch up?

Fortunately, many studies of the success rates and exam results of Steiner/Waldorf taught children demonstrate that this is not the case; Waldorf students ultimately perform academically as well, if not better, than non-Waldorf students despite a later start on academic subjects.

No Tech

The Steiner/Waldorf approach to teaching focuses on natural environments with a strong focus on beauty and a natural aesthetic, hence wooden furniture, simple wooden toys, etc.

No computers, no tablets, no TVs.

Does this put children in these schools at a disadvantage? These days, middle-class western children are using tablet computers from a young age, and they’re very much a part of “regular” schools.

As technology becomes more and more integral the gap between Waldorf schools and technology-heavy STEM/STEAM programs in mainstream schools might be viewed negatively.

Note that in “Bluey”, Bluey and Bingo appear to have their screen time (tablet and TV) limited/restricted. And there are subtle hints that TV time is discouraged and to be kept to a minimum. Whereas Muffin and Socks may be getting more screen time at their house.

This may not be a problem if students are exposed to age-appropriate levels/quantities of technology outside of school, the way Bluey and Bingo are.

One Teacher For 5 To 8 Years(!)

Teachers tend to stay with students for multiple years in Waldorf schools. A student potentially can have the same teacher for five to eight years.

There are pros and cons to this approach.

Students theoretically are able to develop deep relationships with their teacher which could give them more comfort and a greater sense of familiarity/security. Almost an additional parent figure?

However, teacher turnover can also be a positive thing. Individual teachers have their strengths and weaknesses.

Also, it can be a good thing for a student to experience a range of different teachers and adult influences to gain a breadth of experiences of different teaching personas. Such as a male teacher vs. a female one. New teachers bring fresh perspectives.

If a child doesn’t gel with their teacher, they could be encumbered with them for up to eight years.

Waldorf Schools Are Expensive

Generally speaking, Waldorf schools are private. Because of this, they are often too expensive for working-class or low-income families. $10,000 AUD for a year’s tuition is not unheard of, although these costs vary from one grade to another and from school to school.

Not everyone in Bluey’s friend group are in the same economic group; some are well-to-do, like Chloe (and Honey, I’d assume) and some less so based on their homes. Maybe some of the families have access to grants?

[jellyfishfem]

what was your experience in Waldorf? I mean did you find it to impact you positively? <3

Hey, short answer is yes:) Waldorf Kindergarten was an amazing experience actually, we did a lot of engaging and enriching activities. I loved how much it focused on art. We spent a lot of time in nature, we made our own lunch everyday with the kindergarten teachers’ help, we crafted things everyday, including our own toys, and we had fun customs for special occasions. I’ll list some of the things others may find weird about Waldorf and what I think of them. -Courage tests: These were basically tasks we had to do that could make kids our age a little anxious. They weren’t dangerous or harmful and we didn’t get graded for it or something. They were things like jumping over a small/low bonfire or walking over a narrow board that was placed over a (not deep) river. These things helped me develop confidence. -Treasure hunt: Every summer the teachers made a huge sandcastle and hid little gemstones placed in small pouches in there. We all gathered then around the castle and our job was to just destroy the sandcastle, dig through the sand and find the gems. We could keep those we found. Honestly I loved doing this, no idea what the purpose of it was but it was super fun. -Riding horsey: Okay this one is legit weird and I have no explanation as to why we did this. Every morning a (female) teacher put a few drops of essential oil in our hands and we had to rub it in. Then we sat in her lap and she moved her legs rhythmically and it felt like we were riding a horse. She also recited a short poem while doing this. Yea, this sounds weird. -Faceless toys: A typical waldorf doll does not have eyes, nose and mouth. This is because if it already had one, children wouldn’t need to imagine one. This way the doll can have different facial expressions in the child’s mind. This encourages creativity.

This is just a fraction of my experience, there’s actually so much to say but I don’t want to go on a whole monologue. What I want to mention here is that in spite of my positive experience with kindergarten, I’m not as impressed with the schools. I went to waldorf school for a year, then my parents (and some other parents of my classmates) decided to send me to a different school. I think the schools focus too much on art instead of teaching kids to count, to read, etc. I think they should be taking their education more seriously. In the school, we still played a lot and I get that arts and fun is Waldorf’s whole thing but creativity isn’t the only skill a child should have.

In conclusion, I’d totally send my kids to Waldorf Kindergarten but not Waldorf School.

Thanks for the ask, have a nice day!:)

[natureofeducation]

#Silkie chick sitting on an approx 11.5lb rabbit Why? Because its cute Nature based learning and Mini schoolhouse project, Is also combined with #chickens and #rabbits. Learning how to care for other creatures has many benefits. #montessorischool #waldorf #nature #naturebasedlearning #gardens #montessori #education #rhodeisland #children #hybridteaching #outdoorfun #students #homeschool #privateschool #learning #farmschool #waldorfcrafts #waldordeducation #community #co-op #natureclass #letsplay #natureschool #kidsfun (at Washington County, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrTQsjErTNM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=