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Keeping Your Kids Interested in the Outdoors While Keeping Them Safe

Posted on May 12, 2018 by Kristie in Field Trips, Guest Blogger, Parenting, Teachers

By Anya Willis It’s never too early to get in touch with nature. Encouraging your kids to explore the outdoors is a great way to keep them active and connected to the environment. But you may be wondering how you can keep them engaged and keep them safe while they’re...

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Transforming Free Public Worksheets into Waldorf Inspired Lessons

Posted on January 18, 2017 by thebearthinstitute in Animals, Carschooling, Field Trips, Nature Walks, Science, Wildlife Education

How to Plan an Earthschooling Educational Excursion: Part Two All photos copyright Kristie Burns On our recent educational excursion (see part one here) we visited many wildlife preserves. One of the preserves, the Lee County Manatee Park, had a great website with a lot of “downloadable” educational documents. These documents...

How to Plan an Earthschooling Educational Excursion

Posted on January 17, 2017 by thebearthinstitute in Carschooling, Field Trips, Waldorf Earthschooling, Wildlife Education

Part One: Choosing a Location All Photos Copyright Kristie Burns When we first started Earthschooling we chose the name “Earthschooling” because we wanted to emphasize that education does not just happen at home. In fact, one of our favorite ways to learn has always been to be outdoors or to...

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Connecting with Children Through Literature

Posted on November 17, 2016 by thebearthinstitute in Field Trips, High School, Inner Work, Modeling, Parenting

Seeing Lois Lowry speak last night with my two daughters was an experience I will never forget. But it wasn’t simply because she is a famous author and writes award-winning books. The experience was special to me because Lois Lowry was my first introduction to modern teenage fiction and represents...

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What Broadway Shows Can Teach You About Life

Posted on August 6, 2015 by thebearthinstitute in Field Trips, High School, Middle Grades, Sofi

Preface: Our local Civic Center, The Des Moines Performing Arts Center, brings many shows to Des Moines every year. They not only bring amazing Broadway performances, professional dancers & touring shows to our local stage but they give homeschoolers and public school students wonderful chances to see performing art shows & interact...

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Clothing Unit for Third Grade and Under

Posted on May 6, 2015 by thebearthinstitute in Animals, Farming, Field Trips, Knitting, May, Natural Dying, Spring, Third Grade

I love to visit local farms as part of the kids’ education. It is a wonderful way to introduce them to the area they live in, their neighbors, another kind of life, and much more. It is also a way to teach them skills I may not have or to...

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Cabin Fever Cures

Posted on January 19, 2015 by thebearthinstitute in Carschooling, Field Trips, Fifth Grade, Nature Walks, Winter

The kids and I have been getting a bit of “Cabin Fever” with all this miserable weather we’ve had in Iowa.** Nature walks have become shorter and we miss the sunshine and greenery and we needed a change! Sofi came up with the perfect solution! She decided that now was the...

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Out of the Classroom

Posted on October 1, 2014 by thebearthinstitute in Field Trips, Fourth Grade, Multiple Grades, Nature Walks, Science, Sixth Grade

I love Earthschooling because we spend so much time out of the “traditional classroom”. I adore books and have shelves filled with them. However, what always amazes me is how easily and effortlessly we learn outside of the traditional “textbook and classroom” methods. Today was a perfect example of getting...

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Why Waldorf-inspired Education Creates Great Scientists

Posted on October 25, 2013 by thebearthinstitute in Curriculum, Eighth Grade, Farming, Field Trips, Fifth Grade, High School, Housebuilding, Lesson Blocks, Math, Middle Grades, Nature Walks, Ninth Grade, Science, Seventh Grade, Sixth Grade, Third Grade, Toys, Uncategorized, Waldorf Philosophy, Woodworking

One of the many reasons we decided to base Earthschooling on Waldorf-inspired principles was because of the strong science base Waldorf-inspired education provides. When I share this thought with parents and teachers the first questions they ask is (something like), “How can Waldorf-inspired education create great scientists? And what do...

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Visit to a Hindu Temple in Iowa

Posted on October 11, 2010 by thebearthinstitute in Cultural, Field Trips, Fifth Grade, Hindu, India, Lesson Blocks

Sofi and I are studying the Fifth Grade Ancient Cultures block. In the first part of the block we talked about Ancient India. Since this block included information on Hinduism and Buddhism we decided to visit a temple last week. I was amazed that this even exists in Iowa and...

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