Category Archives: Waldorf Philosophy

Focusing on Home Life By Rahima Baldwin Dancy

Posted on by in Guest Blogger, Inner Work, Inner Work, Modeling, Modeling, Monday Meditation, Organization, Organization, Parenting, Teachers, Waldorf Philosophy
You, as a parent, are your child’s first teacher, and your home is the where the most living and learning take place. This is true whether your child is home with you full-time or enrolled full- or part-time in child care, preschool, or kindergarten. It is also true regardless of...
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First Grade Readiness – Are We Asking the Right Questions?

Posted on by in First Grade, Inner Work, Inner Work, Organization, Organization, Parenting, Planning, Planning, Teachers, Waldorf 101, Waldorf Philosophy
Looking back on my children’s education I can honestly say that the question, “When are they ready for first grade?” was one of the hardest issues I had to deal with during their entire educational career. But why did I struggle so much with this question and why is it...
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Storytelling in the Waldorf Inspired Classroom

Posted on by in Kindergarten, Myths, Native American, Preschool, Stories, Storytelling, Teachers, Techniques, Waldorf Philosophy
Introduction One of my favorite memories from a parent-child class we attended in the Chicago area at a Waldorf School was the first time I saw storytelling come to life with the figures on a table colored with silk scarves. It was magical. The teacher told a fable to the...
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Stages in Waldorf Education

Posted on by in Nature Walks, Rhythm, Waldorf Earthschooling, Waldorf Philosophy
Sofi is ten*. She is in that age where she is exploring her individuality and her place in the world. She still sees the world as a place to create and looks at everything through this point of view. Mosi, my eldest, is 14. She is at the stage where...
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The Four Temperaments in Rhythm of the Home

Posted on by in Autumn, Rhythm, Seasonal, Spring, Summer, Temperament, The Temperaments, The Temperaments and the Adult-Child Relationship Book, Waldorf Philosophy, Winter
I wrote these four articles for Rhythm of the Home Magazine. They are nice little vignettes about the temperaments that we wrote that explore in a unique and seasonal manner. Note that the original links to the online magazine are broken and we have not been provided with new links...
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Are You Normal?

Posted on by in Aromatherapy, Herbal Healing, Homeopathy, Inner Work, Inner Work, Inner Work, Iridology, Medicine of Avicenna, Meditation, Naturopathic Healing, Naturopathic Healing Course, Nutritional Healing, Organization, Organization, Parenting, Planning, Planning, Reflexology, Space Clearing, Teachers, The Avicenna Institute, The Temperaments, Unani Tibb, Waldorf Philosophy
Are You Normal?  Start your week with an Inner Work Meditation. Take some time to reflect on the following short essay/blog post and let it inspire you this week as you parent, teach, study and live! DaVinci was a scientist, a philosopher, a writer, an artist, a mathematician, painter, sculptor,...
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Why Waldorf-inspired Education Creates Great Scientists

Posted on by 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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Don’t Forget Your Hands!

Posted on by in Inner Work, Inner Work, Inner Work, Organization, Organization, Parenting, Planning, Planning, Rhythm, Teachers, Waldorf Philosophy
As parents and teachers using Waldorf-inspired methods we learn about the importance of making sure there is a balance between the head, heart and hands* in daily education. Steiner teaches that this balance is essential to learning and that when a child is engaged and balanced on all three levels...
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Teaching History in the Early & Middle Grades

Posted on by in Eighth Grade, Fifth Grade, High School, Middle Grades, Ninth Grade, Planning, Seventh Grade, Sixth Grade, Teachers, Third Grade, Waldorf Philosophy
It always seems like there is a lot to cover with history and there is. If you covered everything in history from every period you would have to read every newspaper and book from every country for every year you are studying. Of course that sounds extreme, but I see...
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Modeling in Waldorf Education

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Modeling is one of the most important concepts in early Waldorf childhood education. Many books are written on the topic and entire Waldorf parent-child and Early Childhood programs are based on the concept. However, one must not lose sight of the fact that, in Waldorf education, each year is intended...
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The Rhythm of Learning

Posted on by in Organization, Organization, Parenting, Planning, Planning, Rhythm, Teachers, Waldorf Philosophy
“Life in its entirety is like a plant. The plant contains not only what it offers to external life; it also holds a future state within its hidden depths. One who has before him a plant only just in leaf, knows very well that after some time there will be...
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A Waldorf Main Lesson Book: Where are the Worksheets?

Posted on by in Eighth Grade, Fifth Grade, Lesson Blocks, Math, Middle Grades, Ninth Grade, Organization, Planning, Seventh Grade, Sixth Grade, Teachers, Third Grade, Uncategorized, Waldorf 101, Waldorf Earthschooling, Waldorf Philosophy
Imagine a world with no quizzes, textbooks or worksheets. That sounds like it would be a dream school for most children! This is what it is like in a Waldorf school. In fact, Waldorf education engages the student in the learning process to the extent where worksheets or exams would...
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The Temperaments in Education

Posted on by in Inner Work, Inner Work, Parenting, Teachers, Temperament, Temperament & Typology Course, Temperament Consulting, The Temperaments, The Temperaments and the Adult-Child Relationship Book, Waldorf Philosophy
Temperaments in Education By Kristie Karima Burns, MH, ND, Ph.D. Copyright 1998 Even Samuel Hahnneman, the father of homeopathy recognized the importance of type and related that it was important to know a persons type to discover the different ways they would exhibit the same disease and the different ways...
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