There was a period of my life when I was traveling on a weekly basis and/or moving a few times a year. During this time it was near impossible to find supplies I needed and was familiar with during my trips and bringing everything I ‘needed’ along was not really an efficient use of my […]
Public Blog
Waldorf Teacher Training: Teaching History in the Early & Middle Grades
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 many teachers/parents get very frustrated […]
Naturopathic Consulting Questions
When seeking more balance, harmony and well-being the questions you ask are just as important as the answers because without the correct questions a mystery still remains. WHY do I feel imbalanced and unhealthy? I had my yearly check-up at the doctor last week and he asked me a series of questions. I was surprised […]
Waldorf Teacher Training: Exploring the 12-Senses in Waldorf Education
Book Review: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: 8th Grade and Up
I’m always on the lookout for interesting books I can use in home education. I’m pretty “picky” so new ones don’t come along very often. My requirements are – they need to be interesting enough to capture the attention of a teenager (I have 13 and 15), they need to have enough information that I […]
Lesson Planning – A Dozen Tips
This month has been all about lesson planning for us. I’ve been spending hours every day putting the finishing touches on the new daily lesson planners for the First and Second Grade Earthschooling Curriculum for this coming year, planning our coming year and listening to everyone talk about lesson preparation and planning. With this in mind I’d […]
The Syllabus a Waldorf-Trained Teacher Shared with Parents of Her Students
As a Waldorf-Trained teacher in a classroom, enrichment program, or even online, it can be rewarding to share some behind-the-scenes wisdom with the parents of your students. This can help cultivate a sense of trust and understanding. If you are a parent or teacher yourself, reading this short series can also help you understand some […]
Bedtime Verses
These verses were all shared by members of Earhschooling. They are NOT part of the Earthschooling curriculum, but they reflect the diversity of our members. Original question from a member: My son’s teacher recommended we say a verse before bed to signal it’s time to get ready for sleep. My sons are 4 and 7. […]
Waldorf Television
What Does Waldorf Education Say About TV? References for this article are listed below the article. As a naturopath, writer, and teacher, this is one of my favorite projects to take on. I enjoy researching the historical uses of herbs and healing therapies and then tracing their usage up until the modern day, where we find […]
Parent-Teacher Education
Meditation and Inner Work
One thing that Steiner saw as very important for Waldorf parents and educators was to maintain a constant awareness of ourselves through meditation and self-reflection. The beginning of his work, The Foundation Meditation, expresses his thought best when he says, Soul of man! You live in the limbs That carries you through the world of […]
Temperaments in Education
Even Samuel Hahnemann, the father of homeopathy, recognized the importance of type and noted that knowing a person’s type was essential to understanding how they might exhibit the same disease and how they would react to similar medicines. In his essay, Suppression in the Four Hippocratic Temperaments, Samuel Hahnemann observed that each type reacted differently […]
Earthschooling – an Award Winning Curriculum
