Autumn - The BEarth Institute

Seasonal Rhythms: The Melancholic Autumn

Posted on April 26, 2015 by thebearthinstitute in August, Autumn, September, The Temperaments, The Waldorf Year

Autumn has always been my favorite time of year. During the months of Autumn I feel more easily grounded, balanced and at peace than I do all year. I never really thought about why that was until I learned about the temperaments. Now it makes a lot of sense. Autumn...

Michaelmas Inspirations

Posted on September 20, 2014 by thebearthinstitute in Autumn, Knitted Stories, Knitting, Michaelmas, September, Sewing, Toys, Watercolor

If you are celebrating Michaelmas with children you may enjoy some of these inspirations from our classroom albums. The following ideas are from our classrooms and Earthschooling member classrooms. Michaelmas is celebrated on September 29. Our featured picture this week is of two puppets. One is a dragon and one...

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Three Apple Harvest Activities

Posted on September 15, 2014 by thebearthinstitute in Arts, Crafts & Handwork, Autumn, Farming, Science, September, Stories

Today* for our EarthSchooling Enrichment class we made apple-pickers, told the apple star story and made apple crisp! All the fruit on the lower branches has been snacked away by Sofi and her friends so we had to reach a little farther into the tree 🙂 Making the apple pickers...

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The Four Temperaments in Rhythm of the Home

Posted on May 16, 2014 by thebearthinstitute 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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My Favorite Detox Diet for Adults and Kids

Posted on May 14, 2014 by thebearthinstitute in Autumn, Detoxification, Healthy Meals, Nutritional Healing, Spring, Summer, Winter

Every change of season I do a detox. Sometimes I do a juice fast, sometimes I use a lot of herbs, sometimes I do other kinds of detoxes. However, for the next ten days I am doing my favorite detox diet. I almost feel guilty doing it because it is...

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Waldorf-inspired Synthetic-hybrid Acorn-thingamabobs

Posted on November 13, 2013 by thebearthinstitute in Art Supplies, Arts, Crafts & Handwork, Autumn

We have a well supplied arts and crafts room at the house – mostly supplied with Waldorf & natural supplies like beeswax and paper and watercolor paper, block crayons, chalk, felt, wool roving. However, I also have an entire file tower of “synthetic” supplies for various crafts Sofi and her...

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Watercolor & Meditation with The Middle Grades

Posted on November 13, 2013 by thebearthinstitute in Arts, Crafts & Handwork, Autumn, Nature Walks

(originally posted on old BLOG 10/10/08) As winter approaches the kids (mine and the ones who come for Waldorf Enrichment) have been both more meditative in many ways but also more physically energetic! So we have been outdoors a lot but when we come in their favorite activities seem...

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My Favorite Acorn Craft

Posted on November 7, 2013 by thebearthinstitute in Arts, Crafts & Handwork, Autumn

As you all know we have a million acorns in our front yard (yes, even after sending out over 1000 of them to friends online). So in my quest for more acorn crafts I came across a wonderfully simple and fun craft to make with the acorns. I have to...

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An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving Story

Posted on November 6, 2010 by thebearthinstitute in Autumn, Stories, Thanksgiving

AN OLD-FASHIONED THANKSGIVING By Louisa May Alcott Aunt Jo’s Scrap Basket Public Domain in the USA Sixty years ago, up among the New Hampshire hills, lived Farmer Bassett, with a house full of sturdy sons and daughters growing up about him. They were poor in money, but rich in land...

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Pumpkin Smoothie for Balance & Nutrition

Posted on October 28, 2010 by thebearthinstitute in Autumn, Cooking, Healthy Meals, Holistic Health, Kids Can Heal, Nutritional Healing, Temperament, Thanksgiving

Pumpkin Smoothies are one of my favorite autumn treats and the best part of them is that they are super healthy as well! They are filled with vitamins, minerals and even protein and calcium. When you drink a pumpkin smoothie you are helping your body balance in so many ways....

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Little Owl Boy Story for October

Posted on October 13, 2010 by thebearthinstitute in Animals, Autumn, Halloween, Myths, Native American

We love this October story! It is “spooky” but in a unique way and has a lesson to share as well. It also gives insight into Native American culture. LONG ago, out on the wide prairie, there was an Indian camp, and on the edge of the camp was a...

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Easy Healthy Homemade Pumpkin Pie

Posted on October 23, 2009 by thebearthinstitute in Autumn, Cooking, Thanksgiving

Every year somebody asks me to publish this recipe again. Ever since I discovered it my kids don’t even like the “regular” pumkin pie anymore! This is SOOOOO easy and tastes like a pumpkin pie with a thin crust – the recipe actually makes its own crust. Hope this helps...

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