Spring - The BEarth Institute

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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Celebrate Earth Day with Worms!

Posted on April 22, 2015 by thebearthinstitute in April, Earth Day, Spring, Storytelling, Techniques

What better way to celebrate Earth Day than to honor the creatures who move the earth under us and are the caretakers of all things that grow in the earth? I have a tradition that we always have a difficult book that we read together as a family. The last...

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Sanguine of the Spring

Posted on July 29, 2014 by thebearthinstitute in Spring, The Temperaments

Sanguine of the Spring By Kristie Karima Burns, MH, ND, Ph.D. This article was originally published in the ROTH online magazine. Since their link has been removed many members have asked us to re-print these articles here. We will have these posted until their link is functional again. The sanguine...

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Spring & Summer Protection-ade

Posted on May 21, 2014 by thebearthinstitute in Detoxification, Healthy Meals, Herbal Healing, Kids Can Heal, Naturopathic Healing, Spring, Summer, Wildcrafting

Does the thought of a refreshing day by the lake or at the local swimming pool have you jumping up and down for joy or does it have you running to hide? If you or someone you love suffers from allergies, environmental and/or chemical sensitivities it will be the word “pollen” that...

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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Earth Day Celebrations!

Posted on April 3, 2014 by thebearthinstitute in Arts, Crafts & Handwork, Earth Day, Nature Walks, Spring, Watercolor

reprinted from old BLOG (we are transferring all entries from the old BLOG before we delete it on the old website) – Earth Day is Tuesday, April 22nd this year (2014)! What a wonderful Earth Day! It is our second “real” day of spring this year – so we brought...

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Extend Your Spring Celebrations!

Posted on April 3, 2014 by thebearthinstitute in Easter, Noruz, Persian, Spring, Stories

Well, it is past the days of NoRuz in Persia (a celebration for the first ten days of spring) and spring is close to ending here in the midwest but we are extending our celebration! Here is a sample from our it Fifth Grade Ancient Cultures Block (we do this two...

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Natural Dyeing and Tea Party!

Posted on April 3, 2014 by thebearthinstitute in Arts, Crafts & Handwork, Easter, Spring

Here is a reprint of an article I wrote in 2009 for Easter (we are transferring all old BLOG posts to the new website 🙂 There are so many gems we don’t want to lose or for you to miss out on! This was originally posted as a newsletter article...

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Easter Field Trip: Wildlife Education

Posted on April 3, 2014 by thebearthinstitute in Animals, Easter, Spring

One of the ways we are celebrating spring is by doing a unit study on birth and the animal kingdom in general. We visited a goat farm last weekend and learned a lot about caring for baby goats. This week we visited the Iowa Reptile Rescue and cuddled with snakes...

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Spring “Egg” Hunt

Posted on April 3, 2014 by thebearthinstitute in Easter, Nature Walks, Science, Spring

As a healer I always try to find that “perfect herb” that fits the needs of my client’s emotions, my clients physical body and my client’s spirit. As a teacher I am always trying to find that “perfect task” or “perfect lesson” that fits the needs of the day, the...

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Easter Surprise!

Posted on April 3, 2014 by thebearthinstitute in Arts, Crafts & Handwork, Chalk Drawing, Easter, Spring

Before Sofi “decorated”….. Sofi at work…. After Sofi decorated the “eggs”… When the kids woke up Easter morning they found a picture of a spring chick with some plain eggs on the chalkboard. Their job was to decorate the eggs! Just a little “twist” on the tradition of decorating...

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Why March Has 31 Days – Story

Posted on February 28, 2014 by thebearthinstitute in March, Spring, Stories, Storytelling, The Waldorf Year

In Bulgaria, the month of March is personified as Baba Marta (Grandmother March), a hunched old woman whose unpredictable temper is reflected in the changeable March weather. She is always arguing with her brother, Little Sechko (February), who likes wine (you can change this to juice or any other food...

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Natural Dyeing Tips for Easter and Spring

Posted on April 15, 2013 by thebearthinstitute in Easter, Natural Dying, Spring

There is something about Easter that just makes me want to dye everything! We do play silks, clothing, yarn and of course, eggs. Why get out the dye and go to all that work just for one thing? Here are a couple “tried a true” tips for using natural dyes...

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Easter Tea Party Lesson

Posted on April 10, 2013 by thebearthinstitute in Easter, Herbal Healing, Kids Can Heal, Spring, Wildcrafting

Every spring this is my favorite class activity! I wanted to share it with you because “my kids” enjoy it so much… When I was a child I used to think bunnies and flowers and eggs were all about Easter. Then I moved to the Middle East. In Egypt, every...

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March Story – Persian New Year

Posted on February 28, 2012 by thebearthinstitute in March, Persian, Seasonal, Spring, Stories

I found a version of a Persian New Year Story in PERSIAN which would be fun to listen to even though I don’t understand a word of Persian! It is HERE. Uncle Noruz Once upon a time there was an old man named Amoo Noruz, who would come to town...

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The Magic Horse – A Spring Equinox Story

Posted on March 10, 2010 by thebearthinstitute in March, Persian, Spring, Stories, Storytelling

In Persia (now Iran) the New Year was celebrated and is still celebrated at the beginning of spring. At that time a grand feast was observed throughout the land, and at the royal palace, artists, natives and strangers were invited to present their finest skills or treasures to the king....

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