A Guide for Parents by Colin Price Note from WaldorfBooks: We are sharing the first chapter of this wonderful little booklet to introduce you to the amazing work that Waldorf teacher Colin Price has done. If you would like to purchase the full booklet it is available in digital format here or as a print book […]
Waldorf 101
Golden Beetle Books
Earthschooling has purchased exclusive copyright, publishing, and distribution rights to Golden Beetle Books from Alan Whitehead and is beyond honored and excited to be continuing the tradition of spreading his wisdom for many many years to come. Alan is an educator that inspired me when Earthschooling was started more than 25 years ago. We will […]
Introducing Waldorf Teacher Colin Price and Six NEW Books!
We are so excited to be introducing Colin Price & Songbird Press to our collection of Waldorf books for our members and new customers! This collection is now EXCLUSIVE to Earthschooling – you will not find these books anywhere else. Note: All Lifetime Family Curriculum Members have these books included in the Teacher Support Package […]
First Grade and the Seven Year Old
By Waldorf Teacher, Diane Power This article is exclusive to and copyright Earthschooling.com I sincerely believe that for the child, and for the parents seeking to guide him, it is not half so important to “know” as to “feel.” If facts are the seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom, then the motions and impressions […]
First Grade Readiness – Are We Asking the Right Questions?
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 the most popular question we […]
Waldorf 101: Syllabus
Would you like to convert your classroom or home to a Waldorf home or classroom? Would you like to know the meaning behind some of the Waldorf activities? I created a packet for the Waldorf parents at my school ten years ago to help them understand what the essence of Waldorf is and what the […]
Bedtime Verses
These verses were all shared by members on the Waldorf School Online list HERE Original question from a member: My son’s teacher recommended we say a verse before bed to signal getting ready for sleep time. My son’s are 4 and 7. Any suggestions? 1. Guardian Angels who we love Shine on us from up […]
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
Have you ever heard the term “What’s good for the goose is good for the gander?” (It means, basically that what a man can do, a woman can do to or what is good for the man, is also good for the women) I would like to coin a new phrase and dedicate it to […]
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 the best when he says, Soul of man! You live in the limbs That carry you through the world of […]
Temperaments in Education
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 they would react to similar medicines. In his essay, Suppression in the Four Hippocratic Temperaments, Samuel Hahnemann […]
Basic Waldorf Verses
You can hear these verses being sung in the video below: Good Morning Song Traditional Waldorf Good Morning Dear Earth (hands as if holding earth on abdomen) Good Morning Dear Sun (stretch arms above head in a circular arc) Good Morning Dear Trees (stretch arms to side, like tree branches) And the Flowers Everywhere (hands […]