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Waldorf 101

The Waldorf Birthday Story

August 1, 2013 by thebearthinstitute 1 Comment

Invoke a sense of the sacred on a child’s birth and are performed with the teacher reading, the child acting and the parent watching. Once upon a time there was a little child named____________ who was still with the angles in heaven and he/she was very happy there. He looked at the beautiful colors and listened to […]

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Waldorf Celebrations

August 1, 2013 by thebearthinstitute Leave a Comment

One of the celebrations we celebrate during the Waldorf Earthschooling year is Advent. However, contrary to popular belief, the Advent spiral done at Waldorf schools is not inherently Christian. It can be celebrated to honor a number of religious or spiritual traditions – depending on your family or students participating. What are the origins of […]

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Waldorf & Spirituality

August 1, 2013 by thebearthinstitute Leave a Comment

The Waldorf Curriculum for children actually does not teach Anthroposophy. However, Waldorf School’s in general are either Christian, Jewish, Muslim or very broadly spiritually based. Each day begins with a prayer and ends with a parting prayer. Each meal begins with a prayer and the notion of “God” is prevalent in the Waldorf school. The […]

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Waldorf Art

August 1, 2013 by thebearthinstitute Leave a Comment

Central to Waldorf principles is the need to surround children with beauty. Watercolors and beeswax crayons (when used with teacher guidance and purpose) naturally create very beautiful works without technical talent. You will notice that the teachers use care not to allow the children to muddle their colors into a brown mess. At home our […]

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The Wisdom of Fairytales

August 1, 2013 by thebearthinstitute Leave a Comment

“Parents frequently express concern about violent, even bloody incidents that occur in Grimm’s fairy tales. Today, we often see these tales edited to remove or soften these aspects. This results in a kind of deprivation of our children’s sense of life that is similar to the effects of painkillers and can dull that sense. At a Waldorf School, […]

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Natural Toys and Materials

August 1, 2013 by thebearthinstitute 2 Comments

This article is from an old Waldorf school newsletter. If anyone knows the source please let me know 🙂 Anyone well acquainted with our school will have had their attention drawn at some time to the fact that when its a matter of cloth being put to use – in the kindergarten toys, in the […]

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