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Simple Preparations for Candlemas

If Candlemas be fair and bright,Winter has another flight.If Candlemas brings clouds and rain,Winter will not come again. Candlemas, Imbolc, ...

Waldorf-Inspired Homeschooling Years 1 & 3

This is the first year we are homeschooling our children. Our reasons are many and like everyone's life choices, so ...

How to get Started with Waldorf-Inspired Beeswax Crayon Drawing

  Drawing is a very centering activity for children (and adults!) of all ages. Colouring time is also useful for ...

Creating an Autumn Rhythm

Autumn is a time of bounty, harvest, connectedness and community. It contains the gesture of coming together and reaping the ...

Creating a Waldorf-Inspired Spring Rhythm

Spring is a time of emergence, rebirth, renewed hope and growing warmth. It contains the gesture of opening up like ...

How to get Started with Waldorf-Inspired Watercolour Painting

Wet-on-wet watercolour painting is commonly used in Waldorf preschools, kindergartens and through the early grades. Wet colours are painted onto ...

Caregiver’s Meditations : Weekly Planning

Each Saturday I plan out the week ahead. I also have two monthly calendar – one hanging in my office ...

Rhythm : Daily Chores for Children

The Classical Sanskrit noun dharma is a derivation from the root dhṛ, which has a meaning of “to hold, maintain, ...