Author: Joni DeGroot & Joan Jaekel Date published: Unknown Contact details: Contact Joni De Groot with your interest and questions, networking ideas and projects at JDGConsult@cox.net or 619.741.4249   What does the state of childhood have to do with the wellness of our planet? Planetary health stands no chance when children’s social-emotional wellbeing is compromised....

Author: Virginia Field Birdsall Date published: Unknown, Published in Education as an Art, Vol.1, #1, 1940 Contact details: Contact tab available on Waldorf library site Source: http://www.waldorflibrary.org/articles/51-when-shall-grammar-be-taught   In an effort to make education a less stereotyped and more living experience for the child, there is a marked tendency to defer...

January 15, 2009 by Carrie http://theparentingpassageway.com/2009/01/15/understanding-the-sixseven-year-old-transformation/   I had a question from a mother regarding a  six year old child (almost seven) who she felt was speaking disrespectfully not only to her but to other elders within the family. I responded to her that I felt some of the passages from the book “You...

Written by  Esther Boylan Wolfson URL: http://www.wholefamily.com/parent-center/item/1590 Date: April 2013 This series was written in consultation with Rachel Bromberg, MACCSLP – Speech and Language Therapist   Why Speech and Language Development? For parents, the area of speech and language development is probably the hardest to evaluate. When evaluating physical development,...

By Dr Laura Markham   How can you help your child learn to make friends and get along with peers? Listen when he has peer challenges, which all kids do. If you tell him what to do, you imply that he’s incompetent, and you aren’t helping him learn. Instead, help him to clarify his feelings, and to problem solve the issue. Don’t take sides when she fights...

“Dr. Laura, I love your examples with three year olds.  I wish I had known about you when my kids were that age. So what about older kids?  Who should know better by now, but maybe weren’t parented so perfectly so far…?!” — Annie There’s no such thing as parenting perfectly.  We’re all doing the best we can with the resources we have...

by Rahima Baldwin Dancy Published: 2012   Parents of nine year olds often wonder, “What is happening to my child?” Children at this age can become very critical and argumentative, or very moody and withdrawn. Nightmares, irrational fears, headaches and stomach-aches often arise. Some children feel as if no one at school likes them, others become suddenly self-conscious...

by Arthur M. Pittis Published: 1988 in Leading Forth.   To appreciate fully how and when reading is taught in Waldorf Schools, one must first understand the purpose of the curriculum. Rudolf Steiner hoped that Waldorf schools would serve as centres for the reawakening of spiritual life. The curriculum and pedagogy would serve as practical tools for this task, by directly countering...

by Eugene Schwartz Published: March 2009   Out of an in‑born understanding and psychological insight, many ancient peoples connected weaving, braiding and knot‑tying with intellect and wisdom. Isis, the female goddess of Egypt who exemplified wisdom, became known on earth after she taught a princess and her ladies‑in‑waiting to braid their hair. Athena, who was born...

By Ann Zeise Date: 10/14/97, Updated 11/22/99   In August 1997, at the Home Education Conference in Sacramento, California, I had the pleasure of listening to Joseph Chilton Pearce, author of “The Magical Child,” speak on the topic: The Heart / Brain Factor: Revolutionizing Education. Dr. Pearce got my attention right away when he suggested that public education had...