The annual fall Waldorf parenting conferences will be happening only in Boulder this year: "Children, Nature and Us" will take place at Shining Mountain Waldorf School Oct. 25-26, 2008.
The next conference in Fair Oaks will be in Spring 2009, and will feature Shea Darian around the themes in her new book Living Passages for the Whole Family (available from our online store at the right). DeAnna L'am will also be doing a keynote presentation relating to welcoming our daughters into womanhood. Both promise to be exciting conferences!
The reason I'm unable to travel to California in the fall is that my daughter, Faith, and I will be busy opening the Rainbow Bridge LifeWays Program in North Boulder (I am taking a break from working with elders and returning to early childhood for a while). Faith has been leading the toddler class at Boulder Waldorf Kindergarten for the past three years and has completed the LifeWays training. We're looking forward to working together with young children! If you live in or around Boulder and have children from 1-5 years, you can learn more about the program by clicking on the information at right.
"Children, Nature & Us" (Oct. 25-26 in Boulder) will feature Joseph Cornell, whose books on Sharing Nature with Children have been a classic resource for parents and teachers (if you can't attend the conference--or to get a preview of how creative and sparkly Joseph his--we are pleased to be able to offer his DVD "Sharing the Joy of Nature and Flow Learning." Just click on our online-store on the right, or enter Joseph Cornell into the search engine on the site.
Suzanne Down of Juniper Tree Puppets will again be joining us with "The Greening of Story" (also available as a DVD through our store). We are also delighted to welcome Sharon Lovejoy, who is an internationally acclaimed author on gardening. She has written several books on gardening with children, including Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots, Sunflower Houses, and Hollyhock Days.
And we will be joined by Craig Holdrege, Director of The Nature Institute in Ghent, NY and a frequent lecturer on biodynamic agriculture and the Goethean approach to the natural world.
In addition, there will be three dozen workshops on various aspects of the Waldorf curriculum, parenting, and ways to nurture children--and ourselves--in the living forces of nature.
I will miss seeing many of you in California until Spring of '09, and I hope that the year brings blessings and growth for you and your families.
Warmly, Rahima
