http://waldorf2.intercast-media.com/ Resources for Nourishing Family Life en Copyright 2009 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:51:58 -0700 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss "Sharing the Joy of Nature" Keynote address by Joseph Cornell Joseph Cornell, author of the pioneering works Sharing Nature with Children and Listening to Nature, shares from 30 years of developing inspiring nature activities you can use to deepen your family's experience and relationship with nature. He also incudes stories and insights from the lives of great nature mystics, including John Muir, Henry David Thoreau, and others. Video recording in DVD format: $20.00 ]]> http://waldorf2.intercast-media.com/2009/02/sharing_the_joy_of_nature.html http://waldorf2.intercast-media.com/2009/02/sharing_the_joy_of_nature.html Online Store: Children & Nature Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:51:58 -0700 "Developing Healthy Sensory Integration: Play in the Natural World" Workshop by Nancy Blanning Outdoor play in the natural world has supported sensory development for ages, and we need to reclaim this connection. Nancy takes participants on a playful walk and then explores the senses of touch, self-movement and balance, and ways to use the natural world as our playground for children's healthy development. Video Recording in DVD format: $20.00 ]]> http://waldorf2.intercast-media.com/2009/02/developing_healthy_sensory_int.html http://waldorf2.intercast-media.com/2009/02/developing_healthy_sensory_int.html Online Store: Children & Nature Online Store: Your Growing Child Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:42:28 -0700 "Educating Our Children--Changing the Future" will be the theme of the annual spring parenting conference April 25-26 at Sacramento Waldorf School, sponsored by Informed Family Life. ]]> http://waldorf2.intercast-media.com/2009/01/educating_our_children_changin.html http://waldorf2.intercast-media.com/2009/01/educating_our_children_changin.html Conferences: Waldorf in the Home Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:56:50 -0700 "Connecting Children and Nature" Workshop by Jill Dreves Explore your connection to the natural world and how it impacts your child's. Based on the work of Richard Louv (Last Child in the Woods) and the work of the Wild Bear Center for Nature Discovery in Nederland, Colorado, Jill shares the current trends and research on the importance of connecting children with nature. Participants also make a biodome, a great project to do with your children. Video Recording: DVD, $20 ]]> http://waldorf2.intercast-media.com/2009/01/connecting_children_and_nature.html http://waldorf2.intercast-media.com/2009/01/connecting_children_and_nature.html Online Store: Children & Nature Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:39:14 -0700 "Can We See with Fresh Eyes? Replacing Habits of Abstract Thought" Workshop by Craig Holdrege Do we encourage our children to enjoy the night sky, or do we explain how many light years away those stars are? To help our children have deep experiences of the world, we need to overcome our tendency to over-intellectualize--to explain and define. Can we learn to hold back, provide opportunities for quiet observation, and portray the world with open-ended concepts that can grow as children grow? Audio Recording: CD, $12.50 ]]> http://waldorf2.intercast-media.com/2009/01/can_we_see_with_fresh_eyes.html http://waldorf2.intercast-media.com/2009/01/can_we_see_with_fresh_eyes.html Online Store: Children & Nature Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:33:21 -0700 "Inner Nature: The Four Elements and the Temperaments" Workshop by Cheryl Mulholland The four elements also appear within human nature as our temperament, with each person expressing an affinity towards earth, air, fire and water in how they think, feel and act in life. Understanding the temperaments can improve our relationships and parenting and help us guide our children with their strengths and weaknesses. Audio Recording: CD, $12.50 ]]> http://waldorf2.intercast-media.com/2009/01/inner_nature_the_four_elements.html http://waldorf2.intercast-media.com/2009/01/inner_nature_the_four_elements.html Online Store: Parenting Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:16:32 -0700 "Gardening as a Pathway to Understanding Nature" Workshop by Chris Korrow An organic/biodynamic garden is a miniature ecosystem in which the gardener strives to mimic the workings of nature. Gardens vary greatly from location to location, and understanding your specific plot will give you insight as to the best way to deal with its uniqueness. These simple concepts are also a great aid in teaching children about gardening, biodiversity, soil science, the environment and even climate change. Audio recording: CD, $12.50 ]]> http://waldorf2.intercast-media.com/2009/01/the_world_is_a_bigger_place.html http://waldorf2.intercast-media.com/2009/01/the_world_is_a_bigger_place.html Online Store: Children & Nature Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:06:29 -0700 "The Sky Starts at your Feet: Nature from a Child's View" Keynote Address by Sharon Lovejoy Nationally-known author Sharon Lovejoy (Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots, Sunflower Houses, and Trowel & Error) shares ways to enchant and enliven children's relationships with nature through gardens and gardening. Sharon shares a collection of simple techniques for learning with children, not teaching at them as she shares her formula of the Five S's. Audio: CD recording, $12.50 ]]> http://waldorf2.intercast-media.com/2009/01/nature_from_a_child_view.html http://waldorf2.intercast-media.com/2009/01/nature_from_a_child_view.html Online Store: Children & Nature Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:36:40 -0700 Storytelling from the Heart By Cynthia Wand I believe that one of the greatest contributors to dis-connection from our children today is technology. I feel it is has somewhat replaced one of our most cherished threads of bonding in families, the art of storytelling.]]> http://waldorf2.intercast-media.com/2008/11/storytelling_from_the_heart.html http://waldorf2.intercast-media.com/2008/11/storytelling_from_the_heart.html Family Life Puppetry and Storytelling Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:01:03 -0700 The Rebirth of Play and Re-Creating Play.] Our last update invited you to help us promote the new PBS documentary Where Do the Children Play? by organizing a local screening of the film. You responded with a flood of requests, and we have now sent out more than 250 copies of the film for screenings in the U.S. and abroad. The reports we are getting say that audiences are provoked, moved, and inspired to take action in their communities.]]> http://waldorf2.intercast-media.com/2008/06/play_from_the_alliance_for_chi.html http://waldorf2.intercast-media.com/2008/06/play_from_the_alliance_for_chi.html Play and Imagination Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:44:26 -0700 Becoming Peers: Mentoring Girls into Womanhood Book by DeAnna L'am This book provides practical guidelines for mentoring a girl into womanhood. It offers creative ceremonies and activities designed to honor a girl's transition and call her to new levels of maturity. At the same time, it presents the adult woman/mentor with powerful tools for enhancing her inner and outer life. The book is motivated by the belief that for a girl to enter womanhood in a meaningful way, it is essential that her mother and other special women in her life cultivate a new way of relating that will gradually help her to become their peer. DeAnna will be a keynote speaker at our conference on "Educating Your Children--Changing the Future" April 25-26, 2009 in Fair Oaks, CA. She has been a frequent and popular workshop presenter at many conferences in the past. DeAnna has been teaching in the United States and internationally since 1980 in the fields of team building, conflict resolution, peacemaking, and women's spirituality. Since founding Red Moon Rites of Passage in 1994, she has been leading groups for girls and women throughout California and around the world. Book, $14.95 ]]> http://waldorf2.intercast-media.com/2008/06/becoming_peers_mentoring_girls.html http://waldorf2.intercast-media.com/2008/06/becoming_peers_mentoring_girls.html Online Store: Your Growing Child Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:21:08 -0700 Waldorf and Learning to Read by Barbara Dewey, Waldorf without Walls Reading is not required in Waldorf schools until the end of grade 3. The Waldorf curriculum is based on the developmental interests of children, rather than skill levels, and does not require reading in the early grades. Material is presented by the teacher in dramatic, interesting ways and the children make use of the material in their play and hands-on dramatic and artistic activities.]]> http://waldorf2.intercast-media.com/2008/06/post_1.html http://waldorf2.intercast-media.com/2008/06/post_1.html Waldorf Home Schooling Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:16:21 -0700 A marionette making retreat will be offered in Ashland, Oregon from August 4-8, 2008 with Analuisa Witt, a Waldorf kindergarten teacher who trained with Suzanne Down of Juniper Tree Puppets. The retreat includes an early morig nature walk, euryhtmy, the theory of "Philosphy of the Gesture," marioneete making with seil and needle felting sulptin, and practice with the marionettes. For more information contact Analuisa at auroraskinder@hotmail.com or call 541-552-0231. http://waldorf2.intercast-media.com/2008/06/marionette_making_retreat.html http://waldorf2.intercast-media.com/2008/06/marionette_making_retreat.html Puppetry and Storytelling Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:31:40 -0700 Homeschooling Program in Boulder with Sage Hamilton, Director Let us honor spirit that moves in all things and know ourselves better through creative expression and community. ]]> http://waldorf2.intercast-media.com/2008/05/homeschooling_group_in_boulder.html http://waldorf2.intercast-media.com/2008/05/homeschooling_group_in_boulder.html Waldorf Home Schooling Wed, 14 May 2008 07:24:51 -0700 A mother inquired: Hi, we have a Waldorf co-op and have been faced with some differing views regarding colds, sickness and when to bring and not bring your children. Do you have any waldorf guidelines for colds and sickness to protect or children or philosophies around protecting them I could share with the group? We have a few of us that feel it is very important to keep our children home to heal when they are sick, keep them bundled and conserve there energy. There are the others who feel like it's important to build the immune system by being sick and feel very comfortable bringing their sick kids to co-op. Any thoughts? We could really use some waldorf mama help! Blessings -JH ps. Love the Homemaking 101 video you recommended! http://waldorf2.intercast-media.com/2008/05/the_sick_child.html http://waldorf2.intercast-media.com/2008/05/the_sick_child.html Family Life Thu, 08 May 2008 08:18:28 -0700