Well, this year in Third Grade has been an interesting ride. I have some advice for all of you coming up to Third Grade, but please keep in mind I am only basing this on my personal experience and your … Continue reading
I think nine years of age, in many ways, is a rather fragile time. This sense of “I” ness and separation is coming out and beginning, but it is still rudimentary. Criticism still cannot be separated from the overall sense … Continue reading
I have gotten some private emails lately regarding the nine-year-change and puberty, so I wanted to write something for this space for other parents searching for support and information during this time. In the view of Waldorf Education, the soul … Continue reading
I got an email this morning from Rahima Baldwin Dancy regarding resources for the nine-year change and since it was so timely I thought I would pass the suggestions onto all of you: First of all, I have mentioned this … Continue reading
HI am currently reading this book; it is a Christian book that comes from a Biblical perspective, but I feel even if you are NOT Christian you would find it fascinating! The premise of this book so resonates with me. … Continue reading
Many of you know that Waldorf Education and also in the way that I parent, I look not only at seven year cycles but the main developmental transformations of certain ages – six/seven, age nine, age twelve, age fifteen/sixteen. Fifteen/sixteen … Continue reading
One interesting thing that Waldorf Schools typically do in sixth grade (at least in the United States) is to have the students make dolls. These are not put together the way a professional dollmaker would put a doll together, but … Continue reading
In the world of Waldorf homeschoolers, there is a lot of press about the developmental changes surrounding the six/seven year old, the nine year old, and sometimes a little about the twelve year old. However, the fifteen/sixteen year change is … Continue reading
We read a lot about protecting early childhood in the literature of Waldorf education and Waldorf parenting, but did you ever stop to think that the time of middle childhood is also a time to also be honored and protected? … Continue reading
If you believe love to be the answer in the world, then you must ask yourself the question: how do we develop the capacities of children, our next generation, to love and to be love in the world? I found … Continue reading
