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Our highest endeavor must be to develop free human beings who are able, of themselves, to impart purpose and direction to their lives. - Rudolf Steiner
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Monday, May 20
Category Archives: On The Web
Not Only is it OK to Play, it’s a Necessity of Childhood
From Waldorf Today: Children’s play is threatened, say experts who advise that kids – from toddlers to tweens – should be relearning how to play. Roughhousing and fantasy feed development. Scientists disagree about what sort of play is most important, government is loath to regulate the type of toys and technology that increasingly shape the [...]
Silicon Valley Waldorf School in National News Again
NBC News visited the Waldorf School of the Peninsula recently, to film a segment The Waldorf Way: Silicon Valley school eschews technology. The California Waldorf school has been getting plenty of press since the publication of an article in the New York Times last month. The press has brought out the debate over whether high [...]
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On The Web: Study on the Physical Health Risks of Television on Children
Susan Love has shared with us a message from Janni Nicol of the UK, who forwarded this study from the Early Years News in England: TV Time an Indicator of Future Health Problems In a world first study researchers have found that six-year-olds who spent the most time watching television had narrower arteries in the [...]
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On The Web: “There’s a Fire on the Mountain”
As we talk about reforming our educational system, we need to make the arts an educational pillar as foundational as science and math. Here is a great article by Mickey Hart, drummer for the Grateful Dead and board member of the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function, that discusses why the arts are so crucial [...]
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On The Web: “Why Preschool Shouldn’t Be Like School”
A new article in Slate Magazine talks about how teaching kids more at younger ages can backfire: http://www.slate.com/id/2288402/pagenum/all/
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On The Web: Race To Nowhere gets media attention
If you had the opportunity to join us for last Tuesday’s screening of Race to Nowhere, then you understand what all the fuss is about. The documentary is getting a lot of attention, and this article from the New York Times is no exception: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/09/education/09nowhere.html?_r=2&nl=afternoonupdate&emc=aua2 Don’t forget, next Wednesday, December 15th, is the follow-up discussion [...]
On The Web: Tech gets a time-out
Our thanks to Donna Brooks for forwarding this article along: http://www.sanfranmag.com/story/tech-gets-a-time-out As always, please feel free to share comments!
Tagged links, media, technology, television, TV, Waldorf
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On The Web: Playing to Learn
Thanks to Susan Love for sharing this find with our blog community: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/opinion/02engel.html?emc=eta1
Tagged curriculum, NY Times, play, Waldorf, Water's Edge
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On The Web: Research Finds No Advantage In Learning To Read From Age Five
Great article about a study about the ages children learn to read and whether or not late readers showed any disadvantages later on: http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/research-finds-no-advantage-learning-read-age-five/5/33888 Thanks to Donna Brooks for forwarding this along. Comments on the article are welcome!
Tagged links, private school, reading, Waldorf, Water's Edge, Wauconda
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Article: "The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting"
This recent article has been passed around by a number of parents and teachers at our school. We’ve decided to share it here, so it can be easily passed along to the rest of our community as well as friends and family: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1940395-1,00.html Please feel free to leave comments here!