DaVinci Waldorf School 847-526-1372 » links http://davinciwaldorfschool.org A Developing Waldorf School Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:35:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 On The Web: Tech gets a time-out http://davinciwaldorfschool.org/on-the-web-tech-gets-a-time-out/ http://davinciwaldorfschool.org/on-the-web-tech-gets-a-time-out/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:02:11 +0000 Blog Admin http://blog.watersedgewaldorf.org/?p=404 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!

]]> http://davinciwaldorfschool.org/on-the-web-tech-gets-a-time-out/feed/ 0 On The Web: Research Finds No Advantage In Learning To Read From Age Five http://davinciwaldorfschool.org/on-the-web-research-finds-no-advantage-in-learning-to-read-from-age-five/ http://davinciwaldorfschool.org/on-the-web-research-finds-no-advantage-in-learning-to-read-from-age-five/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:22:39 +0000 Amy Howard http://blog.watersedgewaldorf.org/?p=369 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!

]]> http://davinciwaldorfschool.org/on-the-web-research-finds-no-advantage-in-learning-to-read-from-age-five/feed/ 0 Article: "The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting" http://davinciwaldorfschool.org/atricle-the-growing-backlash-against-overparenting/ http://davinciwaldorfschool.org/atricle-the-growing-backlash-against-overparenting/#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:00:52 +0000 Amy Howard http://blog.watersedgewaldorf.org/?p=359 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!

]]> http://davinciwaldorfschool.org/atricle-the-growing-backlash-against-overparenting/feed/ 2 Link of The Week http://davinciwaldorfschool.org/link-of-the-week-2/ http://davinciwaldorfschool.org/link-of-the-week-2/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:25:10 +0000 Amy Howard http://blog.watersedgewaldorf.org/?p=331 Water’s Edge parent, Claudia M. Lenart has written another wonderful article!  Here is the link to it:

http://nutrition.suite101.com/article.cfm/best_brain_foods_for_children

Feel free to share your comments too!

]]> http://davinciwaldorfschool.org/link-of-the-week-2/feed/ 0 Link of The Week http://davinciwaldorfschool.org/link-of-the-week/ http://davinciwaldorfschool.org/link-of-the-week/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:12:34 +0000 Amy Howard http://blog.watersedgewaldorf.org/?p=320 An article on Slow Parenting that I think will sound very familiar to many of our Waldorf families…

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfmoms/detail?entry_id=36995

Please share your thoughts!

]]> http://davinciwaldorfschool.org/link-of-the-week/feed/ 0 On The Web: Understanding How Waldorf Education is Unique http://davinciwaldorfschool.org/on-the-web-understanding-how-waldorf-education-is-unique/ http://davinciwaldorfschool.org/on-the-web-understanding-how-waldorf-education-is-unique/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:16:11 +0000 Amy Howard http://blog.watersedgewaldorf.org/?p=313 This week’s online tidbit comes from our own Claudia Lenart.  In case you didn’t catch it then, here is a link to an article she wrote last fall:

http://primary-school-curriculum.suite101.com/article.cfm/understanding_how_waldorf_schools_are_unique

Please feel free to leave some comments!

]]> http://davinciwaldorfschool.org/on-the-web-understanding-how-waldorf-education-is-unique/feed/ 0 On The Web: "The Miracle Worker" http://davinciwaldorfschool.org/on-the-web-the-miracle-worker/ http://davinciwaldorfschool.org/on-the-web-the-miracle-worker/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:56:38 +0000 Amy Howard http://blog.watersedgewaldorf.org/?p=281 This just in from Susan Love, a timely bit of news for our weekly web link!

The Daily Herald reported on the school play, “The Miracle Worker”:

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=296588

They also include three great pictures:

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/image/?id=296588&image=150961&prev=neg

]]> http://davinciwaldorfschool.org/on-the-web-the-miracle-worker/feed/ 0 On The Web: Box Tops Marketplace http://davinciwaldorfschool.org/on-the-web-box-tops-marketplace/ http://davinciwaldorfschool.org/on-the-web-box-tops-marketplace/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 22:13:07 +0000 Amy Howard http://blog.watersedgewaldorf.org/?p=245 Did You Know?

Did you know that Water’s Edge School gets money from Box Tops 4 Education in more than one way?  As always, your box tops can be placed in the jar marked for them in the lobby (currently by the parent mailboxes), but you can also earn more for the school by signing up at the Box Tops 4 Education web site and using their Marketplace for ALL your online shopping!  Places like Target, Best Buy, Petsmart, and Staples (and lots more!) are giving a percentage of your purchase back to the store if you shop through the Box Tops web site.  So, for all your summer goodies and back-to-school stuff for next fall – make sure you use the Box Tops 4 Education Marektplace!

]]> http://davinciwaldorfschool.org/on-the-web-box-tops-marketplace/feed/ 0 On The Web: Kindergarten Cram (NY Times) http://davinciwaldorfschool.org/on-the-web-kindergarten-cram-ny-times/ http://davinciwaldorfschool.org/on-the-web-kindergarten-cram-ny-times/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 15:00:39 +0000 Brian Howard http://blog.watersedgewaldorf.org/?p=108 Thank you to Claudia for finding this week’s link to a NY Times article about homework cramming at Kindergarten.

It mentions a study of New York and Los Angeles kindergartens spending 2-3 hours per day on math/reading instruction and testing.

How different our Waldorf kindergarten is…

Comments are open!  Please share your thoughts on the article.

]]> http://davinciwaldorfschool.org/on-the-web-kindergarten-cram-ny-times/feed/ 0 On The Web: Just one of Nature's Benefits for the Brain http://davinciwaldorfschool.org/on-the-web-just-one-of-natures-benefits-for-the-brain/ http://davinciwaldorfschool.org/on-the-web-just-one-of-natures-benefits-for-the-brain/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 14:00:05 +0000 Brian Howard http://blog.watersedgewaldorf.org/?p=53 “Nature … is surprisingly beneficial for the brain,” says a recent article at boston.com, the on-line site for The Boston Globe.

The article focuses on the effects that urban life can have on the brain, and says that time spent in nature can have a restorative effect. Concentration takes effort, and busy urban life “overstuffed with stimuli” means constant redirection of attention. It has impact on memory, attention, tempers…

On the other hand, “…children with attention-deficit disorder have fewer symptoms in natural settings. When surrounded by trees and animals, they are less likely to have behavioral problems and are better able to focus on a particular task.”

Waldorf schools know that this is nothing new. We keep our children away from screen time (just as overstuffed with stimuli) and bring them outside to play. Old-fashioned and cutting-edge at the same time.

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/01/04/how_the_city_hurts_your_brain/

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