Inspiring Life-long Learning for Over 25 Years
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.…
Be sure to mark your calendars for May Faire on Saturday, May 16th! The event runs from 2pm to 6pm and is open to the public, so be sure to bring your friends and family. Tickets will be sold at the door…
Dear Sunflower Garden Families, I've concluded the telling of Three Billy Goats Gruff. We enjoyed telling it sitting in a circle on the floor and moving the goats around our circle until each reached the hillside. We also told it…
The garlic we planted way back in early autumn broke through the ground a number of weeks ago and the shoots now stand tall and mighty like a husky Norse cousin of the spring onion. Each time I walk past…
'These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. From each of them goes out its own voice... by taking down one of these volumes and opening it, one can call into range the voice…
In the fifth grade, Waldorf students learn that the Olympics were an expression of that golden age when the ideal of the human form, in physical beauty and inner grace, comes together to create something heroic within the individual and…
A picture of our garden from this morning. (click to view full-size) Picture by Amy Howard
"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…
Charter for Children's Play Children play best: When adults are watchful but not intrusive, when safe ground lends courage to their discoveries and adventures. When their trust in life is whole, when they welcome the unknown, and are fearless. When…
