Inspiring Life-long Learning for Over 25 Years
Quote of The Week
Play is like a reservoir full of water. The deeper the reservoir, the more can be stored in it, and used during times of drought. Tina Bruce, professor, London Metropolitan University
Inspiring Life-long Learning for Over 25 Years
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On The Web: Kindergarten Cram (NY Times)
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.…
Quote of The Week
'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…
Parent's Corner: Fifth Grade Pentathlon
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…
On The Web: Just one of Nature's Benefits for the Brain
"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…
On The Web: Water's Edge School Receives Recognition
It was recently brought to our attention that two articles about Waldorf Schools and Earth Day mentioned Water's Edge Waldorf School and our beautiful rain garden! Please use the following links to see what's been said:
Quote of The Week
"The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a billion people to stone every night, staring fixedly, that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." Ray Bradbury, The Golden Apples of…
On The Web
As a special thank you to this year's auction advertisers and sponsors, this week's On The Web post includes links to their web sites or to more information on their businesses: Direct WaterJet, Inc. J Power Group Round Lake Beach Cultural…
From the Student Perspective: A Visit to Public School
My daughter has attended Water's Edge since she was two. She has been understandably curious about public school, so we arranged for her to shadow a friend for a day during our winter break. We hear from children who transfer…