Tag: Childhood
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Easy Card Making with Toddlers
Toddler Crafts | DIY Card Making I’m taking a break this week from our deep dive into the 12 senses to show you a recent card making activity with my toddler. I have been involving my 2.5 year old in birthday celebrations for a few months now. Before attending a birthday celebration we talk about…
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Harmonising the Senses of Middle Childhood
The middle years of childhood can bring many challenges; the nine year change, the start of puberty, the tween and early teen years… How can we assist our children through these changes and nourish their developing senses of smell, taste, sight and warmth? Read on to find out more… The Four Senses of Middle Childhood…
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Harmonising the Senses of Early Childhood
We all know what it’s like to feel out of balance. We might snap more quickly than usual, a 10 minute task can take an hour or we may walk into a room and look around wondering what we came for… No one enjoys feeling out of balance – our children included. What if we…
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The 12 Senses
Have you heard of the 12 senses? Steiner often spoke of the 12 senses in relation to healthy human development. Having a better understanding of these senses can help parents to support healthy childhood development. Read on to discover more… What are the 12 senses? According to anthroposophy, the 12 human senses are the way…
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Self-Directed Play in the Waldorf Kindergarten
This post is one part of a series on how to incorporate 5 aspects of the Steiner kindergarten program into your Waldorf home. Today we will focus on self-directed play. For an overview of the 5 aspects, click here. Self-directed play or free play forms a key pillar of the Waldorf kindergarten program. Steiner often…
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Baking Bread in the Waldorf Kindergarten
This post is one part of a series on how to incorporate 5 aspects of the Steiner kindergarten program into your Waldorf home. Today we will focus on a ‘time to work’ by baking bread. For an overview of the 5 aspects, click here. Children love to make form. It doesn’t matter whether it is…
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Waldorf Painting in the Early Years
This post is part of a series on how to incorporate 5 aspects of the Steiner kindergarten program into your Waldorf home. Today we will be focusing on the element of creating art through painting. For an overview of all 5 aspects, click here. The style of painting done in the Waldorf kindergarten program is…
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Waldorf Drawing in the Early Years
This post is part of a series on how to incorporate 5 aspects of the Steiner kindergarten program into your Waldorf home. Today we will be focusing on the element of creating art through drawing. For an overview of all 5 elements, click here. Drawing in the Waldorf preschool is an unguided process. There are…
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5 Ways to Bring the Waldorf Preschool into Your Home
Walking into a Steiner kindergarten is a unique experience. The room is warm and inviting, the furniture has rounded edges and the walls are painted a soft pink called ‘peach blossom’. Toys made out of natural materials are displayed on low shelves, bread is baking in the oven and the children are playing freely or…
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Simple Easter Baskets
Step-by-step instructions | Toddler friendly I have such fond childhood memories of Easter. The smell of hot cross buns baking in the oven, painting and dying eggs, creating Easter baskets and, of course, the Easter Egg Hunt. First thing on Easter Sunday morning we would rush outside to see where the eggs had been hidden;…
The Steiner Connection 