Tag: EarlyChildhood
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Spring Time Butterfly Craft
This craft activity is one that I have been putting together since last year, but with Spring upon us again, it felt like the right time to share it. This felt butterfly pairs beautifully with a transformation story about a caterpillar becoming a butterfly. The process of a caterpillar becoming a butterfly is a story…
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Seasonal Tables in the Waldorf Home
Attending a Steiner school as a child I was always in awe of the seasonal table. A small space in the classroom dedicated to celebrating the seasons and changes in nature. Everything was carefully selected; the colour of the cloth, the small figurines, a beeswax candle which was lit at story time and the many…
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Music in the Mood of the Fifth
If you have ever visited a Steiner playgroup or kindergarten you may have experienced music in the mood of the fifth. This style of Steiner music has an ethereal, expansive quality. It is thought to best reach children in their dream consciousness. This musical style is based on indications from Rudolf Steiner as to what…
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Nature Play with Toddlers and Making Charcoal Paint
The warmer spring weather and lengthening days has encouraged us to spend more time outside. More time in the mud, digging in our half-finished backyard, weeding in the veggie garden and exploring our local parks. Last week we got our hands dirty and made charcoal paint. See our simple process at the end of this…
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A Quick Guide to Celebrating Spring with Young Children
There’s something special about the start of spring. The increasing morning light, growing activity of the birds and the butterflies emerging. Celebrating the seasons with our children can enrich their lives, as well as our own. Creating a theme for the season is one way in which to do that. These simple butterflies have tied…
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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 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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Winter Solstice Festival and Lantern Making
Winter solstice is a special time of year. In the Southern Hemisphere the path of the sun is farthest north and provides the shortest amount of day light; making the solstice the shortest day of the year. In Australia this occurs around June 21, and in the Northern Hemisphere it falls near December 22. This…
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