Category: Spring
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Nature Table Crafts: Wooden Gnomes
Last post was the first in my Nature Table Crafts series, which shares a few ideas for super simple crafts that any newcomer to Waldorf (or crafting generally) can whip up quick smart without too much difficulty. Last post I shared my Felt Ball mobile, and this week…we’re taking on the gnomes. There are few…
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Nature Table Crafts: Felt Ball Mobile
Since it is our first year “doing Waldorf”, creating a nature table is a new thing for me. Our first nature table was for Autumn, and at the time I liked the idea of adding a felt ball mobile, in Autumn colours, to hang above the nature table to bring the scene all together, and also…
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Springtime Smoothies
Here in Australia, we are opening our arms wide to embrace Springtime with gratitude. It’s been a particularly chilly winter here in Melbourne — I had actual FROST on my lawn one morning a few weeks back (the horror!). But seriously, though winter is nice and all for things like hot chocolate and warm cuddles…
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Nature Crafts For Your Preschooler
It has been six months since we began this slow and steady journey into the world of Waldorf. Often when I look around on the internet for ideas and inspiration in putting together my weekly “curriculum” for Master C, I see jaw-dropping works of art, play spaces that look like they fell out of a fairy tale, and…
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Baby Sleeping? Quiet Play Ideas For Your Toddler
I’ve heard it said before that a baby will sleep through anything if they are used to being in a noisy house, but apparently my kids never got that memo. Baby J isn’t the best sleeper in the world and, like many women before me, I will go to almost comical lengths to ensure his…
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Sensory Bins & Small World Playscenes
Alright, I admit, we aren’t really all that strict in our adherence to one educational philosophy. By and large, the majority of what we do is in keeping with the Steiner method of education, however I am also a big fan of some of the methods of learning that fall more under the Reggio or…
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