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Filana Organic Beeswax Crayons Review
Several months ago, an Indiegogo campaign was launched to fund the initial production and distribution of a new line of beeswax crayons notably different from all others on the market. Filana Organic Beeswax Crayons were developed by artist, Waldorf educator, and publisher of Waldorf Today, David Kennedy, who had been working for many years to develop a…
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Our 1st Week After the Fog: Earthschooling Begins
This past week has been wonderful, really. I’ve been surprised by how INSTANTLY things have turned around after taking the time to re-focus and make changes to better support our goals of creating a Waldorf-inspired homelife. Last week’s post was my Top Ten List to Beat Waldorf Burn Out, and within it there were some…
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Beating Waldorf Burn Out
It was bound to happen sooner or later. Like so many ambitious undertakings before it, my Steiner journey has come to that point where momentum has stalled and motivation is at an all-time low. We’re 9 months in to our first year of homeschool preschool and I’m, well, tired. When I began this blog in…
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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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It Takes a Village: Weekly Meal Swaps & Other Life Hacks to Simplify Motherhood
A while back I wrote a blog post and shared the fact of its existence through Facebook, as is my custom. One of the comments left in response was made by a friend from way back in theatre school, and it went something like this: You’re amazing, I’m lucky to get the laundry flipped and dinner…
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Reflecting on our journey thus far (7 months in)
I write this post today on this, my 37th birthday. Though I am largely unconcerned with the whole business of aging; changing body, grey hairs, wrinkles, etcetera, I must admit that the sheer speed at which the recent years have passed does alarm me a bit. 37 years old, all of a sudden! While I…
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Cull the Chaos: Playroom Toy Cull
Today I feel victorious. Why? Because I FINALLY tackled something I have been avoiding for months now: the dreaded playroom cull. Toys have a way of accumulating in almost obscene fashion in our home, and once they make it IN to the house, getting them OUT is an exercise in parenting gymnastics. It is well…
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Make your own wooden blocks
During the last week of Term 2, Big Daddy took Master C to the 3 year old playgroup that we attend each week at our local Steiner School. Usually something that I attend with the kids, this was an opportunity for my husband to experience firsthand exactly what it is that makes a Steiner classroom…
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Winter Nature Table in the Southern Hemisphere
Baby, it’s cold outside! Winter has been taking itself rather seriously these past few weeks in Melbourne: lots of rain and LOTS of wind. So much wind, in fact, that we have had to partly dismantle the trampoline for fear of it taking flight and ending up in a neighbour’s backyard down the road (I’ve…
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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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