Joy is the essence of early childhood, and I have the great fortune of swimming in it three full days a week with nine three- to...

Creating and sharing therapeutic stories with a child can feel like you have some real magic in your parenting pocket!  Stories reach the...

For young children, it is good to have very clear routines and rituals around sleep.  It helps to think about what you are doing for the...

When we are creating a work space – an office, a classroom, a retail establishment – there are certain tools we need for specific tasks....

Rahima writes: In 1984 another Waldorf teacher and I dropped out of the school to be home more and opened one of the early home-based...

Seven years ago this October, Magnolia Blossom Preschool opened its doors inside Harvest Homes Assisted Living facility in Portland, OR....

The child who doesn’t participate, what are they asking us? What is behind that choice? Most likely it has to do with a fear of doing it...

The teacher begins to hum a little tune, a little tune that she uses to gather the children into  circle. One or two of them come. Most...

Steiner-based, early childhood settings abound with rich opportunities for the development of math and science concepts.  This may be...

I believe that one of the greatest contributors to disconnection from our children today is technology. I feel it is has somewhat...

This the final article in a series that has focused on the development of social ability throughout early childhood. “We can be...

This is the fourth article in a series that will focus on the development of social ability throughout early childhood.  Our children...

This the third article in a series that will focus on the development of social ability throughout early childhood.  This month we look...

This is the second article in a series that will focus on the development of social ability throughout early childhood. Toddlerhood is an...

The first year flies by so quickly as we are immersed in the busyness of supporting the new tiny, vulnerable wonder in our life. Yet as...

When I started teaching over three and a half decades ago, I was looking for a model of human development to ground my approach and...

[This article was written by Rahima Baldwin Dancy and originally appeared in Mothering, Spring 1987 and has been updated for this...

Receive the child in Reverence Educate them in Love Let them go forth in Freedom    -Rudolf Steiner The above quote from Rudolf Steiner,...

From my head to my feet, I am the image of God. From my heart to my hands, I feel the breath of God. When I speak with my mouth, I follow...

In the context of the Waldorf approach, reverence is a feeling that we consciously cultivate and deeply touches the soul. It’s a mood...