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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...

“This is an excerpt of a weekly Curriculum Guide shared with families in the Honey Bee Nursery at Emerson Waldorf School , NC, during...

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...

Today we have a touching story from Cynthia Aldinger, founder of LifeWays, about her reflections on her mother’s recent death during this...

Story time has always been one of my favorite parts of the day for my own creative exploration. I’m an artist by nature, so the handwork...

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...

A short walk from where I work there is a bridge from which I can witness a miracle of nature—the tidal flow between fresh spring water...

This story comes to us from Pamela Perkins, who has worked with and for children in various capacities since 1970. A former Waldorf...

Bring a Branch of Spring Inside: Choose a good branch with spreading branches. Cut it about 4 feet long Put a teacup hook in the ceiling...

The original idea of any sacred festival is to make the human being look upward from his dependence on earthly things to those things...

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