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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,...

This May, I completed a three year Curative Educator’s training from Robyn Brown, founder of The Mulberry Center for Curative Education....

In this week’s Living Arts Weekly blog post, Chinyelu Kunz of WeNurture shares the ways in which you can nurture your child’s 12 senses...

In preparing to write this blog, I made my way down to the river to pray – well, not exactly to pray but to seek inspiration. And three...

Today’s post is from Chinyelu Kunz of WeNurture: Bath time can be an easy time or a challenging time depending on how comfortable your...

Soon we will come again, in Earth’s ever-cycling movements, to autumn’s balance point. The circular dance of waxing and waning ~ of...

The winter mandala, above, is poignant in its simplicity and purity. It reflects the nature of the people who created it on a whim, in...

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...

Our children first encounter Creative Exploration through play. It is how they grow and how they learn about the world. As parents, we...