We had the sweetest beginning-of-school ceremony with our Waldorf home school group! We had it at the beautiful Valley View park in La Cresenta. In many Waldorf Schools, they have a rainbow bridge ceremony for the children leaving kindergarten and entering first grade. So we celebrated our children who are entering first grade this year which included my Olivia. Our ceremony was wonderful! My friend Lucy worked VERY HARD planning this--she is amazing. We started by singing "Come follow me." Come follow, follow, follow, follow, follow, follow me. Wither shall I follow, follow, follow, Wither shall I follow, follow thee? To the green wood, to the green wood, to the green wood, follow me! While singing this, we formed into a circle. We then said our verse: Down is the Earth Up is the Sky Here are my friends And here am I Then we sang: Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver, the other is gold. A circle is round, it has no end. That's how long, I want to be your friend. We then had all the children that are second grade or above hold our "Rainbow Bridge" which was made of two rainbow-dyed silk cloths tied together. Claudia helped the first graders form a line and when it was their turn, she handed them a sunflower and sent them to go under the bridge. All of us mothers of the first graders waited at the end of the rainbow bridge and sang: "Welcome, first graders, croon, croon, welcome, (insert child's name), croon, croon. The birds they have flown to greet the morn and the children have come to the room, room." We sang this to each child and said their name when it was their turn to go under the bridge. It was very special! Welcome Olivia! Then, we moms of the first graders walked to an area set up for a story. We lit a candle and each took turns reading a part of the story to the children. After the story we each presented a little necklace to our children. Asher got a dragon and Olivia, Izze, Tilly, and Isabella got heart pendants. We then walked over to another part of the park where a spiral had been set up by Lucy's husband, Flavio. All the kids, oldest to youngest got to walk the spiral. When they got to the center, there was a little gift for them in a basket. Even Ceci and I walked the spiral. Bella and Olivia got star candle holders with a beeswax candle, and Ceci got a rose quartz stone in a pouch. After the spiral, we enjoyed a delicious potluck together. It was such a wonderful day! I do have to admit that it was SUPER-HOT today, (103?) and unfortunately a bad fire started yesterday in Azusa. So by the time we got home, we were exhausted from the heat and the smokey air!! But this did not take away from the loveliness of our ceremony. By the way, these flowers that I brought for our table are zinnias from our garden! Last April, we planted a bunch of mystery seeds from a packet called "bee friendly mix." Aren't they so pretty?!
This is a guest post written by Barbara Dewey of Waldorf Without Walls in which she describes learning to read the Waldorf way.
La célèbre salade Waldorf a été créée il y a plus de 100 ans au mythique hôtel new-yorkais Waldorf-Astoria, qui lui a donné son nom. Ce plat, considéré comme un classique, laisse place à plusieurs interprétations. On l’a fait ici avec des pommes vertes, du céleri, des raisins et des pacanes. En grande finale : quelques pousses de laitues et une vinaigrette à base de mayonnaise pour accompagner le tout.
With all the different educational options available to parents today, it can be difficult to pick the right one for your child. This article will provide parents with information about the main different types of
Waldorf Astronomy is one of my favorite middle school blocks. I've put together a complete guide to teaching astronomy in sixth or seventh grade.
“In his own magic circle wanders the wonderful man, and draws us with him to wonder and take part in it.” ~ Johann Wolfgang Goethe Doodles are SO underrated! I highly recommend you set …
Are you teaching the Waldorf first grade Quality of Numbers block? I took a bunch of photos of my main lesson book. What a great block!
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Complete April Lesson PLans PDF - Waldorf Enrichment Members Read more about crafts, thistle, henna, clouds, ripple and fairies.
Main lesson blocks are a central feature of Waldorf education. Are you wondering, "what is a main lesson block?" Let me show you what Waldorf homeschooling has looked like over the years in our house with three children.
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Natural Rainbow Glory Left to right strips: Goldenrod/Indigo(4), Indigo(4), Indigo/Cochineal(3), Logwood(1), Cochineal(2), Bloodroot(2), BlackWalnut(3),OsageOrange(1), Marigold(1), Goldenrod(2) I always have extra yarns around when I simmer up this many colors and dye bits and pieces. I have finally knit up a little swatch to show them off. Greens are everywhere in nature especially in summer but it is really hard to achieve in natural dyeing without over dyeing (combining two colors). Indigo and goldenrod have to be my favorite color combinations - they greens I are given are spectacular and I like to leave the finished color all around the house so I can just look at it as I pass by. I was dyeing two different yarns - Bartlett and Brown Sheep - both produce wonderful greens but spectacularly different even pulled from the same pot at the same time. Here are the finished custom naturally dyed yarns for Green Meadow Waldorf School. You too could have spectacular color just drop me an email by stoping by my Etsy shop, I dye yarns, loose wool and some natural cloth. Brown Sheep Worsted: OnionSkins, Marigold, BlackWalnut, Logwood, Blackwalnut/Logwood, Cochineal/Indigo, Bloodroot, Cochineal 2ndRow: Goldenrod, Mint (Iron), Indigo/goldenrod, Indigo, Indigo/Cochineal Bartlette Yarns: OnionSkins, Goldenrod, Goldenrod/Indigo, Indigo, 2nd row:Bloodroot, BlackWalnut, Cochineal/Indigo, Cochineal Used the Indigo pot to dye some cloths for the obligatory Family Beach shot - I think its going to be great this year.
**This is a PDF Digital download ONLY** Please read thoroughly. Learn to make a baby dragon! Includes 2 templates and pdf containing directions and pictures to help you every step of the way! Template ready to print with no resizing necessary -Please note Adobe Acrobat recommended (otherwise ensure orientation is set to Landscape when printing) Baby dragon measures about 4" with a wingspan of 5 1/2" Also included is a template to make an eggshell bed that your baby dragon will fit perfectly into! I would consider this a beginner pattern (Please note this pattern requires some hand sewing techniques such as a blanket stitch as well as some embroidery techniques depending on what design you would like to create on your baby dragon’s back). If you need any assistance please contact me or visit: https://help.etsy.com/hc/en-us/articles/115013328108?segment=shopping&fbclid=IwAR1b9uhSAt9w8oWiwUPyyH_XraArpBz9u3jn0v997PDnsvKFaqpi5YaMAi0 If you are looking for some wonderful wool felt to work with I recommend LilSprigs right here on Etsy as well as Indigo Inspirations *Pattern is for personal use only *Pattern is not for resale, commercial sales, or redistributing. *Selling anything created by using this pattern is prohibited Copyright Lee Sutton of Mae’s Landing All rights reserved Please credit and tag @maeslanding when posting or sharing! Thank you so much! Your support means everything! xoxo
