Tag: Waldorf

There are two types of candles, beeswax candles and everything else. The pot of beeswax is kept hot at one end of the room. Round the room we go in a circle, taking our turn to dip our wick. A good candle can take an hour to make. Time to chat, and to see the results of our dipping.… Click here to read on...

At Waldorf schools the children are each given a verse for the year. They memorise the words and say the verse now and again. It was great to watch and listen as Sebastian learnt this in early September.
I wonder why the grass is green

And why the wind is never seen.… Click here to read on...

Over the years I have been delighted by the children’s books written by Elsa Beskow and Sibylle von Olfers. I unashamedly publicise their works in the hope that you may buy one of their books for a child you know. Their books were written around 100 years ago; both were great storytellers and artists.… Click here to read on...

When my daughter was in class three at Rudolf Steiner School Kings Langley, they had a building project. This project was to build a small house for the Kindergarten children. The house is located in the garden of one of the Kindergartens.

The children had to understand how to make mortar and of course how to lay bricks on flat surfaces and also make arches.… Click here to read on...

Yesterday I visited the Kindergarten which my children attended. In Anglo Saxon countries Kindergarten means a place where children go when they are very young. At this Kindergarten, children stay until they are seven years old. The children start by doing one or two mornings a week, and by the time they are 7 they attend every morning.… Click here to read on...