Comments on: You Are Your Child’s First Teacher

By: Strocel.com | Biodynamic Agriculture

Strocel.com | Biodynamic Agriculture — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 22:36:29 +0000

[...] Steiner in 1924. (If the name sounds familiar, it’s because Steiner is also the founder of Waldorf education.) Biodynamic farming is an organic farming method – that is, no chemical fertilizers or [...]

By: *Pol

*Pol — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:43:22 +0000

We got A LOT of use out of “Preschooler’s Busy Book: 365 Creaative Games & Activitiesto Occupy 2-6 Yr Olds”
by Trish Kuffner

It’s a small sized book with lots of fun simple crafts… Amazon lets you look inside it

By: Lady M

Lady M — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 06:13:26 +0000

I think I picked up that book at a used booksale for pennies and never read it! Now I need to dig it out.

We have Q-ster at a play-based preschool because he’s learning letter, numbers, and such just fine at home, but we really wanted to give him chances to interact with other kids more – learn to share, take turns, etc.

By: TheOrganicSister

TheOrganicSister — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:22:22 +0000

I’ve heard of this book and have thought of picking it up. There are certainly things I appreciate about the Waldorf method although I don’t agree with a fairly big chunk of it. However I love to try new books and stretch my ideas further, even if it only confirms my own path, kwim?

My all time favorite book learning is John Holt’s “Learning All The Time”. It was such a huge eye-opener and really inspired me into unschooling. Even if you’re not an unschooling advocate it is still *such* a worthwhile read.

~Tara

PS Where did you find your tiny “Share this:” Mine are too big and funky for my liking. :/ Yours are perfect and exactly what I’m looking for!

By: Natalie

Natalie — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:08:25 +0000

I stumbled upon your blog from PhD in Parenting site. I also read a lot on parenting topics. One of my recent favorite is Einstein Never Used Flashcards. I featured the content from it in several blogs. It has a lot of ideas on how to teach playfully (not so much on crafts though).
I am of two minds on Waldorf. I might be prejudiced, because parents with more “structure-oriented” kids said that their children struggled in Waldorf “self-directed” settings. My daughter is not very self-directed, so we selected a play-based preschool for her that has structure while focusing mostly on play and crafts. Perhaps I should visit a Waldorf school that is about 20 min from us, just to see how it looks like.