From the archives, August 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I get this question a lot. My answer is yes and no. You don’t HAVE to read Steiner in order to have a Waldorf inspired homeschooling experience. BUT, to begin to really understand the work of Waldorf from a spiritual aspect and even from a practical aspect after the… Continue Reading
From the archives, February 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sometimes when I feel the laziest about heading to church, those are the days with that one golden message and I want to kick myself for wanting to keep my tired pregnant bones in bed. Last Sunday was one of those days. Erik and I are taking a series… Continue Reading
I often get emails from eager parents, some seasoned, some new to the method and they feel crushed when they have excitedly shared their love of Waldorf education with family or friends. I am often reminded of the verse in the New Testament about casting pearls before swine. Now I am NOT suggesting that your… Continue Reading
From the Archives, May 2009 One of my biggest aims in supporting homeschooling families is helping husbands and wives communicate and relate to each other. By finding common ground, gaps can be bridged and partners can build some depth in their relationship – depth that meets the needs of both Mom and Dad. Most… Continue Reading
This entry is part 2 of 8 in the series Crafting a Healthy Home RhythmNow many people want to know what on earth God has to do with their child and their rhythm and their ability to homeschool. Everything. We are living in a time when reliance on the Spirit is seen as weakness and… Continue Reading
This entry is part 1 of 8 in the series Crafting a Healthy Home RhythmThe other day, someone told me, “If Dr.Wayne Dyer can be called the father of intention, then Melisa you are the mother of rhythm and the guardian of the will.” Maybe I am. It sounds a bit silly. I have written… Continue Reading
From the Archives, December 2008 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have heard this from many moms lately – most of them are moms new to the method. I try hard to not chuckle because when I started down this path there really was very little in the way of support. Eric Fairman’s guides were about the only guides… Continue Reading
From the Archives, May 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Earlier this week we had a few posts on our Yahoo Group about playing with neighbors and protecting our children, I felt like this was such an important topic that I wanted to bring it here to share. The question of how Steiner would handle some of these… Continue Reading
From the Archives, August 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We have been discussing rhythm a lot over on our list. I recently did a mini workshop breaking it down into steps that I have used (in my own life and in working with others) to get rhythm going in the right direction. I have included the steps here,… Continue Reading
From the Archives, May 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ With the birth of our little Baby Bird (she’s got these skinny bird legs, lol) I have been looking at our rhythm and thinking about any changes I need to make as the days get warmer and our lessons have come to a close. Re-evaluating your rhythm is a… Continue Reading