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Celebrating a rich festival life
If you are new to festivals, then sit back and let us bring you a beautiful way to journey through the year. If you have been celebrating all along then we hope you will find something fun and...
This meditation is from Rudolf Steiner's last lecture: The Individuality of Elias, John, Raphael, Novalis.
Springing from Powers of the Sun,
Radiant Spirit-powers, blessing all Worlds!
For Michael's garment of rays
Ye are predestined by Thought Divine.
He, the Christ-messenger, revealeth in you...
Where No Light Shines
This story is appropriate for younger and older children.
Once upon a time there lived a peasant - a very bad peasant. He was lazy and miserable and he used very bad language. He beat his children and he was cross all the time - in fact he was very vey bad.
One day...
“The festivals are nodal points of the year which unite us with the Spirit of the universe.” ~Rudolf Steiner
There are not many things in this world that fill a Waldorf teacher's heart like the preparation of a festival. The planning of a festival is such a beautiful activity...
Whether you homeschool or not, we are constantly teaching our children as we move through life
together. However, some skills require more practice and attention than others. As my son entered middle
school, I began to realize that, other than please and thank you, the art of good manners was...
“The earth is firm beneath my feet,
The sun shines bright above,
And here I stand – so straight and strong,
All things to know and love.”
~Traditional Waldorf
Harvest season brings a sense of thankfulness to the forefront but living in gratitude throughout the year imbues life...
I love this time of year...back to school, harvesting the late summer’s garden bounty, and
with the help of the magical sun fairies, using natural dyes from Mother Earth to dye the
fiber and textiles I will use throughout the school year for all of my handwork projects.
Natural dyes are the...
St John - Messenger of Light
I am always grateful for the pause in our usual routine that a festival gifts us with. Whether we are bathed in hours and hours of golden light in the northern hemisphere or finding our way through the darkness in the southern hemisphere, we are reminded...
Celebrating festivals in a Waldorf School is one of the many things that makes Waldorf Education different that other educational pedagogies. You might walk into a Waldorf School and see eight graders taming dragons and kindergartners baking dragon bread in preparation for Michaelmas. You might...
All month long all over the internet I've been seeing blog posts and Instagram posts about slowing down for December. Slow Advent. Slow Christmas. Almost as if on cue. Most are saying the same thing. Some are selling a product and some are just selling kindness.
I just have one...
So once again the green earth sings
And forthwith gladness each flower springs
Renewal of the heart it brings
This time of Michael
With plant and beast we too shall rise
Each days bright road before us lies
Well face the challenge of the skies
As knights of Michael
Gods...
Midsummer/St. John’s Tide!
As summer reaches her warming rays towards us in the Northern Hemisphere, we reach another turning point, a point where we reach out into the world to our fullest, embracing all that nature and summer has to offer. Many people celebrate this festival by enjoying...
