Monarch Caterpillar Transformation

This morning, I am loading up my husband’s van and heading south to Taproot Farm for our annual summer Taproot Teacher Training that I co-host with Barbara Dewey of Waldorf Without Walls. I always feel almost giddy…

Inspiration Overwhelm

We all do it. We bring the inspiration overwhelm on ourselves. We keep searching and searching for the perfect resource when we already have all that we need. Right here, right now, we have enough. We don’t always…

Waldorf Homeschool Planning is Messy

I’ve been feeling a bit untethered lately because I am so scattered. This always happens to me mid-summer! So I’ve decided to own it, and speak it out loud. Waldorf homeschool planning and organizing often makes things…

Searching for Monarch Eggs

One of the joys of summertime for me is searching for monarch eggs. And last year, there were none. NONE. I didn’t find one single egg last year. I was worried. I was sad. I didn’t even…

Read Aloud July

Reading aloud helps children develop positive associations with reading and books. And this is so important to becoming lifelong learners. When I was teaching remedial reading to 10th and 11th graders in Atlanta years ago (my first…

Mama’s Road Trip

Have you taken a road trip by yourself as a Mama? I always cry. I’ve gone away by myself almost every year or every other since my oldest two were maybe 3 and 4 – so that’s…

Happy Solstice!

It’s the Summer Solstice here in the northern hemisphere – with long days of sunshine. Time for celebrating summer solstice. For all the other solstices and equinoxes, we pick a date on or near the day and…

Reflections on Steiner's lectures to teachers at the Steiner Cafe

Steiner discusses all three of these topics on Day Five in his Discussions with Teachers: speech, temperaments, and misbehavior. We want to “cultivate clear articulation” through constant practice to make our speech organs flexible. Rudolf Steiner asks…

Inner Quiet

Are things around you a bit chaotic? Perhaps you’re starting a new year. Or your children are challenging you in new ways. Or crazy things are happening in the world and you’re feeling rattled. No matter what…