Waldorf Handwork Educators Blog

We are so pleased and delighted to be doing this work, and so grateful to our participants for joining us, and for sharing photos of some...

We have all heard about the problem of microplastics in our oceans. Tragic images of whales caught in plastic fishing nets or turtles...

We hear a lot about mending these days, it seems to be a moral imperative – “Mend that hole, save the world!” But how many of us really...

Waldorf education is not something you can buy, plug in, or put on a table with a lovely plant-dyed silk. It’s a daily practice, and an...

I can look back on the seeds I have sown by teaching basic handwork skills to children, teachers, and parents, I can see how they have...

Our sense of touch connects our bodies to the outside world. Humans use this sense to gather information about our surroundings and as a...

Textiles convey meaning in a strong and enduring way that can impact us in a silent, subtle way. So much in our work as handwork teachers...

Listening to stories together can synchronize heart rhythms in the listeners; this is more effective when the listeners are able to...

Michael Howard was a guest teacher at our Summer Handwork Teacher Conference, July 2021, and has written up and expanded his presentation...

Originally a talk to the Waldorf Handwork Educators Teacher Conference on the 15th of July, 2021. Watch a video here. Hopefully this is...

Have you ever had a day when nothing seems to go right, when nothing seems interesting or engaging? I had one of those days recently. My...

We were so thrilled to read this reflection on our first grade handwork curriculum, we could not wait to share it with you! We were so...

Preparing for our next conference, I’ve been thinking a lot about clothing, about how first impressions are made by clothing, how there...

We would like to hear from you: In a recent handwork teacher training weekend discussion, we delved into the temperaments. Each small...

Waldorf Handwork Educators has been working with the Fiber Craft Studio in New York to establish a Handwork Teachers’ Association to...

The Wonder and Wisdom of Handwork was founded in 2013 for anyone who self-identifies as a teacher of handwork in a Waldorf setting. We...

“Where is the book in which the teacher can read about what teaching is? The children themselves are this book. We should not learn to...

How do we welcome and affirm children of different cultural, social, racial, or ethnic backgrounds into our handwork classrooms? This...

Prep, prep, prep those kits! I’m preparing to send home a simple sashiko flute case project for my Second graders. As we have been online...

Yes. I want to share one of my favorite thoughts with you, as we handwork teachers enter new and un-chosen territory: teaching online as...