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Waldorf Handwork Educators Blog


Meeting the Child Through the Doorway of Relationship – Child Development and Its Essential Milestones
Ultimately, all learning is a form of relationship building—it kindles inspiration and encourages students from within.

Chiaki Uchiyama
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Though This be Madness, There be Method in It!
A colleague of mine recently plonked themselves down in the staff room and, with a big sigh, said: `I do my best, but I’m not sure I’m Steinery enough’.

Alan Swindell
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Experiencing Form as a Living, Functional Reality - 4th Grade
4th-grade handwork is a dynamic process that nurtures spatial awareness, fine motor skills, and a deeper connection to form.

Shellie Smith
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WHE’s Place in the Global Textile Community
We are so proud of our international student body, and the wide diversity of our conference attendees. We are also glad to be stepping...

Waldorf Handwork Educators
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Make Your Mark - 4th Grade Handwork
Waldorf education is both practical and artistic; both functional and authentic. This can be seen in design principles through the grades.

elizabeth
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Nurturing Peace in Community
By coming together through handwork, we can foster peace, respect, and dignity in our communities. 1 stitch, 1 story, 1 connection at time.

Waldorf Handwork Educators
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Honoring Our Friend and Colleague, Betty Staley
You will be both greatly missed, and ever-present in our work with colleagues and children.

Shellie & Elizabeth
3 min read
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Hope and Healing Through Weaving a Story Cloth
How can weaving a story be a powerful act of compassion, and a catalyst for growth and self-awareness?Â
Brecia Kralovic-Logan
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The Spiritual Task of Classroom Management
Being a teacher in this day and age is no small feat. In the last five years, teachers across the country, in all types of schools, of...

Shellie Smith
4 min read
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What's it Really All About?
Teaching handwork is so much more than teaching basic knitting or sewing skills. We are not teaching projects, we are teaching developing...

Shellie Smith
2 min read
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Understanding Sensory Processing in the Classroom
As a teacher attuning and understanding each child’s individual sensory needs can be a key factor to their success in the classroom.
Kristin Palen, OTR/L
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Growing With Little Holiday Hands
Having children wrap their own gifts for their loved ones provides a wealth of developmental benefits while fostering the spirit of giving,

Shellie Smith
2 min read
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You Are the Weavers of the Future!
You are the artists. You are the innovators. You are the teachers, and the weavers of the future.

Shellie Smith
3 min read
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Knit to Connect
I realised that we could learn to enhance the benefits of knitting in order to deliberately improve our health and wellbeing

Betsan Corkhill
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Expanding Horizons:
Joining together diverse cultures and learning environments calls us to do the deeper work of boiling it all down to the true essence.

Shellie Smith
2 min read
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Supporting Handwork in Nairobi
Here is an appeal from Sarnia Guiton, a former colleague at Rudolf Steiner College, who writes to us all from Nairobi, Kenya, where she...
Sarnia Guiton
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Opening Windows Into the Developing Child
Unfortunately, there is no one right answer. What we CAN do is look through as many windows as possible to find the light that shines within

Shellie Smith
4 min read
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Martinmas Lanterns – Project of the Month
The warm light of the lanterns reminds us all to shine our own inner light with hope, kindness, and generosity for all humankind.

Shellie Smith
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Why do we teach children to spin?
Spinning in 3rd grade is at the very heart of Waldorf Education. It epitomizes the overall ‘gesture’ of what we strive to do...

elizabeth
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Thinking, Feeling, & Willing in Handwork
The will in Waldorf education is not willfull and it’s not about wanting to. It’s about doing, taking action, setting something into motion.

elizabeth
4 min read
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