It’s been six weeks and counting since the Stay at Home mandate from Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer closed schools to protect public health during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a Waldorf school devoted to a pedagogy that focuses on hands-on, experiential and immersive learning to stimulate creativity and promote imagination, learning at home and through video or online experiences is not exactly what we had in mind.
Read MoreDue to the COVID19 pandemic and the need to reduce public gatherings to prevent the spread of this virus, we, like all schools in Michigan and most across the nation, have taken our learning to the digital classroom, and adapted in short order for our new circumstances.
Read MoreStories are an essential and foundational element of human experience. From the day we are born, we are part of stories and we yearn to hear stories of adventures, journeys, emotions, and experiences.
Read MoreMost students enjoy art and music, and when we incorporate these activities into academic learning, children come away with a feeling that learning is fun and school is a good place to be. Humans are intrinsically artistic and musical. Some of us may be more talented in one regard or another, but we all seek to create.
Read MoreThe journey of a Waldorf student can best be represented in their reactions to handwork. While not all students experience the same range of emotions related to this special subject taught in Waldorf schools around the world, many begin by falling in love with the rhythm and flow of finger-knitting, move on to eagerly clacking knitting needles in the back seat of the car or on the living room couch and eventually, usually in middle school, wonder why they’ll ever need the skills from handwork class in life.
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