Waldorf school Archives ~ Happy Whimsical Hearts https://happywhimsicalhearts.com/category/waldorf/waldorf-school/ a Waldorf inspired blog Tue, 16 Aug 2016 00:41:22 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 Ruby’s Waldorf kindergarten https://happywhimsicalhearts.com/2016/08/rubys-waldorf-kindergarten/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rubys-waldorf-kindergarten https://happywhimsicalhearts.com/2016/08/rubys-waldorf-kindergarten/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2016 09:30:42 +0000 https://happywhimsicalhearts.com/?p=15334 Waldorf kindergartens are beautiful. Truly they make my heart sing. I was going to write about why Jason and I chose a Waldorf kindergarten for our children. But then I thought, I would ask Ruby what she likes about school instead. Ruby told me that the best thing of all is swinging on the swings. She loves to go high. And swings as long as she can. Most days the children go on a nature walk with their teachers. On their walks they go to ‘very good places’ where they see ducks, birds, lots of tree and bushes, and cars. During inside time, Ruby likes to make little houses to play in. She uses wooden frames for the walls and quilts for the roof. It makes them a little dark, but the light still shines through. Her teacher told me, that a little boy asked to play in her house this week but Ruby wasn’t quite ready to share the space. So she suggested that he be her neighbour and build a house next door. Soon there was a whole row of little houses *smile* Through the day, Ruby tells me ‘they sing so much and play so much’. At […]

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