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<i>My lady Spring is dressed in green,</i></div>
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<i> she wears a primrose crown..</i></div>
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<i>and little baby buds and twigs are clinging to her gown...</i></div>
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<i>The sun shines if she laughs at all,</i></div>
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<i>and if she weeps, the raindrops fall,</i></div>
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<i>My Lady Spring</i></div>
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~Nancy Foster </div>
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Yes, we surely were paid a visit by the lovely Lady Spring during playgarden this past month, and what a day this was!</div>
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I asked a friend who the children do not know or usually see to don a beautiful gown and arrive at our house to bring merriments of Springtime. </div>
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She arrived during the short rest time of our morning circle, playing tunes on a pennywhistle. The children ran to the door and saw her standing bare foot, waiting to be let in. </div>
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I wanted to this to be a very dreamy experience for the children; not many words...Lady Spring came in, recited a lovely Spring verse, played some songs on the lyre (which she unwrapped so very slowly from a beautiful rainbow silk) and gave us some special flower seeds to care for. She left through a song and we watched her pipe pennywhistle tunes all down the street. The visit lasted about 8 minutes and was just enough. We then went back into a short quiet rest time, which was perfect for the children to digest what had just happened.</div>
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I didn't mention or comment about anything that had taken place during the visit--rather, I wanted to give them children the freedom to let this experience echo on in their own way. Raising their consciousness to speak about such an experience; to search for the words brings them out of the dreaminess that is early childhood! My own adult explanations, feelings, and commentary aren't applicable or necessary here...</div>
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<i>Spring is here,</i></div>
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<i>Here is Spring!</i></div>
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<i>Let us all rejoice and sing! </i></div>
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<br />I've been getting a few emails asking for morning verses and songs...and also readers wondering where I am and asking if I am stopping posting! I am here-- I am just caught up in many aspects of life off of the computer- which is good. Many exciting things happening here-- family, playgarden, weddings, mermaiding (yes, it's a word!), Waldorf teacher training.....</div>
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Below is a video of our morning snack....our time at the table begins with a fingerplay which is always seasonal. I'll include the text at the end. It is very lovely and simple. Notice how engaged the children are in certain parts and with certain motions, and not as much with others. This is so interesting to me; what really holds them. </div>
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After the verse, I move our angle candle over to one of the children to uncover our match for our mealtime candle. The fire fairies always leave us 2 matches each day-- 1 for snack, one for lunch. If there happens to be a third.....well, this is very exciting as the children know that this last match is left for a birthday cake-- someone's birthday! Horray!</div>
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Spring Fingerplay:</div>
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<i>This is the meadow where all the long day,</i></div>
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<i>10 little frolicsome lambs are at play!</i></div>
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<i>And these are measures the good farmer brings..</i></div>
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<i>salt in, and cornmeal...and other good things.</i></div>
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<i>This is the rack wherein Winter the feed,</i></div>
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<i>Hay makes a very good dinner indeed!</i></div>
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<i>These are the shears for shearing the sheep,</i></div>
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<i>nice, soft wool dear lambkins may keep.</i></div>
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<i>These are the barn doors shut so tight,</i></div>
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<i>and this is the barn where they all sleep at night... </i></div>
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Verse before Candle Lighting:</div>
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<i>Fire Spirits, Fire Sprites, share with us your golden light...</i></div>
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(notice that I have some trouble getting the match to strike..I also sometimes wet the wick a bit with my finger, as the bit of moisture causes the flame to jump a bit-- delightful!) </div>
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Verse for Candle Lighting:</div>
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<i>Here is a spark of Father Sun's Light, to keep in our hearts so warm and bright... </i></div>
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I hope this serves as inspiration to your morning mealtimes! Please feel free to contact me with any questions and I'll do my best to get back to you in a timely manner:)</div>
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Lastly, a few recent mermaiding pictures:)</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com205tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5600619126692959890.post-26513149617458386692013-04-02T15:34:00.000-04:002013-05-11T21:34:16.071-04:00Seek & Find, Give & ReceiveHi there!<br />
....I am back from a week at Sunbridge, continuing on with my studies in Waldorf ECE; handwork, Anthroposphy, working with the cycle of the year, Eurythmy, and sculpture! It was a very rich week and there is much to say. <br />
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The most exciting and thought provoking class of the day is our Anthroposophical studies block. As Anthroposohpy is the driving force behind Waldorf Education, it is important to be on the path of undertaking reading Steiner's work and lectures...discussion groups seems to be the best way to go about this. We've been reading <a href="http://steinerbooks.org/research/archive/theosophy/theosophy.pdf" target="_blank">Theosophy</a> as a group for 12 weeks shy of a year now and the text and discussions have taught me much about becoming a close observer of human nature. One of the pearls of wisdom I took from class this week was the importance of the Christ Impulse. This is not at all to imply that Waldorf has anything to do with Christianity or any religion-<b><u><i> it doesn't. </i></u></b>The Christ Impulse can be seen as a force that is bigger than us, something that is all around us. And the impulse is Love and Light. That's it! Love and Light in all that we do, in all that we say. Can we embody this? Can we weave this into all that we are? I believe we can. This impulse is so important for early childhood caregivers.</div>
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We also spoke more of the <a href="http://theparentingpassageway.com/2010/05/28/the-four-temperaments/" target="_blank">4 temperaments</a>, but an in depth exploration is not necessary for early childhood caregivers. truly, a child's temperament does not emerge until the change of teeth (about age 7). As EC caregivers, our role is to be with the children as their temperament is slowly revealed. Many have found that Sanguinity is the nature of the young child...makes sense, yes? I wonder how many of you "know" your most strong temperament? I find that I identify most with Sanguine and maybe a touch of Melancholic:)</div>
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Our afternoons consisted of handwork and sculpture which rounded out the day nicely. I took many long walks to the community farm (lots of hills!) with my classmates after the day was through and found this to be a wonderful end to such a fruitful day.</div>
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Somehow, Easter has come and gone and the height of spring is upon us. Many photos to share another time soon....Eastertide is 40 days, so there is much celebrating still to be done!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5600619126692959890.post-25273270738751599952013-02-26T13:55:00.003-05:002013-02-26T13:55:28.596-05:00UprootedFebruary has got to be the longest month. I know--it actually is the shortest, but what a time of contemplation and preparation. "Spring is Coming" and the songs are nearly bursting from my lips. I'm waiting for the right time to change over our Winter circle to the anticipation of Spring. Daffodils are on our table and our paperwhite bulbs have reached upwards and bloomed....filling our dining room with such a strong and musky fragrance. Although I prefer a later Easter, it seems fitting that Lent is here and now.<br />
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The children have been visiting an uprooted tree in our rose garden park for the past 4 months. Many trees were uprooted; fallen to the earth with their roots exposed for all to see-- like some sort of hidden secret now being told at full voice for the world to hear. Some of the children were taken aback by the magnitude of it all....seeing a part of something so familiar that they had never seen before. Over time, they've learned to climb upon it; their bodies sensing where to go-- where to place feet and hands....this experience, and any climbing or exploring experience where movements are unique (think of a tree versus playground equipment) proves to be a real body, mind, and soul experience. I feel they have really taken so much from revisiting this week upon week. Each day, they ask aloud, "I wonder if our tree will still be there...."<br />
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Muddy days are a plenty this time of year and we've been ankle deep in it. Some days, the mud room in our house looks like its been attacked my a huge bowl of chocolate pudding. I wipe many muddy faces; glasses caked with dirt and mud, wet socks, muddy teeth even. It's all a part of our day. The cold weather months are really a time for us to learn so much about personal care and dressing. Each child learns how to dress him/herself and to put their things away so they don't get lost. This is the most important part of our day, I think, our true life curriculum. </div>
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I return to Sunbridge for teacher training March 18th. It feels like there is too much of a stretch of time in between and I crave some kind of artistic outlet, especially this time of year while yearning for the warm months. My new creative outlet was born out of this desire last Winter, but has truly come to life <i>this </i>Winter. I'm spending hours on the computer researching and planning (my eyes hurt. I don't like it.) and working a lot with my hands, too. It's been very rewarding thus far and I believe will continue to be even more fruitful in the months to come in so many ways. I'll describe everything in my next post.</div>
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Candlemas has come and went....and it seems like time is passing so quickly for me these days. It seems also like I don't have enough time in the day to record things in this space as I'd really like to-- to take my time, reflect, and put forth a good effort. I'm also taking on a new business and pleasure venture which is taking up much of my energy and time and keeping me awake at night with excitement. It's a good thing, but I'm tired.</div>
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Candlemas was observed during playgarden inwardly and very outwardly during my Sunday School class.</div>
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Once again making our Earth candles from the bits and ends of our beeswax candles which I collect throughout the year.. </div>
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W helped me remove all pine boughs from the house on the Eve of Candlemas, just as we do every year. The needles were super dry on our dining room garland and getting stuck in my hair (!). They probably should come down sooner than this time, but I savor tradition too much...</div>
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We planted papwerwhite bulbs in jars filled with rocks. Mother Amy, a priest from our church, was kind enough to celebrate a candle blessing with the children where we blessed our classroom and home candles for the coming year.. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Drake, the dwarf, buried a bulb</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i> A little flower was seen to swell....</i></span></div>
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from Freya Jafke's book <i>Feste im Kindergarten und Elternhaus</i></div>
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Recalling last years Candlemas with the children and how this year will be different as the needs of the group are sought to be joyfully met... </div>
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This year I'll be doing the "outward "observance of Candlemas with my Sunday School family group....sheltering paperwhite bulbs in small mason jars with river stones, the blessing of household and classroom candles by one of our priests, and this beautiful song...</div>
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<i>In the bulb there is a flower; in the seed, an apple tree;<br />
In cocoons, a hidden promise: butterflies will soon be free!<br />
In the cold and snow of winter there’s a spring that waits to be,<br />
Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.....</i></div>
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(Hymn of Promise, Natalie Sleeth....my most favorite hymn)</div>
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I will inwardly observe Candlemas with the playgarden children this Friday as we experience the golden light in our home, remove all Christmas greenery, and <a href="http://bendingbirches2010.blogspot.com/2012/02/candlemas.html" target="_blank">create earth candles</a> from the beeswax candle stubs and pieces I save in a special container all year long. It really is a culmination of many things....</div>
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It's been a good few weeks since I have posted here. Sometimes I don't have the time or will to post as often as I'd like....but never the less, here we are.<br />
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Today marked the end of our parent child group ("Garden Gate") at our local Waldorf School, River Valley, in Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania. We began last Spring and were welcomed back this past Fall. Much to my delight, I was asked to be the assistant during our weekday in class, as our teacher had just given birth to a beautiful baby boy and would be needing an extra pair of hands. This was such a fantastic opportunity for me and another way to be involved with our school. Each week I helped clean up, washed dishes, held the sweet baby, and offered other kinds of general assistance. Our tuition was covered in exchange, which was very helpful.<br />
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At 3- 3.5, W was the oldest child in the group of 6. I witnessed a lot of his behaviors (sometimes pushing, yelling, even hitting) and sometimes felt embarrassed. It was good practice for me to observe the reactions of the teacher (that is, focusing the attention on the child was was hurt, rather than admonishing the "offender".) Many times, W would then offer a hug to the child after seeing that this is what the adults did when someone was hurt or upset. This is kind of sticky for a lot of people. Nobody wants to see their own child be hit, and its also so difficult for the parent of the "hitter", as well as the children involved...<br />
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"I won't let you hit" is my usual response...and I have also witnessed the teacher rubbing W's back firmly after he has hit, without speaking. I'm on a lengthy journey of figuring out how to best handle these situations. With children other than my own, I find it much easier and more natural of a response. With my own child....well, my own emotions get involved, and I know this is part of the problem. I do realize that most of this, if not all, leads back to me. I think its very rare for children to misbehave simply for the sake of "being bad." Children may be<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> bored, anxious, unsettled,
overtaxed, insecure, confused, and on and on.I'd love to assist again with the class, but the teacher and I both agreed that another day together at home would be so much more beneficial for W than yet another "social" day. (At this time, he's a part of the playgarden group W, R, and F, church on Sunday, Garden Gate on Tuesdays, and a parent child group I host at church each 3rd Monday of the month.) More time at home is<i> always</i> preferable.</span><br />
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We'll be back to River Valley, God willing, in Fall 2014 when W enters kindergarten at age 5. I'll be looking for PT work as an assistant or lead teacher at the school at this time. So, my master plan is to remain operating playgarden until Fall 2014. My teacher training will be over and we'll no longer be paying my tuition!<br />
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In other catching up "news", here are the beautiful <a href="http://www.longhairloom.com/semi.html" target="_blank">dymondwood crowned hair stick</a>s Jay got me for Christmas.<br />
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In the first 2 photos, I'm wearing them in a brioche bun, which is very simple to do.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cobz1py6RpY" target="_blank"> This link</a> will take you to my most favorite youtube channel for simple long hair style tutorials:) The third bun is called The Elling Woman Bun, which is also relatively easy:)<br />
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My Lilla Rose hair clip party is this coming Saturday and I'm very excited. My mom and I are making some delicious food (create-your-own Miso soup, roasted veggie sandwiches, and more!) and I'm just as much looking forward to that! <a href="http://bendingbirches2010.blogspot.com/2013/01/beauty-giveaway-im-excited.html" target="_blank">There is still time to enter the giveaway for a free Flexi clip:)</a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5600619126692959890.post-69180230591051839202013-01-08T20:31:00.002-05:002013-01-08T20:31:56.039-05:00An Epiphany PageantThis past Sunday marked our annual Christmas pageant....<br />
The day of the pageant also marks my 2 year anniversary with our church. So funny to think that I arrived there as a guest and visitor to view the pageant...and now I am directing the youth program! Full circle.<br />
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We hold our Christmas pageant after the Christmas Season...which some find odd. I very much love it. First, the pageant doesn't become "one more thing to have to do" right before Christmas when families are rushing about and most likely exhausted. Our pageant is more about Epiphany, a part of the nativity story which children may not be so familiar with.<br />
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So wonderful that this year the date of our pageant landed right on Epiphany, January 6th. It was a beautiful pageant; the children were incredibly reverent and focused. It is a day I'll never forget. These photos speak for themselves.<br />
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<i>Photos by Ian Kindle</i> </div>
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<i>Face painting by Lauren Kindle </i></div>
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The sheep were wrapped in sheepskin rugs....fluffy! </div>
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Chalk rendering in my Sunday School room of Mother Mary by Lauren Kindle. I don't think I'll ever be able to erase it! </div>
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Mary's clothes...and manger.</div>
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(excerpt from our pageant script... text taken from "The Seasonal Festivals in Early Childhood: Seeking the Universally Human" available from<a href="http://store.waldorfearlychildhood.org/gateways-series/the-seasonal-festivals-in-early-childhood.html" target="_blank"> WECAN books</a>. I <b>highly</b> recommend this book! It is part of my required text for my Spring classes and with good reason, I believe!) </div>
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<em>Away in the east a golden star</em><br />
<em>Called three wise kings from afar;</em><br />
<em>It shone so brightly in the darkest night</em><br />
<em>And beckoned them on to the child of light</em><br />
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<em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sung: golden, golden, shines the
star, shines the star so brightly; golden, golden shines the star, shines the
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<em>The kings come riding one, two, three,</em><br />
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<em><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They followed the star to the
Child so bright</em><br />
<em>And offered their gifts to the King of Light…</em><br />
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<em>(King 1):</em><br />
<em>Oh dearest Child, I bring you gold,</em><br />
<em>For you its glory shall unfold</em><br />
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<em>(King 2):</em><br />
<em>With all my heart I bring with me Frankincense to honor thee</em><br />
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<em>(King 3):</em><br />
<em>Myrhh is what I offer you,</em><br />
<em>Take my love and praises, too.</em><br />
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<em>Thank you for your gifts you bring, thank you, oh royal earthly kings.</em><br />
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Christmas has come and gone....and the mornings feel different to me. Chickadees are flitting everywhere and I hear them piping their songs much to my delight. W wakes up in the morning shouting "Look at the pink sky! Wow! Whoa! Look at that! It's pink!" Our tree has been whisked away by the angels....well, leaving a tell tale trail of dried pine needles; their crispness letting us know that something is over...and something is beginning.</div>
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<i> The gift the angels left us in place of our Christmas Tree.</i></div>
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<em>*Thank you to all who took interest in the current giveaway for a Flexi Clip! <a href="http://bendingbirches2010.blogspot.com/2013/01/beauty-giveaway-im-excited.html" target="_blank">There is still time to enter:)* </a></em><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5600619126692959890.post-72302169343962358882013-01-03T22:14:00.001-05:002013-01-03T22:19:55.238-05:00Beauty Giveaway! (I'm excited!)Hello everyone!<br />
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I'm very excited to announce a venture I am taking part in this month..<br />
I am hosting my first ever "party".....a Lila Rose party, that is! I'm also very happy to give my personal review of their most popular product, the flexi clip, and offer a very generous giveaway for blog readers and party goers! <br />
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Lila Rose is a company which started out as a husband creating hairsticks for his wife. What a nice guy! Their family was in financial turmoil when they decided to go out on a limb and introduce a totally brand new, innovative kind of hair clip/barrette, the flexi clip. Turns out, of course, everyone loved it...and I do, too.<br />
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I first tried the flexi clip after reading many favorable reviews online. I had never seen seen anything like it before. Turns out, it is one of my most favorite hair accessories and "reached for" hair toys. (love that term!) At first glance, I had no idea how to use the clip. Turns out, though, it is simple, user friendly and offers a really nice and secure hold for all hair types and lengths. They’re actually more comfortable than a pony tail holder. They
really do “flex” around you’re hair and don’t pull or pinch at all. And best of all, you can create SO many different hairstyles with this one simple clip. <i>You don't have to be "good" at hair styling to use it. </i><br />
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The flexi clip is offered in a variety of styles (clips featuring tasteful celtic knots, fairies, dragonflies, peace signs, and roses, just to name a few of my favorites.) and tones of silver, gold, antiqued brass, or copper. I tend to favor the gold as I feel it works better with my haircolor. They are also very sweet for a little girl and make a great gift.<br />
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Lila Rose also offers hair sticks, bobby pins, ID badge holders, and several other beautiful hair accessories, as well. I had way too much fun hanging out on the website for an entire night last week.<br />
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<b>Alright. Before I start to sound like some cheesy commercial..</b>...I am not a sales person. I'm not good at it and I'm not really interested. I wanted to host some kind of party this year, but wasn't sure how to go about doing it. I'm not interested in new skin products (I have my tried and true tinctures!), tupperware, Avon, etc. etc. But what I really love is hair stuff.<br />
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Hosting a party and keeping all of the goodies for myself is just a little bit selfish, so I had the idea of turning the event into some kind of helping-those-in-need intention. While no money will be earned by me from the party, I will most likely accquire some free products. A girl can only have so many barrettes and/or hair sticks so I started to think about who might appreciate them more than me at this time.<br />
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Our church operates a soup kitchen 5 days per week; serving over 150 hot meals to the public each day. We giveaway food products, personal care items, and baby/child necessities for families who need them. While a hair clip is not a necessity, I thought it might be nice for a few of the ladies who frequent the kitchen. Our rector remarked that she could "think of 5 women who would love something pretty and lady like without even pondering too much about it.." Perfect.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our Lila Rose consultant is giving away <b>one free clip </b>for our lucky winner (who wi<span style="font-size: large;">ll be selected via random numb<span style="font-size: large;">er generator and</span></span> announced January 26th) The clip style and size is your choice!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Start by<a href="http://www.lillarose.biz/parties/1378" target="_blank"> visiting my party site</a><u> </u>before Saturday January 26th. </span>Register as a guest (fill in your details on the right) and start browsing/shopping. Pick your favorites and place an order<i>. <b><u>Each item </u></b></i><u><b>you purchase gives you TEN additional entries!</b> </u>Awesome! Order 3 items? That's 30 chances. Let us know of your purchases in the comments section, please. Also, for this party, if you purchase 3 items, you'll get an additional item (up to $16) Free! This is a seperate transaction which our consultant will take care of. Contact our consultant if you happen to purchase 3 items and she'll set you up!<br />
( <a href="mailto:heathershappyhair@comcast.net" target="_blank">heathershappyhair@comcast.net</a>)<br />
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*Post a comment sharing with readers your most favorite hair secret or product. I can't wait to read them! <br />
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*"Like" our Lila Rose consultant, Heather Hoover's<a href="https://www.facebook.com/heathershappyhair" target="_blank"> Facebook page</a> and let us know you did so for another additional entry!<br />
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Be sure to watch the sizing video before making your selections! Everyone's hair is unique and this video really helped me select the correct size!<br />
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<i>The birthday cake for Jesus--something our extended family has done for years.</i></div>
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It is this time of year that I feel thankful to be discovering the fullness of the Christmas Season-- not just one day, Dec. 25th, but an entire 12 days leading up until Epiphany, January 6th. (Also the day of our Epiphany pageant at church! Can't wait!) This is so much better, for me especially, than one day being over and done with and feeling the post Christmas let down kick in. Just
as the hopeful and quietly expectant mood of Advent has been discarded in large
segments of Christianity, so too has the feasting and joy during the full
Christmas season. In church this past week, we have still sung carols, the decorations remain and by last year at this time I discovered that by the end of Christmastide, I
was ready to move along. There was no more letdown. Our tree and all decorations will come down the night of January 6th while W is asleep. In its place, in the morning, he will find a new and beautiful houseplant to enjoy throughout the year...with a green ribbon affixed, the color for Epiphany. All other greenery is removed from our home before Feb. 2nd, Candlemas, the first official Spring festival of the year! I like to do this the eve of Candlemas, as it makes it seem all that more real for me.</div>
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It's very easy for me to get caught up in moments; to look forward to something so much, to be standing in that moment and breathing it in, thinking, "ahhhh! This is the time! This is it!" This is the second year that I have served as an acolyte during our church's Christmas Eve service. This year, I was the crucifer; the acolyte who leads the service in the procession, holding a huge, tall, gold, ornate cross. The high altar was decorated so beautifully with pointsetais and the music was loud, mighty and beautiful! This was Christmas Eve! The cross is affixed on top of a 4 foot long wooden rod and feels very heavy for me. I had vivid dreams of dropping it, it falling over, or something else terrible happening. Fast forward to about 45 minutes into the service, where the other acolytes and I sit up at the high altar, pretty much in front of everyone. The cross, which was sitting in its appropriate place, latched with a hook....and seemingly all of a sudden fell over, crashed, and nearly broke. Envision 100 people or so gasping at the same time at this loud noise....and then watching it being picked up, all mangled and bent. Oh man. I felt like all eyes were on me. How did this happen? AHHH!</div>
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<i>It is quite true that Christmas falls when it is still Winter, but nature is already heralding a victory which can be a token of hope in anticipation of the victory that will come in Spring- a token of confidence, of hope, of faith...to use words which are connected in nearly every language with Christmas. There is confidence that the sun, again in the ascendant, will be victorious over the opposing powers of nature...</i></div>
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<i>~Rudolph Steiner, lecture: The Christmas Festival: A token of the victory of the Sun.</i></div>
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<i>(full text found<a href="http://wn.rsarchive.org/Lectures/Christmas/19051224p01.html" target="_blank"> here</a>--and it is an incredible and worthy read.)</i></div>
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<i><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id=".reactRoot[9].[1][2][1]{comment543750472303333_4390861}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2]"><span class="UFICommentBody" id=".reactRoot[9].[1][2][1]{comment543750472303333_4390861}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0"><span id=".reactRoot[9].[1][2][1]{comment543750472303333_4390861}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[2]">"A
young child playing with a doll, investing it through their imagination
with life, with needs, with wants, with the need for the child's love
is the first and primary exercise of the child's soul capacity for
empathy. Playing with a doll and imagining that it needs care, feeding,
"changing", rocking to sleep, to be taken for a "walk", dressed, bathed
and to be spoken to and sung to is the essential way for the child to
practice loving in a safe way. By safe, I mean that because the doll
only gives the child "feedback" that is in the child's own total
control, the child does not have to cope with or deal with any negative
reaction from the doll unless he or she creates such a reaction in his
or her own imagination. This is possible, and a way for the child to
process the experience he or she may have had with his own reactions to
his or her parents or other people or other adults' and children's
reaction to him or her. But this whole process is still safely in the
child's own emotional control.</span><br id=".reactRoot[9].[1][2][1]{comment543750472303333_4390861}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3]" /><br id=".reactRoot[9].[1][2][1]{comment543750472303333_4390861}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[4]" /><span id=".reactRoot[9].[1][2][1]{comment543750472303333_4390861}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[5]">By
practicing on a doll or stuffed animal or any other "inanimate" object,
the young child becomes more and more ready to invest the power of
their own imagination onto living people and animals. The child grows
more and more aware that babies, other children, animals and even grown
ups have the same needs, wants and feelings as they themselves do. This
is empathy. This is the ability to project oneself into the life of an
"other." This is the prime foundation for healthy relationships of any
kind. This is the emotional shift from "I need", "I want" to "you need",
"you want." Without this shift, no amount of "moral" education will
ever be possible.</span><br id=".reactRoot[9].[1][2][1]{comment543750472303333_4390861}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[6]" /><br id=".reactRoot[9].[1][2][1]{comment543750472303333_4390861}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[7]" /><span id=".reactRoot[9].[1][2][1]{comment543750472303333_4390861}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[8]">There
is a popular meme circulating around. I believe it features a bust of
Socrates and goes something like, "For a healthy person, no laws are
necessary - for an unhealthy person, no laws are effective."</span><br id=".reactRoot[9].[1][2][1]{comment543750472303333_4390861}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[9]" /><br id=".reactRoot[9].[1][2][1]{comment543750472303333_4390861}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[10]" /><span id=".reactRoot[9].[1][2][1]{comment543750472303333_4390861}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[11]">This
kind of imaginative play - imagining LOVE (and need we say it? NOT
imagining violence) is a non-gender-based necessity and its acceptance
is a wonderful sign that we are finally emerging from the military/
industrial complex paradigm of the 20th century.</span><br id=".reactRoot[9].[1][2][1]{comment543750472303333_4390861}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[12]" /><br id=".reactRoot[9].[1][2][1]{comment543750472303333_4390861}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[13]" /><span id=".reactRoot[9].[1][2][1]{comment543750472303333_4390861}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[14]">Blessings
on all parents who recognize this and not only "allow" it but support
it whole heartedly. And God Bless the Mothers and Fathers of our world
to be!</span></span></span> "</i></div>
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<i>To wonder at beauty,</i></div>
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"In the four weeks of Advent the third Sunday came to be a time of
rejoicing that the fasting was almost over (in some traditions it is
called Gaudete Sunday, from the Latin word for "rejoice"). The shift
from the purple (or in our Anglican church, Blue) of the Season to pink or rose for the third Sunday
Advent candles reflected this lessening emphasis on penitence as
attention turned more to celebration of the season...."<br />
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I've heard many reasons for the rose colored candle during the 3rd week.....some call it "the Shepard's Candle" representing the joy of finding the Christ child, others have called it "Mary's Candle." In my mind, I prefer to think of it as Mary's candle, as that is what speaks most to me. I think of the deep rose color as the shift she wears under her cloak of deep blue; both protective and calming. For me, Mary is the quintessential mother archetype (or "universal") and I draw much inspiration from her image, as well as others.<br />
<a href="http://bendingbirches2010.blogspot.com/2011/04/sistine-madonna-waldorf-kindergarten.html" target="_blank">Here is a link </a>to a previous post I had written about the placement of the Sistine Madonna in Waldorf classrooms .<br />
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I thought hard about what kind of meaningful activity I could bring to the children for the festival of Advent. Ideally, it would flow alongside the mood of this expectant time...something quiet, something which builds more and more upon itself as the days pass. And, importantly, something which did not require verbal explanation; something that could be meaningfully and reverently <i>done.</i></div>
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I came up with the idea of creating Advent Gardens together over the next few days before Christmas....each day during our walk and time at the park and rose garden together, I would carry with me a small terra cotta saucer. Along the way, I would stop and pick up bits of nature from the mineral, plant, and animal kingdom which caught my eye....pinecones, greenery, rose hips, a feather, a cicada shell.....without any explanation. Over the past week, the children have seen these gardens culminate and grow during our outdoor time. They see an empty saucer each day.....they see how it is constructed by my will.....a few of them stop their play to add to the garden, and I thank them. By the time we come inside, the garden has grown! It is then placed on our lunch table for all to enjoy. At the close of the day, the garden is placed on a low windowsill to view. The children see how the collection has grown as we create a new, and of course, different garden each day. <br />
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I tend to the gardens by spraying them with a mister of water about 4x per day. This helps keeps the bright green moss fresh and fragrant! This week, we'll be dipping and/or rolling small beeswax candles. My intention is that the candles, created by our hands, represent the element of humankind to complete our Advent Gardens. The candles will be placed in the center of the gardens to perhaps light on Christmas morning. There are no "names" on any of the gardens, rather, this was very much a community activity which we all brought gifts to.<br />
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<i>"As the sunlight wanes, the human soul retreats ever more into itself after having given itself up so happily to the light and warmth of high summer. The balance between light and dark in Autumn is like a threshold, and in the darkest time of the year an inner light wants to be kindled. Each year, when Christmas is very close, we make a new effort to bring the outer light in, to transform it so that we are illuminated within and can radiate outward..."</i></div>
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<b><i>Santa Lucia<br />Christmas foretelling,<br />Fill hearts with hope and cheer,<br />Dark fears dispelling.<br />Bring to the world again,<br />Peace and good will to men.<br />Santa Lucia! Santa Lucia! </i></b></div>
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This week during Sunday school, we remembered St. Lucia, the lady of light! While I chose to leave this day out for our young nursery playgarden children, I was very excited to bring this to our school age sunday schoolers. For the little child, Advent is filled with wonder throughout--adding yet another festival day just seemed like too much. They're still reeling from our St. Nicholas day and the anticipation of Christmas, of course. Less is more, truly!! I searched for a story which wasn't quite so gruesome as the actual events of her life and was very pleased when I found this one from the lovely blog <a href="http://maehegirl.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Chocolate Fishies</a>....I recommend this story for the older kindergartener, grade 1, and grade 2 :)</div>
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<i>our own St. Lucia on Sunday</i></div>
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<i>On a cold and dark morning a girl went
out to milk the family cow. She looked at the straw on the ground and
she saw little snowflakes. It was a frosty, cold morning in December.
The little girl greeted her cow and began to fill her pail with milk.
She would take a break and blow on her hands to warm them up. When the
pail was full, she heard her mother calling her, "Lucia! Breakfast is
ready!" The father and mother had named her Lucia, meaning "Light,"
because when she was born, they looked out at the night sky and were
amazed at how bright it was outside. The moon was full, but the parents
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<i><br />Lucia
thanked the cow for her milk and slowly walked towards the house with
the full pail. She tried not to spill any milk on her dress. Her dresses
often smelled of old milk. The night sky had disappeared & only the
last star was left in the sky. The sun would be up soon to melt all the
snowflakes she had seen.<br /><br />While Lucia was eating breakfast with
her parents, her father was telling her that her uncle had disappeared.
Her father's brother was Lucia's favorite and only uncle. Her father
told her that he had a guess where he might be & he was going to
look for him that evening. Lucia begged to go with him, but her father
said it would be too dangerous for her and she was to stay at home with
her mother. Her father told her that many people were not too happy with
Christians lately. He told her how some people did not think that
Christians should not be able to live well.<br /><br />Lucia could not stop
thinking about the conversation she had had with her father while she
was doing her morning chores. That night, after dinner, her father left
the house. Lucia decided to follow him, because she wanted to know what
had happened to her uncle. She followed her father for what seemed like
eternity. He was obviously looking for something, but it appeared as if
he could not find it. Finally her father went behind a large rock. Lucia
ran up and slipped behind the rock as well. In front of her was a dirt
path that led into a cave. She was scared, but she had come this far and
she was determined to see her uncle. It was hard to see in the
darkness, but slowly her eyes adjusted. She looked around the dark room.
The floor was full of men and women. Some were sleeping, others were
talking, still others were singing. Suddenly there, before her, were her
father and uncle. She embraced them. Her father was surprised to see
his daughter, but he did not scold her. The people in the cave were
hungry. They asked for food. She remembered her own dinner. She didn't
have any food to give them, but reassured them that she would bring them
something to eat. Her uncle told her & her father that he would not
leave his friends. He would remain in the cave until everyone was safe.
He told Lucia and her father that they should join them in the cave
along with mother because they were Christians as well.<br /><br />That
night, when Lucia and her father walked home, Lucia was telling him all
her ideas for bringing back food for the people in the cave and her
father wondered how much longer they would be safe inside their own
home.<br /><br />The next day Lucia and her mother cooked and baked all day
long. At night they had plenty of food to bring to the people hiding
underground. Lucia had armfuls of baked sweet bread to carry. It was a
dark walk. Her mother put a ring of candles on her head, so they would
light the way to the cave. When the people inside the cave saw Lucia
walk in with food in her hands and candles on her head, they thought
she was an angel. They were so grateful to the visitor who brought them
light in the darkness and food to nourish their bodies.</i><br />
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Depicted above are our 2 nursery employees at church helping me with some of the preparations:) They spent nearly 2.5 hours cutting gold stars and affixing candles into apples. Well done, ladies!</div>
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<i>Mother Mary, gently walking </i></div>
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<i>"Wondrous stars so brightly shining,</i></div>
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<i>(<span style="font-size: x-small;">lyrics <span style="font-size: x-small;">from</span> one of the Advent Spiral songs, from the Wynstones Winter collection) </span></i></div>
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Lastly, I spent the morning in our local Waldorf School Kindergarten as an observer and guest puppeteer. I sat all morning sewing and listening to the play of the children. Christmas was buzzing throughout the room....conversations about different religions, how high the heavens are, Hannnukah...just to name a few. I observed a nativity "puppet show" which lasted about 30 minutes. Before the "show began" (and they had worked so very hard to seat all of their friends!) two of the girls whispered to each other as they stood in front of their audience. "Please turn off all cell phones and no flash photography." I am not joking, every single child pulled out their "phones", gestured as if pushing buttons, and put them back into their pockets. </div>
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This week was full of festivities....Advent 1 (which is not mentioned verbally...more of a feeling of anticipation as we light a new candle each week and as our wool angel descends...), St. Nicholas, and a 5th birthday:)</div>
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Festival Days are so exciting and wonderful, but simplicity must reign. Over doing it for a group of little children usually brings about chaos. I like to stick as close as I can to our usual rhythmic day, adding in little details...such as, our golden tablecloth that only comes out on festival days.It doesn't sound like much to our adult minds, but it is surely enough! I start by ironing it out in the morning....and it becomes many different things along the way... ( such as a house, a dog space, etc.)</div>
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The birthday story was told during our usual storytime and I choked up half way through it. I had a moment where I thought I wasn't going to be able to finish. I seriously had to take a hopefully unnoticeable deep breath to keep going. This child has been with us since he was a bit older than 3.5. He is very dear to me and I have seen him grow so much. Just believeing that this child is here for so many reasons, that he has selected his parents and family for all the best reasons.....thinking of the day he was first welcomed into their arms in this physical world...it is all so huge to me.</div>
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This past weekend, we celebrated the Feast of St. Nicholas at our Episcopal church where I currently serve as director of religious education...what a lucky girl I am to have such a job. It's been a little bit over a year since I started this position. It has had its ups and downs, but in the end, I really, really enjoy it. Especially this time of year....</div>
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This year, I am also teaching Sunday school for our elementary and kindergarten aged students. We use the Montessori inspired curriculum Godly Play, which is deeply rooted in story telling, beauty and wondering. I really love caring for my own classroom; arriving early to prepare the space and bringing light in any way that I can. </div>
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<i><span class="kids-text-red">"Today St. Nicholas is in the heavens. Every
year on his birthday he starts on his journey down to the earth. He asks
for his white horse and journeys from star to star. There he meets
Mother Mary, who gathers silver and golden threads for the shift of the
Christ Child. Mother Mary says to him: "Dear St. Nicholas please go
again to the children and bring them your gifts. Tell them, 'Christmas
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While I am now accoustomed to working with the nursery aged group at this time, this was something different for me. The story I have been telling for the nursery aged playgarden children is much more simple and full of nothing but goodness:) Truly, what needs to come across most for this age group is <i>the world is good!</i></div>
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Our Sunday school children received prayer cards, bookmarks, golden coins, honey sticks, and a walnut shell beeswax candle in their shoes. (I finally figured out a great way to crack the walnut shells in half without ruining them! I'll share during my next post..) </div>
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The above is a photo of my page of notes from our week of talking about the Cycle of the Year pertaining to the Festivals in Waldorf Early Childhood. What an exciting topic for in depth discussion! Hopefully you can sort of make out my handwriting...</div>
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The Season of Winter....</div>
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We take with us the warmth of the Summer sun into these cold and dark months; "a spark of the Summer sun's light" is represented during our Martinmas Lantern Walk. It is all we have. Yet, this is the time where the Earth is truly awake! </div>
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<i>Through the field the farmer goes,<br />
Seeds of ripened corn he sows;<br />
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And beneath a sheltering wing,<br />
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Spring is a time of rebirth and life (Easter, candlemas)....the light is ever more present....<i> </i><br />
Yet, there is a time of decay during this lively time of year as the flowering trees and bushes drop their silky flowers to the ground....<br />
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<i>Meditative Thoughts for Autumn</i><br />
<i>(R. Steiner) </i><br />
<i>“It is true that spring is fair, and it is a fine capacity of the
human soul to perceive the beauty of the spring, the growing, sprouting,
burgeoning life. But to be able to perceive also when the leaves fade
and take on their fall coloring, when the animals creep away — to be
able to feel how in the sensible which is dying away, the gleaming,
shining, soul-spiritual element arises — to be able to perceive how with
the yellowing of the leaves there is a descent of the springing and
sprouting life, but how the sensible becomes yellow in order that the
spiritual can live in the yellowing as such — to be able to perceive how
in the falling of the leaves the ascent of the spirit takes place, how
the spiritual is the counter-manifestation of the fading
sense-perceptible; this should as a perceptive feeling for the spirit —
ensoul the human being in autumn! Then he would prepare himself in the
right way precisely for Christmastide.”</i></div>
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I hope all of you had a day filled with joy and family....ok, and food. :) We enjoyed an evening at my grandmother's house and some Christmas decorating during the day...<br />
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<i>W plucking the candles from my 31st Birthday cake! </i></div>
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Now that I am settled in back home from this past session of teacher training, this is the time where I start to "live into" everything that we had discussed. Every day life situations bring me back to discussions and through my own experiences, I begin to make the information my own. A teacher told us last Summer, "go home and forget everything...".....I take that to mean, "you'll remember (and use it!) when you need to most."</div>
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One of the experiences that stood out most for me last week was an optional evening lecture held at The Christian Community (movement for religious renewal) within the town. (please follow <a href="http://www.thechristiancommunity.org/" target="_blank">this link </a>to find out more....it is fascinating.) In short, <i>The Christian Community is a worldwide movement for religious renewal
that seeks to open the path to the living, healing presence of Christ in
the age of the free individual. This life is at work most potently in
its renewed Seven Sacraments, where the thoughtful, heartfelt devotion
of the congregation and the words and gestures of the celebrating priest
work together to form the vessel that can receive the grace of God.</i></div>
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The lecture I attended was entitled Angels in the Materialistic World, presented by Rev. Julia Polter. I wasn't sure what to expect at first, but I felt imediately drawn in and excited upon walking into the space...</div>
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<i>"</i>Welcome to the Waldorf Church", a man said as he held open the door for us. I had to kind of snicker, but really, I had never before been in a church with violet lazured walls and a lack of right angles. It was very pleasing to the eye.</div>
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The lecture was about the siginificance of angels in our contemporaru mainstream culture. Rev. Polter began by bringing to mind the need for the angel today, still......statistics of Hallmark stores and their plethora of angel trinkets, the Victoria's Secret Angel Ad campaign...they are still all around us. It is, however, a matter of if we call upon them to assist or guide us that they will remain with us. </div>
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She also spoke of how we can call upon the spiritual world (i.e., angels) to assist us; even calling upon people who have crossed the threshold to guide us in our lives. Part of my practice as a teacher is to call upon the guardian angels of the children I care for in the evening before sleep. (i.e., "taking the children into sleep with you"..) Much of what I may need guidance with is too big for me....this is where I call for help. I do find that this experience often changes my path of thinking and truly does help.</div>
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<i>In our waking state, we can work in such a way that our relationships to
the spiritual world are strengthened, both to the angels and to the
human souls who have died and are living in the world of the spirit.
This relationship can manifest in our daily life in various ways. For
example, in the German language, when one receives a sudden idea one
says it has eingefallen–-”fallen in.” But what has fallen in and from
where has it fallen? This can be the work of the angels, pouring their
thoughts into mankind, or it can be the help of those human souls who
are now in the spiritual world that wish to help us and work with us.</i></div>
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<i>......<u>.We need to realize that every child, every colleague, every parent is
more than just a physical being.</u> Every one contains a spiritual being as
well, which brings something with it from previous earth lives.
Recognizing the spiritual nature of other human beings is a prerequisite
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<i>In conclusion, we will today take one feeling, one conception, which
may be of great help to our souls. Unfortunately many people in our
modern materialistic age find it very difficult to feel what I might
call the holiness of sleep. (The materialistic life is being somewhat
softened by this period of trial, and not only ought it to remain
softened thereby — which can hardly be hoped if materialism
remains at its present strength — but it ought even to be
enormously and increasingly softened.) It is indeed a curious
phenomenon of man's intelligence today that he is entirely devoid of
respect for the holiness of sleep. We need only consider how many
people who spend the evening hours in purely materialistic ways, go to
sleep without developing the realisation — which indeed can never
become a living thing in a materialistic mind — <u>that sleep unites
us with the Spiritual world, that sleep sends us across into the
Spiritual world. </u>(These things are not mentioned by way of blame, nor
intended to drive people to asceticism: we must live with the world,
but we must at the same time have our eyes open, for only thus can we
wrench our bodily nature away from the lower and lift it higher.)
People should at least become gradually able to develop a feeling
which can be expressed somewhat as follows: ‘I am going to sleep;
until I wake, my soul will be in the Spiritual world. There it will
meet with the guiding-power of my earth-life, who lives in the
Spiritual world, and who soars round and surrounds my head. My soul
will have the meeting with my genius. The wings of my genius will come
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It's so great to be home after a week away at school....</div>
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This was the absolute longest I have ever been away from home since W was born and it was difficult. Each day at Sunbridge was filled with inspiration and friendship....Eurythmy, sculpture, handwork, Anthroposohpy, in depth work and reflections on the Festivals and the cycle of the year (more reflections on these later)...but when class was over for the day (8:15-5:30!) I felt myself so longing to be home. Homesick doesn't even begin to describe how I felt before going to bed.</div>
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One of my most favorite parts of the week was our handwork block where we crafted first aid kits and simple knot dolls. We worked with soft flannel and wool roving and batting for stuffing. What a difference it makes to fill a doll with warm, fragrant wool. You really can feel the warmth upon cradling it in your arms!</div>
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We used the doll pattern from<a href="http://www.oakmeadowbookstore.com/Resource-Books/K-8-Resource-Books/Beyond-the-Rainbow-Bridge-p3071.html" target="_blank"> Beyond The Rainbow Bridge</a>, one of my most favorite early parenting books. I also learned 2 new stitches, including the french stitch, perfect for continuous seaming. I have really been loving hand stitching the past few weeks...I find it so relaxing. </div>
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Our handwork block was held in one of the nursery classrooms at<a href="http://www.gmws.org/" target="_blank"> Green Meadow Waldorf School</a>. Beautiful. I also found out that they host the largest amount of Waldorf kindergarten students in the country! (4 kindergartens; 80 children!!) </div>
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I finished my knot doll on the last day; crafting also a small pillow and sleep sack to keep her warm. W seemed to really enjoy meeting dolly for the first time. She now sleeps on the sheepskin next to his bed and he's taken to kissing her good night. </div>
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I returned home Friday evening to find a bunch of balloons and a beautiful card waiting for me. I hugged and hugged W and Jay and they both felt so warm and smelled so good. It was a wonderful moment.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">May our feeling penetrateInto the center of our heart<br />And seek, in love to unite itself<br />With the human beings seeking<br />The same goal,.<br />With the spirit beings who, <br />Bearing Grace,<br />Strengthening us from realms of light<br />And illuminating our love<br />Are gazing down upon<br />Our earnest heartfelt striving</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">(<span style="font-size: small;">morning Eurythmy verse)</span> </span></span></span></div>
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I'm looking forward to a wonderful week of focusing on celebrating festivals with children, our main topic of study for this "semester". As a class, we've been reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Celebrating-Festivals-Children-Freya-Jaffke/dp/0863158323" target="_blank">Freya Jafke's Celebrating Festivals with Children </a>this Fall on our own; I highly recommend it.<br />
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<i>a photo of some of my classmates this past Summer </i></div>
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<i>Eurythmy, Summer 2012. Yours truly in purple. </i></div>
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<i>The 2012 graduating class. Very exciting to watch them....</i></div>
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I'll be gone for 5 days and I'm staying over 3 of these nights. This is the first time I've been away this long, and I'm kind of nervous. I'm bringing a lot of sewing, knitting, and reading and planning on taking some walks in the woods. It will be very odd not planning meals, taking part in bedtime, etc. W is spending the days with a wonderful and trusted friend who just so happens to be the mother of his best friend, L. I think he will have a lovely time and I know he is in the best of hands. Thank you, Amanda!!!<br />
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This is the time when our inner light must prevail in the darkness!</div>
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<i>So, what about St. Martin? St. Martin was a soldier in Rome in the 4th
century. Legend says that one wintry night he met a poor beggar,
half-naked and freezing. Martin removed the heavy military cloak from
his shoulders and, drawing his sword, cut it in two, and gave half to
the beggar. That night, Christ appeared to Martin in a dream, wrapped in
the same piece of cloak Martin had given the beggar, and said: “Martin
has covered me with this garment.” Martin became the patron saint of
beggars, drunks and outcasts, dedicating his life to assisting the
unfortunate and downcast.<br /><br />This sounds like a lot to talk about
with 3 and 4 year olds! As Waldorf early childhood educators, we simply
wait for the right time. Most teachers find that these details come a
bit later, such as kindergarten or the grades. <u>Nursery children bask in
the dreamy wonder of this light filled festival; they take it for what
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While I love the story of St. Martin, I do feel that elements of the story are not for nursery aged children. Instead, we speak of our special light; the light in our hearts. We talk about how it is dark and cold outside, but <i>we</i> will not be cold or in the dark!</div>
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Our story the past 3 weeks has been a tale of a little child who notices the changes in his/her world....the chill in the air, the leaves falling, the need for warmer clothing. We speak of the animals getting ready for a long, warm sleep. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Equality.....</b></span></div>
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President Obama was the first sitting president to publicly announce his
support for marriage for same-sex couples, and has always believed LGBT
Americans should be treated fairly and equally.</div>
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President Obama endorsed the Respect for Marriage Act, signed the
Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. <a href="http://www.hrc.org/issues/pages/hate-crimes-prevention-act" target="_blank">Hate Crimes Prevention Act, </a>and
extended hospital visitation and medical decision-making rights to LGBT
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Protecting Women's Rights </span></b></div>
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President Obama believes a woman’s health care choices are personal
decisions, best made with her doctor—without interference from
politicians. President Obama fought back against Republican attempts to defund
Planned Parenthood, one of the largest providers of women’s health
services, including breast and cervical cancer screenings, and birth
control. Under Obamacare, health insurance companies now cover
recommended preventive care like mammograms and cancer screenings, and
are beginning to cover birth control without co-pays or deductibles.<br />
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I do not claim to be super knowledgeable when it comes to the many realms of politics.There is much I don't understand and I am not afraid to admit this. What I do know is that I feel very strongly regarding the 2 social issues mentioned above. I vote based on what is important to me as an American citizen.<br />
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After much preparation, our first wet-on-wet watercolor painting day took place this past week in our upstairs "painting/quiet room". I had a wonderful time preparing for this special day which will now take place every Wednesday as the children arrive to us in the morning...</div>
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I searched for a good amount of time for the above small glass "pinch" dishes. I wanted to use them for the paint, as they are small in size and also pleasing to the eye. A small dish allows for just the right amount of paint for a 3 or 4 year old....the dish is full, but only holds a tiny amount. This way, the paper doesn't get totally saturated with too much paint...</div>
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I finally found the dishes in a 4-pack at IKEA, and also at Bed Bath and Beyond. </div>
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The paper I chose is Fabriano 90 lb. watercolor paper from <a href="http://www.waldorfsupplies.com/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/psstone/store/agora.cgi?product=Painting&xm=on" target="_blank">Paper Scissors Stone.</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: ARIAL; font-size: x-small;"><b>90 POUND</b>
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<strong>FABRIANO WATERCOLOR PAPER</strong><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Fabriano watercolor paper
is perfect for wet paper painting; a tough paper with just the right
amount of sizing so that paint neither floats too much on the surface
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I am very pleased with the painting boards we're using from <a href="http://palumba../">Palumba.</a></div>
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The above is how the sponge appears before submerging it in water....</div>
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The colors of Autumn are beautiful to behold...and I'm presently watching the leaves fly through the air with fury. A hurricane is predicted to make landfall in about 2 hours, and we're bracing for the worst. Our area won't be nearly as affected as others, but we're prepared to lose power and to sustain some possible damage. </div>
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I'm thinking a lot about the power of the ocean and wind...</div>
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Ours are still hiding in the shoe basket....sand trapped in the treads, velcro worn and hanging, colors faded...<br />
The time has surely come for the cold weather wardrobe again.<br />
Waldorf Early Childhood teachers articulate and think a lot about the warmth of the children in their care. To be warm is a secure feeling; that of being wrapped, loved, cared for, and free to focus. How do you feel when you're cold? Often times, children do not realize whether they are cold or not. It is our job to properly dress them for the elements!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i> </i><span style="font-size: small;"><i>an excerpt from Ester Delhoofe<span style="font-size: small;">n, anthroposophical doctor</span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> "How do you know if your child (especially your baby) is dressed warm
enough? Start by feeling their little bodies! A baby needs to have warm
feet, warm legs and warm arms. Cold legs and cold feet are a signal that
the baby needs extra clothing. On the other hand, if a baby’s neck and
the area between his shoulders feels warm (or a bit wet), take one layer
off. It is also important not to overdress a baby, as being too warm
can be dangerous. Especially at night do not overdress the baby, do not
use duvet covers and dress according to the room temperature.<i> Under the
age of 7, children do not know that they are too cold or too warm. They
typically will not articulate this, but will misbehave instead.</i> Parents
are responsible for what their children are wearing!<i> If children are
dressed warm enough during the day and during the night, it is a lot
easier for them to feel at home in their bodies.</i> As a rule of thumb,
small children should wear one more layer than their parents. </span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">pictured is the much loved and super easy knit <a href="http://www.pickles.no/plain-vest/" target="_blank">Plain Vest by Pickles </a></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> The delicate skin of a baby or toddler is best nurtured with clothes of
natural materials like wool and silk. Wool is wonderfully warming.
Merino sheep have very soft wool that does not itch. The wool of these
sheep is further treated with natural enzymes. This makes the
undergarment machine washable and also very good for children with
uniquely sensitive skin. Silk, on the other hand, is like a second skin.
It is calming and protects the child from over-stimulation that is part
of our modern world. Therefore, silk is good for children who are
sensitive to the environment. Silk takes on the body’s own temperature.
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feeling damp<span style="font-size: small;">."</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Woolen<span style="font-size: small;"> c<span style="font-size: small;">lothing is<span style="font-size: small;"> comfortable, long lasting, re<span style="font-size: small;">latively easy to care for, and cost effective thanks to w<span style="font-size: small;">onderful onl<span style="font-size: small;">ine retai<span style="font-size: small;">lers, such as <a href="http://www.floweringchild.com/" target="_blank">Flowering Child.</a> This is the site where we have <span style="font-size: small;">purchased W's entire cold weather wardr<span style="font-size: small;">obe, right down to the soft and warm merino socks<span style="font-size: small;">. There are <span style="font-size: small;">other <span style="font-size: small;">online re<span style="font-size: small;">tailers available, b<span style="font-size: small;">ut I assure yo<span style="font-size: small;">u; you won't find a bet<span style="font-size: small;">ter price than what is offered through Flower<span style="font-size: small;">ing Child! (I've looked!!)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">A cold weather woolen wardrobe might look like this:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">-1 pair of long john pants</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">-a short sleeve undershirt or singlet</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">-a long sleeve undersh<span style="font-size: small;">irt</span> </span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">- a pair of nighttime socks</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">-a wool hat<span style="font-size: small;">--- we LOVE the comfort and protection of a<a href="http://www.floweringchild.com/mewoba.html" target="_blank"> balaclava. </a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">-woolen mittens provide optimal warmth. I made W's out <span style="font-size: small;">of an old felted sweater.<span style="font-size: small;"> (I cut two pieces and whip stitched <span style="font-size: small;">them together. They're not the most beautiful mittens ever, but they do the job!)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <br />
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I have received several emails from readers within the past month asking how I "keep such a beautiful household" and "seem to have it so together" ... "how do I do this? What are some books/resources you recommend?" Or "We are new to Waldorf, how do I get started?"</div>
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Well, really, my friends.....my life is probably not what you may perceive it to be.</div>
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I get angry.</div>
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I raise my voice.</div>
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I regret ways that I handle situations.</div>
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I second guess myself daily.</div>
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I'm not ashamed to admit that I have cried myself to sleep more than a few times these past 2 months.</div>
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Everything for me is a learning experience; it has to be. </div>
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I think of the children I have been called to care for and I feel the magnitude of my service to them....</div>
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Early childhood teachers lay such a framework for the rest of a child's life....do you remember your nursery or kindergarten teacher? Mine were nothing too memorable, but I do remember them....their faces, the way they smelled, the way them room smelled, their frowns and smiles...when they were saying "wow" to something you may have said and how it felt to really believe they meant it...or not. </div>
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My kitchen and house at the end of lunch is a dish disaster area....for someone like me who prefers things always tidy and neat, this is something that is hard for me to step away from. But with my group of 9 three and four year olds, my presence must be felt and seen as we learn boundaries and limits. Step away from the dishes. Step away from the tidying. Don't worry, it will be there for you later (!)</div>
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Learning to be comfortable with each child's strengths and boundaries is a real experience for me. I'll just say it-- sometimes it scares me. The above boy is strong and built almost like a gymnast---so muscular and able. He is new to our group (and the country) and may be experiencing some difficulty making friends. He expressed a real want to climb up the ledge of my staircase. I kept bringing him down...until one day, I decided to let him. I stayed close by....and tried to quiet my mind. The children were clamoring as they watched him climb..."Wow, look at you!" "you're so high up" "how do you do that?" And the smile on his face was huge. The other children attempted, but it's so interesting to watch how they really do know their own limits with their physical abilities. (comfort, discomfort, etc.) The climbing hasn't happened again since, but I think the effects of this experience are a lasting impression.</div>
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I foresee this year being my biggest area of potential growth as a teacher to date.</div>
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This weekend, I was lucky enough to take part in a Lifeways weekend workshop at Kimberton Waldorf School. The workshop was hosted by Cynthia Aldinger herself, founder of Lifeways North America. She is hands down the most unique, passionate, and hilarious speaker I have ever had the pleasure of learning from! What a joy to have met her and to have listened to her share her experiences in "nurturing families and inspiring childcare."</div>
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LifeWays offers "an innovative relationship-based vision for childcare,
both by parents in the home and by childcare providers in childcare
centers, for children from birth to 6 years." Lifeways childcare centers are inspired deeply by the research of Dr. Rudolph Steiner and a whole lot of common, practical sense. A Lifeways center is ideally a "home away from home"; a warm and loving environment which mimics many of the welcoming qualities of a home. </div>
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We were lucky enough to spend the morning/afternoon in a Lifeways inspired childcare program at Kimberton Waldorf School. The children are cared for in a true home setting (an old, beautiful farmhouse, complete with cows grazing across the street!) The program is run by my friend, classmate, and experienced Waldorf teacher, Chinyelu. She has such an eye for beauty and design, as you can see...</div>
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I truly love the simplicity of this centerpiece for a setting with young children. It's made me rethink my own, what with its many objects, flowers, height, etc. I own this beautiful candle holder (made by Camphill villagers and available at Nova Naturals!) and I may consider using it for my own centerpiece. It really made me think about how the space is for the children, truly--- not for the delights of adults. Interestingly enough, we did speak about adult elements to the space, such as pieces of art or design that are pleasing to an adult and purposefully placed...but I feel that a centerpiece at a children's meal table<i> is </i>for them, not us.</div>
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No, that is not an angel...that is my dear mentor friend and Waldorf teacher whom I got to spend so much time with this weekend. I'm so blessed!</div>
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It truly exemplifies that less is so much more...carefully chosen pieces such as the above and below allow the child to "fill in the details" with their own experiences (the little child) and their budding imaginations (the young child)...</div>
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As you can probably tell, it was a wonderful and inspirational weekend. I'm thankful for all of the thought and time put into hosting the workshop-- the beautifully prepared homemade hot snacks and lunches, the experiences shared, and the joy and affirmation of being part of a group of like minded parents and caregivers. If the Lifeways full certification makes its way to my state of Pennsylvania, <i><b>I'm surely interested! </b></i>(and will somehow make it happen financially!)</div>
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This coming week is going to be exciting-- the church where I serve as director of youth ministries has just completed a renovation on our Sunday school wing. I'm spending considerable time this week redecorating, finishing up details, and marveling at our newly refinished hardwood maple floor (which was hiding beneath nasty carpet for some years....) and our new deep, plush carpeting in the nursery space. </div>
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(<a href="http://bendingbirches2010.blogspot.com/2011/02/inspirational-learning-spaces.html" target="_blank">here</a> are some before photos...can you imagine building upon something which was already so beautiful and well thought out!?) </div>
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