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Daily Trivia

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on November 19, 2010 | 3 Comments »

I am always startled by the amazing memory powers of young children. Today I was driving home with Kieran when we drove past the movie theatre in Princeton. This place is an old theatre-two screens, no surround-sound or Dolby or Imax or other modern bells and whistles. It was probably built in the ’30′s or [...]

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The Times, They Are A Changing…

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on September 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »

A funny thing happened to Liam over the last three weeks. One day he was in summer camp… …petting the lion cub… …playing with Galapagos tortoises… …and then, the next week, he was at Work Day at his school, helping set up the classroom and picking out a desk… …and finally came the first day [...]

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June Is A Busy Month!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on June 18, 2010 | 3 Comments »

At least in this family it is. There’s all the end-of-school chaos, and then we have several birthdays in the family this month so there’s something going on just about every day this month here. The boys and I have spent the week enjoying the first few days of summer vacation – they’ve done a [...]

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Gnomes!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on April 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Waldorf teachers use the traditional northern European fairy tales as stories in their younger classes. First the children hear them as the teachers speak them, then see them in the form of puppet shows put on by the teachers, and then in the grade school they read the stories for themselves. As a result, we [...]

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Last Day of School

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on June 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »

From this: And this: To this: All in one school year. Liam’s last day of school was last Wednesday. It was also my birthday, so it was a big day all around. Lots of evidence of people growing bigger and older around here these days! School’s out until after Labor Day, and it feels good [...]

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Why I Love Waldorf Education

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on March 9, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Waldorf schools promote creative thinking, problem-solving, organic living, respect for nature, and respect for others. So you will see all sorts of interesting things going on in a Waldorf school – gardening, knitting, breadmaking, woodworking, painting, singing, and all sorts of activities. Familiar as I am with the school, though, sometimes I still get taken [...]

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