We Nurture

Three Rosebud Garden parents join us for a revealing and open conversation on rhythm in their homes. They reveal the challenges that they face as well as their successes!

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The story of The Wise Grandfather Turtle was written as a therapeutic response to this time of the pandemic.  In Waldorf Early Childhood education, teachers will often tell the children a therapeutic story when there is a need. There are times when the teacher notices a challenging behavior in the classroom or a child in their care has experienced trauma.  The aim of therapeutic stories is to bring healing images and gestures through the stories we tell.

This story offers the image of a Wise Grandfather Turtle who knows how to keep all the little animals in his pond safe after a big storm. The pond is too messy to be enjoyed so a frog family, heeding Grandfather Turtles' advice stays home while Grandfather Turtle gets to work tidying up the pond for all.

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Join Chinyelu Kunz in this episode to experience a day at Rosebud Garden, Kimberton Waldorf School’s pre-kindergarten program for 2 to 4-year-olds.  From the outside play yard, garden, and forest to the classroom environments, daily rhythms, and activities, you will gain a deeper understanding of what makes Waldorf Early Childhood education Waldorf!

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Create your intentional family by connecting more deeply through family rituals. Creating healthy rituals brings enthusiasm, anticipation and joy to each day! Rituals not only add significance to our daily rhythmic activities they strengthen the ties that bind us as a family and children lovingly embrace the special touches that we intentionally create in daily life. It's a journey into developing ways to nurture and care for our family and ourselves - it's a form of self-care! Rituals are the antidote to the stresses in our world so what better time than now to create your family's own rituals! Join us to learn more about creating healthy rituals!

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In this episode, we will explore how we can cope with big adult emotions when anxiety overwhelms us. We'll give some tips to getting grounded and how through our in-breath and out-breath we can discover how to calm ourselves and our children. How can joy turn our days around, we'll also explore this together!

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Join Chinyelu Kunz and Molly Brett as they talk about the Senses. Waldorf Education addresses healthy human development from many perspectives and points of view and knowledge of the 12 senses are critical to understanding healthy human development. One of Rudolf Steiner’s many contributions is the understanding that we actually have 12 senses and after birth, they all require further development. Not only do the senses unite the inner and outer world in each one of us but they also make it possible for us as individuals to interact with others in healthy ways as well as be fully grounded in our bodies. It takes a long time for the senses to develop and there is a scaffolding of sorts that takes place as the Foundational, Middle and then Higher senses develop from birth to age 21. The development of the 4 Foundational senses, which are the Sense of Touch, the Sense of Life, the Sense of Self Movement, and the Sense of Balance, takes place during the time from birth to 7 and their healthy development is critical to the further development of the other senses. Join us as we begin the journey to understanding the 4 foundational senses. The Sense of Self Movement The Sense of Self Movement also known as Proprioception, informs us of where our body is in relation to one another - how? by the contracting and stretching of muscles and by compression of the joints. It also gives us a sense of our orientation in space. Proprioception is our body’s awareness of our muscles and joints. When we move our body, information about where our body is in space is made aware to us on a physical level. As Waldorf Early Childhood teachers, we recognize that young children need more movement - self-directed movement. More self-directed movement not only strengthens the young child’s proprioceptive sense but also speech development because there is a connection between speech and movement. Children who have lots of time for movement - several hours each day - often have fewer speech problems. As Waldorf Early Childhood teachers, we are also finding that children are spending more and more time watching television, using computers, iPads, and iPhones and that these experiences diminish their opportunities to play freely inside and outside. Supporting your young child’s movement development right from infancy, as they learn to roll over, sit, crawl walk, run and climb, supports them in their development as they build on their ability to speak, read, write, and beyond. Self-movement is essential to the young child’s developing body. Join us as we explore the Sense of Self Movement, ways to strengthen it as well as what gets in the way, and what signs to look for when your child needs support.

To discover more about Rosebud Garden please visit farmhousemanna.com and kimberton.org

Join Chinyelu Kunz and Molly Brett as they talk about the Senses. Waldorf Education addresses healthy human development from many perspectives and points of view and knowledge of the 12 senses is critical to understanding healthy human development. One of Rudolf Steiner’s many contributions is the understanding that we actually have 12 senses and after birth, they all require further development. Not only do the senses unite the inner and outer world in each one of us but they also make it possible for us as individuals to interact with others in healthy ways as well as be fully grounded in our bodies. It takes a long time for the senses to develop and there is a scaffolding of sorts that takes place as the Foundational, Middle and then Higher senses develop from birth to age 21. The development of the 4 Foundational senses, which are the Sense of Touch, the Sense of Life, the Sense of Self Movement, and the Sense of Balance, takes place during the time from birth to 7 and their healthy development is critical to further development of the other senses. Join us as we begin the journey to understanding the 4 foundational senses. The Sense of Life The Sense of Life is felt inwardly especially when our body is out of balance or not functioning well. Are you hungry? tired? in pain? restless? When we have these experiences then our sense of life lets us know that our body needs nurturing so that we can return to health and harmony. We cannot rely on our young child to tell us when something is off-balance in their body or doesn't feel quite right. We can see it in their behavior! Meltdowns, irritable and grumpy moods, crying, lack of interest, negotiating, obsessive and compulsive behavior as well as other behaviors that give us clues. In this episode we'll talk about the sense of life, ways to strengthen it as well as what gets in the way, and what signs to look for.

To discover more about Rosebud Garden please visit farmhousemanna.com and kimberton.org

Join Chinyelu Kunz and Molly Brett as they talk about the Senses. Waldorf Education addresses healthy human development from many perspectives and points of view and knowledge of the 12 senses is critical to understanding healthy human development. One of Rudolf Steiner’s many contributions is the understanding that we actually have 12 senses and after birth, they all require further development. Not only do the senses unite the inner and outer world in each one of us but they also make it possible for us as individuals to interact with others in healthy ways as well as be fully grounded in our bodies. It takes a long time for the senses to develop and there is a scaffolding of sorts that takes place as the Foundational, Middle and then Higher senses develop from birth to age 21. The development of the 4 Foundational senses, which are the Sense of Touch, the Sense of Life, the Sense of Self Movement and the Sense of Balance, takes place during the time from birth to 7 and their healthy development is critical to further development of the other senses. Join us as we begin the journey to understanding the 4 foundational senses. The Sense of Touch. As we experience ourselves and the world around us through touch, it is through these experiences that we develop an awareness of where our body ends and where everything else begins. We begin to experience boundaries. Touch can be viewed as the balance between our inner world and outer world and it is experience through the body’s largest organ, the skin. We’ll explore how the sense of touch is the foundation for the other senses.

To discover more about Rosebud Garden please visit farmhousemanna.com and kimberton.org

We will explore the deeper role that we have when we become a parent. With the birth of a child comes great anticipation. Will it be a girl or a boy? What shall the name be? Who will the baby look like? Above all, as parents, we have great hopes and wishes for our new baby's future. But what is truly our role as parents? How do we navigate all the choices and decisions when there is so much to consider when raising a child. Let's begin our journey together to learn how living a rhythmic life nurtures our children and us too!

To discover more about Rosebud Garden please visit farmhousemanna.com and kimberton.org

As parents, we want the best for our children and we strive to give them a strong foundation for life. Listen as one parent, who also happens to be a Waldorf teacher, shares her journey to discovering Waldorf education and how this led her to live a more connected, mindful, and conscious life.