We Nurture: Waldorf Inspired Parenting

Building a strong foundation in the early years of development is critical for the young child as this creates a solid base for later learning to stand upon.  If a child's foundation is not strong, difficulties will be met in future years.   Rudolf Steiner, founder of Waldorf education, identified a framework of 12 senses that educators and parents can work with to support children's development.  The first four of these senses are called the Foundational Senses.  By supporting the healthy development of these senses in the early years from birth to age seven, we can help our young children build a strong foundation for life.  A curriculum that is built around supporting the Foundational Senses is a therapeutic education and our children are in great need of this curriculum!

Building a Strong Foundation: Care of the Young Child's Senses course begins on September 16. Join by visiting lifewaysnorthamerica.org

A fisherman and his wife get caught up in a saga with a fish who grants them many wishes.  This tale proves that greed can get the better of us if we let it.

A Grimm's Story

Ages 7-12

Set in the days when Kings and Queens ruled lands, Jack, the son of a farmer sets out into the world to make a life for himself.  He encounters an old man in the forest, a magical horse, and an unkind magician.  This is a story about courage, trust, and friendship!

(Adapted from the original story written by Suse Konig)

Ages 4 to 8

Arrow Chain is a beautiful story about friendship and courage.  Two boys who are best friends, one being a chief's son who rescues his friend when he is taken to the sky to live with the moon.  It is a Tlingit tale.  The Tlingit are indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast.

Ages 5-7.

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Gunther Hauk has been a biodynamic gardener and beekeeper for four decades. A former college teacher in the US (MA from the University of Tennessee), and then a Waldorf School gardening and environmental teacher for 22 years in Germany. He returned to the USA in 1996 to co-found the Pfeiffer Center for Biodynamic and Environmental Studies in Spring Valley, NY. For 11 years he taught the subject "gardening" to Foundation Year and Teacher Training classes at Sunbridge College. 

He has traveled throughout the USA and internationally, giving workshops and talks on Sustainable, Biodynamic Beekeeping, Gardening with Children, and Biodynamic Farming & Gardening. 

Since the mid-seventies he has been a beekeeper, deeply involved in researching how to keep bees in ways that would be more in harmony with their own needs, thus raising their level of vitality and health. In his book Toward Saving the Honeybee, first published 5 years before the Colony Collapse Disorder crisis, in 2002, he called for a radical change in beekeeping methods. Together with his wife Vivian, he co-founded Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary in 2006, a non-profit education and research organization located in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Floyd, Virginia.

Music is Cloud Chamber by Pictures of the Floating World.

Connla and Nora finish their adventures meeting the fairy queen and receiving gifts to take home!  They return to their mother after their long journey and they are reunited!

Author unknown, adapted by Molly Brett

Ages 5-7.

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During the month of August, we’re taking a break to work on exciting episodes where our conversations will focus on ‘What it means to be Human’.   

In the meantime, keep listening to our Stories for Children and Connecting Communities episodes as well as episodes from Season 1 and 2! 

Stay connected through our Instagram @we_nurture and our website wenurturepodcast.com where you’ll find more content.  You can contact us at [email protected] with your suggestions for episode topics.

Music is Downpour (Pon X) by Kai Engel. 

Connla and Nora continue on their journey adventuring to the land of the sea meeting Mermaid folk and continuing their sojourn to more unknown worlds.

Author unknown, adapted by Molly Brett

Ages 5-7.

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A brother and sister find themselves on a mystical adventure thru many unknown worlds after they help save the life of a bird.  This is part one.  The journey will continue next week with part two.  

Author unknown, adapted by: Molly Brett

Ages 5-7.

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When we cultivate simplicity and spaciousness in our daily life, we invite thoughtful presence, patience, and calm in our home.

Join us in our conversation with Cynthia Aldinger, Founder of LifeWays North America as she artfully describes how we can craft a life of simplicity. By balancing the choices that we make through careful thought and reflection, we can create space for nourishing life activities to flow in and out.

Booked mentioned by Cynthia include Simplicity Parenting by Kim John Payne, The Frog King A Grimms Fairytale, and Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor-Frankl.

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Music is Glacier Bells by Daniel Birch.

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