In this episode, I interview my eldest daughter, Genevieve. As a Waldorf alumni, she is speaking with me today about her experiences as a person of color in the Waldorf community.

While she has many positive memories of being a Waldorf student from pre-school through 12th grade, she will be sharing some of the more difficult experiences that she had as a student of color. Even within a caring and open space that Waldorf schools strive to create, people of color are still finding that their race affects their experience within the community. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

While Genevieve didn’t leave Kimberton feeling negative about the school, there is still room for growth in the Waldorf community especially when it comes to diversity and she hopes this conversation will inspire people to bring change to their school communities.

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A Karuk Coyote Tale About How Fire Came to the People. 

Description by Julian Lang

"In Fire Race, we are reminded just how important the willow tree is to our way of life.  We are told of one way that coyote helped us.  We are reminded that we must remember to respect each other.  The story reveals that all-natural living things are important, from the little frog to the soaring eagle."

Author's note

This story is based on various versions of the Karuk myth, The Karuk - meaning "upriver" - people are native to the rugged Klamath River region of Northwest California.

Retold by Jonathan London

Illustrated by Sylvia Long

Chronicle Books, San Francisco

Ages 5 - 8

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Although we don’t always pay much attention to culture, it’s always there. It holds us, sustains us, and informs the way we act, feel, and think about the world.

How do we intentionally craft a family culture that reflects our values? How do we practice those values every day with our children? And how do we continue to hold true to these values as our family grows and individual needs change?

LifeWays’ online course - ‘Creating Your Family Culture - An Elemental Approach’ offers very down to earth and yet imaginative ways that guide you as you create your family’s culture.  Working with the elements of Earth, Water, Air, and Fire, you’ll create ways of living that considers and envelopes each family member in shared values in a positive way that includes life-affirming practices.

To discover more please visit lifewaysnorthamerica.org and kimberton.org

Music is Glacier Bells by Daniel Birch.

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This is the story of how the crow saved the creatures of the earth from the cold by flying up to the Creator who thinks all things into being.  In his adventures, his beautiful feathers turn to soot but his sacrifice proves beneficial and he is rewarded for his efforts.

A Lenni Lenape Folktale, retold by S.E. Schlosser, adapted by Molly Brett.

Ages 5-7

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

Although we don’t always pay much attention to culture, it’s always there. It holds us, sustains us, and informs the way we act, feel, and think about the world.

How do we intentionally craft a family culture that reflects our values? How do we practice those values every day with our children? And how do we continue to hold true to these values as our family grows and individual needs change?

LifeWays’ online course - ‘Creating Your Family Culture - An Elemental Approach’ offers very down to earth and yet imaginative ways that guide you as you create your family’s culture.  Working with the elements of Earth, Water, Air, and Fire, you’ll create ways of living that considers and envelopes each family member in shared values in a positive way that includes life-affirming practices.

To discover more please visit lifewaysnorthamerica.org and kimberton.org

Music is Glacier Bells by Daniel Birch.

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One day when the world was new pieces of the sky started falling in a little village in China. The children ran to Loawnu, the wisest person in the village to ask for her help.  Loawnu finds a way to mend the sky and she even adds a magical touch!

For ages 2 to 6

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What is Family Culture?

Although we don’t always pay much attention to culture, it’s always there. It holds us, sustains us, and informs the way we act, feel, and think about the world.

How do we intentionally craft a family culture that reflects our values? How do we practice those values every day with our children? And how do we continue to hold true to these values as our family grows and individual needs change?

LifeWays’ online course - ‘Creating Your Family Culture - An Elemental Approach’ offers very down to earth and yet imaginative ways that guide you as you create your family’s culture.  Working with the elements of Earth, Water, Air, and Fire, you’ll create ways of living that considers and envelopes each family member in shared values in a positive way that includes life-affirming practices.

To discover more please visit lifewaysnorthamerica.org and kimberton.org

Music is Glacier Bells by Daniel Birch.

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A baker in a village bakes bread and discovers something special about her dough.

For Ages 2 to 5

Adapted from the story Sunday Bread by A. Vinnal from the book Spindrift

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The Gunny Wolf is thought to be an old African American folktale that has been passed down orally.  It is a gentle tale of caution that recounts what a little girl experiences when she does not listen to her mother about staying out of the forest.

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Many of us, as we become parents, have some idea of how we do NOT want to discipline our children.  Then the children begin to arrive, either as our own children or the children in our care or classrooms, and we may find we are not as certain about what we WILL do when challenging behaviors arise.  Rarely is there one tool that solves all situations.  But one tool does stand at the foundation of all discipline tools that are meaningful and appropriate toward the sacred nature of our children.  That is love.  In the LOVE approach to Discipline with Loving Awareness, Cynthia Aldinger shares eight aspects of child guidance derived from the word LOVE as an acronym.  They are Listening, Laughter/Humor, Order/Clarity, Objectivity, Versatility, Vulnerability, Energy, and Enthusiasm, and each of these topics has a number of tools to consider.  In this conversation with Cynthia, we will hear about a few of these tools and the online course where you can explore more.

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Music is Glacier Bells by Daniel Birch.

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