Comments for Meadowbrook Waldorf School http://www.meadowbrookschool.com Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:41:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on How should we educate for the future? by Leading Children Back to the Future in the Waldorf Classroom. | Meadowbrook Waldorf School http://www.meadowbrookschool.com/which-way-forward#comment-113 Leading Children Back to the Future in the Waldorf Classroom. | Meadowbrook Waldorf School Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:41:51 +0000 http://www.meadowbrookschool.com/blog/?p=471#comment-113 [...] more about how education today must meet the unknown needs of the future watch Changing Education Paradigms by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the [...] [...] more about how education today must meet the unknown needs of the future watch Changing Education Paradigms by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the [...]

]]> Comment on Leading Children Back to the Future in the Waldorf Classroom. by How should we educate for the future? | Meadowbrook Waldorf School http://www.meadowbrookschool.com/leading-children-back-to-the-future-in-the-waldorf-classroom#comment-112 How should we educate for the future? | Meadowbrook Waldorf School Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:33:24 +0000 http://www.meadowbrookschool.com/blog/?p=725#comment-112 [...] learn how Waldorf education addresses these issues today, read by Leading Children Back to the Future by long-time Waldorf teacher and author, Jack Petrash. This entry was posted in Exploring, Why [...] [...] learn how Waldorf education addresses these issues today, read by Leading Children Back to the Future by long-time Waldorf teacher and author, Jack Petrash. This entry was posted in Exploring, Why [...]

]]> Comment on Motherhood and Mountain Climbing by Ray J. http://www.meadowbrookschool.com/motherhood-and-mountain-climbing#comment-44 Ray J. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:56:34 +0000 http://www.meadowbrookschool.com/?p=983#comment-44 You are still to me an inspiration. You are still to me an inspiration.

]]> Comment on The Wisdom of Play Based Learning by Peggy Broadbent http://www.meadowbrookschool.com/the-wisdom-of-play-based-learning#comment-27 Peggy Broadbent Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:12:07 +0000 http://www.meadowbrookschool.com/blog/?p=707#comment-27 How I wish that all children could participate in play as you’ve described! Perhaps our leaders today would be much more involved in creative problem solving instead of dictates so common among many. When I was a student at Wheelock College in Boston, they were always reminding us that play is the business of childhood. I’m retired now but taught for many years. In my combined first and second grade, Choice Time for children’s self-initiated learning was an important part of each day. Each of five learning centers provided activities and materials to nurture a child’s excitement about learning. Concrete experiences serve as a background for understandings in the world around them. These provided an extra basis for abstract thought that would be a benefit throughout all academic areas. (Choice Time is appropriate for younger and older children.) The materials in each center were enough to capture the interest of the very brightest students and yet still be appealing to slower or younger children. See my entries about the importance of providing a Choice Time for all young students. http://peggybroadbent.com/blog/index.php?s=Choice+TIme+for+First+and+Second+Grade http://peggybroadbent.com/blog/index.php?s=Opportunities+for+Cognitive+Growth+During+Choice+Time How I wish that all children could participate in play as you’ve described! Perhaps our leaders today would be much more involved in creative problem solving instead of dictates so common among many. When I was a student at Wheelock College in Boston, they were always reminding us that play is the business of childhood.

I’m retired now but taught for many years. In my combined first and second grade, Choice Time for children’s self-initiated learning was an important part of each day. Each of five learning centers provided activities and materials to nurture a child’s excitement about learning. Concrete experiences serve as a background for understandings in the world around them. These provided an extra basis for abstract thought that would be a benefit throughout all academic areas. (Choice Time is appropriate for younger and older children.) The materials in each center were enough to capture the interest of the very brightest students and yet still be appealing to slower or younger children.

See my entries about the importance of providing a Choice Time for all young students.

http://peggybroadbent.com/blog/index.php?s=Choice+TIme+for+First+and+Second+Grade

http://peggybroadbent.com/blog/index.php?s=Opportunities+for+Cognitive+Growth+During+Choice+Time

]]> Comment on At Nine by Beth Riungu http://www.meadowbrookschool.com/at-nine#comment-14 Beth Riungu Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:43:50 +0000 http://www.meadowbrookschool.com/blog/?p=782#comment-14 Your heart warms our whole community from alumni grandparents to the Dew Berries in Early Childhood - thank you Betty! Your heart warms our whole community from alumni grandparents to the Dew Berries in Early Childhood – thank you Betty!

]]> Comment on At Nine by Beth Riungu http://www.meadowbrookschool.com/at-nine#comment-13 Beth Riungu Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:35:24 +0000 http://www.meadowbrookschool.com/blog/?p=782#comment-13 Thank you Monica. That means so much - especially coming from a Waldorf graduate! Thank you Monica. That means so much – especially coming from a Waldorf graduate!

]]> Comment on At Nine by Betty Merner http://www.meadowbrookschool.com/at-nine#comment-12 Betty Merner Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:10:23 +0000 http://www.meadowbrookschool.com/blog/?p=782#comment-12 A beautiful portrayal of a equally beautiful 9 year old! A beautiful portrayal of a equally beautiful 9 year old!

]]> Comment on At Nine by monica Rodgers http://www.meadowbrookschool.com/at-nine#comment-11 monica Rodgers Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:26:52 +0000 http://www.meadowbrookschool.com/blog/?p=782#comment-11 so beautifully written Beth. THANK YOU. so beautifully written Beth. THANK YOU.

]]> Comment on Who is the Waldorf Teacher? by monica Rodgers http://www.meadowbrookschool.com/who-is-the-waldorf-teacher#comment-10 monica Rodgers Wed, 07 Sep 2011 03:04:45 +0000 http://www.meadowbrookschool.com/blog/?p=607#comment-10 The fact that my kids can really KNOW their teacher and classmates over an eight year period is such a gift. What a bond. The fact that my kids can really KNOW their teacher and classmates over an eight year period is such a gift. What a bond.

]]> Comment on Kindergarten Comes to Casey Farm by Beth Riungu http://www.meadowbrookschool.com/kindergarten-comes-to-casey-farm#comment-9 Beth Riungu Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:51:53 +0000 http://www.meadowbrookschool.com/blog/?p=375#comment-9 We will be bringing a similar early childhood play space to Circus Smirkus. Play time for the under 5s will be before each of the shows on July 25th and 26th, at 1 & 6 PM. We'll be the Little Tots by the Big Top - come and say hello! We will be bringing a similar early childhood play space to Circus Smirkus. Play time for the under 5s will be before each of the shows on July 25th and 26th, at 1 & 6 PM.
We’ll be the Little Tots by the Big Top – come and say hello!

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