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Why Kids Need to Spend time in Nature

September 20, 2018

They may prefer to stick to their screens, but here’s why getting outdoors matters. In the early 1980s, a Harvard University biologist named Edward O. Wilson proposed a theory called biophilia: that humans are instinctively drawn towards their natural surroundings. Many 21st century parents, however, would question this theory, as they watch their kids express…

Video: This Silicon Valley school shuns technology — yet most of the students are children of tech execs

June 20, 2018

New York University professor Adam Alter, author of “Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked,” discusses the Waldorf school in Silicon Valley, which is one of more than 160 across the country that shun the use of technology. See the video here.

Sweepers, Feathers and Rainbows

July 28, 2017

This article is from waldorf-resources.org. It’s the website created by the Pedagogical Section at the Goetheanum on behalf of the International Forum for Steiner/Waldorf Education. -Ed. Joep Eikenboom is a class teacher and teacher for educational support in the Netherlands. In this paper, he explains how important it is for teachers to perceive the human…