Waldorf in the Home Seminar March 5-7 at The Harvest, a Waldorf-Inspired Learning Center in The Woodlands
Come learn how a new paradigm in education helps children and parents find joy, creativity, wonder, and confidence. Waldorf Education is the largest, fastest growing nonsectarian educational movement in the world.
(PRWEB) January 17, 2004
Waldorf homeschooler and author Donna Simmons will be presenting a Waldorf in the Home seminar March 5-7 at The Harvest, a Waldorf-Inspired Learning Center in The Woodlands. In her workshop, Donna hopes to present an open and user-friendly approach to Waldorf - she likes to refer to her method as "Waldorf for the Intimidated" and firmly advocates a "not school at home" approach.
Simmons' recently published book, From Nature Stories to Natural Science: A Holistic Approach to Science for Families, is quickly selling out at online Waldorf bookstores, and is available throughout the United States. Simmons has been involved with Waldorf education since she was four years old, when she was sent to a Waldorf kindergarten and continued this education through graduation. She later studied child development and taught at two Waldorf Schools in England. She eventually became a youth worker, drawing on her rich childhood experiences to find creative ways to work with some very challenging inner city youth. Donna's perspective on Waldorf education is largely colored by this work, and as a pragmatic homeschooling mom. She is eager to find "what works" in different situations. Children come out occasionally to the hobby farm in Wisconsin where she and her husband, Paul, a homeopath, live and learn with their two sons, 12-year-old Daniel and 10-year-old Gabriel.
Donna and Paul recently set up Christopherus Homeschool Resources at www. christopherushomeschool. org with the aim to help homeschooling parents find a relationship to Waldorf education, one which will vary according to each family's situation. Christopherus provides a telephone consultation service with Donna, a correspondence course in writing, an informative and ever expanding website, and a series of curriculum materials written by Donna. Parents are encouraged to sign up for Christopherus' free monthly e-mail newsletter, The Homeschool Journey.
For registration information, please contact Kristina Kahney at knkahney@msn. com or Robin McDonald at robin@mcfamily. net. You may also visit www. woodlandswaldorf. org to and check the calendar for further information.
Cost for the series is $110 for the entire workshop, $100 for the complete weekend combination or $25 per session, and $12 for the Friday night session only. After the workshop, Simmons will offer private consultations at $25 per half hour.
Please make checks out to Donna Simmons. Deadline for registration is February 20. Registration at the door will include a $25 late registration fee.
Friday
7:30 p. m. The Nurturing Home. Good for all parents, homeshoolers or full-time schoolers.
Saturday
9:30 - 11:00 Making Waldorf Work at Home: How to work with the hows and whys of the Waldorf curriculum - and, more importantly, what's behind it - so that you can design your own homeschool program which suits your own individual family needs.
11:00 - 11:30 Lunch (on your own - please bring a sack lunch)
11:30 - 1:00 Drawing: Practical workshop that introduces techniques to usewith 4 - 11 year olds, including ideas for main lesson books.
1:00 - 1:30 Break
1:30 - 3:00 The Waldorf Approach to Science K - 12th grade. Workshop that will cover the ideas in Donna's popular new book, which is sold in
Bookstores now.
3:30 - 5:00 Little Ones at Home: K-2nd Grade. How to juggle babies, toddlers and school children!
Sunday
9:30 - 11:00 Finding an approach that works: Language arts and math
11:30 - 2:00 Time for private consultations.
