Rudolf Steiner Health Center in Ann Arbor, United States (July 9-16, 2019)

Learn about the basics of anthroposophic medicine, nursing, therapies, nutrition, and biodynamics, and work with residents impacted by the Flint Water Crisis and share healthy nutrition and detoxification approaches in an anthroposophic setting.

This is an ideal program for Waldorf seniors, and graduates who would like to know more about the anthroposophic approach to health and medicine. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis for students 18-30 years old (apply as soon as possible, the cohort is capped at 12 participants). The program will take place July 9th-16th at the Rudolf Steiner Health Center in Ann Arbor, MI.

Housing and meals at the Health Center are included in the program, which is free to attend apart from a $50 registration commitment.

Apply online at steinerhealth.org/internship

For more information call 734-663-4365 or email samuel@steinerhealth.org

Summer Festival of the Arts and Education July 8-26, 2019 at Rudolf Steiner Centre Toronto, Canada. This year, in addition to grade intensives for all eight lower-school grades, there is also a full-day one-week introduction to Waldorf early childhood, as well as courses in biography, watercolour painting, needle felting, blackboard drawing, meditation for teachers, English as a Second Language, nutrition from an anthroposophical medical perspective, understanding nature and art from Eastern and Western perspectives, Chekov Drama, Movement Games, Eurythmy and Woodwork, to mention but a few.

Download a pdf version of the brochure, and register for the courses of your choice using the online registration form. There's also a page on the RSCT website with information about the program. However for full descriptions of all the courses and bios of the presenters, download the pdf version of the brochure or refer to the printed version.

Imagine young people gathered together from across the continent, bringing to life what lies just outside the margins of the comfortable. Can you picture the beauty of their connection and the chance to stir the deeper questions that articulate the soul? And can you feel the power for the future that this connection and collaboration can bring? We can! And that’s why this year, we’re devoting our Spring Appeal to support of Youth Section initiative and activity, and we hope you will help. Your contribution will help young people to form and share sacred space with one another, as they consider questions big and small. Please follow this link to make a one-time or monthly gift today. How are we doing this? We’re working together with Youth Section members to plan and sponsor the upcoming North American Youth conference, Questions of Courage, taking place August 8 -11, 2019 in Spring Valley, NY. People ages 16 - 35 are invited to join together to celebrate, collaborate, learn from one another and gain connections and inspiration to move confidently into the future.

Tess Parker, Program Assistant for the ASA and part of the Youth Section in North America reflects on youth conferences she attended in 2017 and 2018: "All of a sudden I felt connected to a larger whole, and felt a peace of belonging that moved me deeply. I was encouraged by young people from all backgrounds to step more fully into who I am and to take the lead in my own life. To not feel alone in our world today. To understand there is a larger web at work. weaving our lives and our deeds." Events will include workshops, art, singing, collaborative theater, storytelling, biography, conversation, movement, contemplation and so much more…. Visit www.anthroposophy.org/springvalley for more information. And please share this link with any young people you know who might be interested. All efforts are being made to keep expenses for participants to a minimum.  Your support will make this important work possible. I hope you will join me and make a gift to our Spring Campaign, Courage and Hope for the Future, by following this link today. Your gift will help youth from across the country and around the continent to create new futures for our earth and humankind. In doing this deep and important work, what will they discover, and what new possibilities will emerge? Your care, friendship and good will helps young people to find their way. Thank you for your consideration.

Warmly, Deb Abrahams-Dematte

The Applied Arts Program, a professional development opportunity for Waldorf handwork teachers and aspiring teachers, explores the art, philosophy, practice and pedagogy  of teaching handwork. The course meets in the Fiber Craft Studio on the Threefold campus for two weeks each summer and one week each winter for four years. In their time together, students and teachers form a learning community that supports their artistic development as well as their spiritual and practical striving.

COURSE OF STUDY
Basic Foundations of Anthroposophy
Presentations in lecture/seminar form, include Child Development, Waldorf Education and the curriculum through the grades, Cosmic Memory, Evolution of Consciousness through Art, Temperaments, Constitutional types,  Inner Development of the Teacher, and Working with Parents and Colleagues
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Waldorf Handwork Curriculum 
Focusing on 2-3 grades per session, from grade One through Eight, with a brief overview of Early Childhood and High School Handwork.
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The Arts 
Presentations in lecture/seminar form, include Child Development, Waldorf Education and the curriculum through the grades, Cosmic Memory, Evolution of Consciousness through Art, Temperaments, Constitutional types,  Inner Development of the Teacher, and Working with Parents and Colleagues
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The opportunity to share experiences and explore questions in a collegial atmosphere is central to the process. Preparatory reading, as well as independent research and projects between are considered an integral part of the program. The four-year study culminates with an independent final project by each participant.
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The schedule for each session is full-time Monday-Friday

Explore Year 1 Curriculum
Explore Year 2 Curriculum
Explore Year 3 Curriculum
Explore Year 4 Curriculum

Fiber Craft Studio275 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY 10977, United States --- More ...

Hi there! Planning never feels DONE-done, amiright? It's always in the back of our minds. If you're anything like Brian and me, you love a cozy lesson planning session with a warm beverage in hand, BUT you wouldn't mind slightly less of them ;)
One thing we hear again and again from families who use our courses is how grateful they are to know that those geometry lessons, or art lessons, or festival art pieces are already handled! We also hear frequently how easy our lessons are to adapt and tweak in different ways so that they can more perfectly meet the individual needs of each child. Our courses offer you the opportunity to have some of your lessons ready to go each week. Minimal planning - just preview, and gather your supplies!


Here's a quick run-down of our currently available courses, as you plan ahead for the end of the school year and the start of the next! (Click here to enroll in any of theses courses!)


Waldorf Art for Beginners (for adults)
Grade One Painting (for adults)
Weekly Art:

• Foundations (for students and/or adults)
• Diving Deeper (for students and/or adults, opening in July)

Geometry, Grades 5-8 (for students and/or adults)
A Festival Year (for students and/or adults)

On the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of Waldorf Education, Waldorf 100 and the International Association for Steiner/Waldorf Early Childhood Education (IASWECE) are pleased to present a film about early childhood today in the mirror of different cultures worldwide. "Becoming..." is the third in a series of short films directed by award-winning
documentary filmmaker Paul Zehrer which provide an insight into Waldorf Education in the most diverse cultural, social, religious and economic conditions around the globe. "Becoming..." was premiered at the World Early Childhood Conference on "Inner Freedom – Social Responsibility", which took place in April at the Goetheanum in Switzerland. The film is now available on YouTube and the websites of Waldorf 100 and IASWECE.

Click here to read full Press Release

Free Columbia Summer Course with Laura Summer, July 8-12, 2019 at Hawthorne Valley School, Ghent, New York, USA

In this course we will explore the mood and gesture of color using the human figure as our suggestion point. What sort of gesture would blue inspire? What about red? We will work with movement exercises as well as some basic figure drawing. The majority of our time will be spent working with color, collage, poetry and other mixed media. No experience is necessary, all of the exercises will be taught and they are both playful and forgiving.

Free Columbia is a free cultural initiative based on an understanding of the importance of creating independent and accessible educational and artistic opportunities. There are no set tuitions. Suggested donation amounts based on what it costs to run courses are provided. Suggested donation $0-750. Contact Laura Summer for more information and to register, laurasummer@taconic.net, 518-672-7302

www.freecolumbia.org

By Pia Dögl, Ute Strub, Elke Maria Rischke

Beginning Well is intended to contribute to your shared journey with the young child.

A trove of wisdom on mindful care for the child from birth to age three, based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner and the theories and practice of Emmi Pikler. Dozens of full-color photographs offer clear illustrations of empathetic childcare from daily care routines and suitable play materials to play and movement development, sleep and waking rhythms, holistic learning, and more. Essential guidance for young families and for all adults seeking to consciously perceive and care for the young child’s needs.

Pia Dögl works internationally with individuals and groups on empathetic awareness and is the founder of www.beginningwell.org, a site to support parents and caregivers on caring for young children with empathy, mindfulness and joy. Elke Maria Rischke is a Waldorf educationalist and worked as a Waldorf kindergarten teacher for over three decades. Ute Strub is a physiotherapist whose work with Emmi Pikler resulted in her international work as a lecturer on early childhood education and in training Pikler educational theory and practice. Together, the authors founded a home for neglected children in Berlin, Germany, based on the holistic approach of Rudolf Steiner and Emmi Pikler.

148 pages, perfect-bound. $30 (USD). More ...

From Karl Johnson

“The Call of the Wild”,  A Waldorf Wilderness Education Conference,  beckons you to come feed your soul in the beauty of Southwest Colorado, gain new skills, and learn how to develop outdoor education wilderness programs in your school.

Led by Karl Johnson and Craig Rubens, longtime Waldorf Educators and longtime advocates and leaders of outdoor education in the Waldorf movement in North America, this unique conference will explore how to support the growth of young people through meaningful adventures in wild places.

Deer Hill Expeditions, in Mancos, Colorado, is pleased to be hosting this Waldorf Wilderness Education Conference this July 21st-27th. Deer Hill has previously hosted Waldorf Grades Conferences at its beautiful Base Camp and they are excited to have the Waldorf community come back to the Four Corners Region for this conference. Deer Hill has also led over 250 wilderness programs and culminating class trips for more than 50 Waldorf schools over the past 20 years.

Beginning at the Deer Hill Base Camp, this conference will focus on ways to connect young people to themselves, others, and the Earth. Drawing on Anthroposophical insights, "The Call of the Wild" Conference will explore ways that wilderness education supports the whole and healthy development of adolescent students and helps them as they step towards the threshold of young adulthood.

After a day and a half of focused presentations, movement, music and artistic work, the conference will then actually shoulder backpacks and head up into the Colorado high-country of the magnificent San Juan Mountains to experience first-hand how to organize a wilderness trip for young people with emphasis on safety and risk management, "Leave No Trace: camping ethics, initiative games, backcountry skills, and evening "talking circle" topics. Weather permitting, the group will climb a nearly 14, 000 foot mountain.

Four days and three nights later, the conference will return to Deer Hill for closing sweat lodge, banquet, final activities and plenum. With the richness of having experienced an actual wilderness trip, the conference will culminate with practical program development skills that can be brought back to the schools.There is vision of continuing this conference through a series of conferences with the theme for the next year being on organizing whitewater river trips for young people.

Registration details and more info here, just click.

For more information regarding the "Call of the Wild" Wilderness Conference, please contact Karl Johnson at kjohnsoneducator@gmail.com. For more information or  questions about Deer Hill, please contact Matt Mohi by email matt@deerhillexpeditions or call 970.533.7492 ext. 23