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Welcome to the online store of Waldorf in the Home, a weblog offering articles on parenting and Waldorf education by a wide range of nationally-known authors. This online store is your source for books and an extensive list of recordings (both CDs and DVDs) of keynote addresses and workshops from Waldorf in the Home and other conferences produced by Informed Family Life. Rahima Baldwin Dancy is the executive director and conference organizer.

Featured Items for Spring




The Sky Starts at your Feet: Nature from a Child's View by Sharon Lovejoy Sharing the Joy of Nature and Flow Learning by Joseph Cornell Nurturing Love and Reverence for Nature with Our Children by Nancy Jewel Poer
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By Sharon Lovejoy  See the world through the fresh and eager eyes of a child and learn how to enchant and enlighten them through Sharon's formula of the Five S's.  Sharon shares a collection of simple techniques for learning with children, not teaching at them.   Audio recording in CD format. Video by Joseph Cornell  Joseph Cornell, author of the pioneering works Sharing Nature with Children and Listening to Nature, shares from 25 years of developing inspiring nature activities you can use to deepen your family's experience and relationship with nature. Filmed in the Sierras, this beautiful video reviews the steps of Flow Learning(TM) and provides examples, in nature, of many of Joseph's teaching exercises. Practical as well as inspirational--don't miss it!  Video recording in DVD format. Workshop by Nancy Poer  Children who have experienced wonder and reverence in childhood can have the basis for gifts of spirituality, universality and love of the earth and its peoples as adults. However, in today's culture, these soul capacities require special nurturing. With spiritual insight, we will look at imaginative, practical ways to nurture thankfulness in the children for our blessed Mother Earth.  Audio recording in CD format.
Sharing the Magic of Nature through Stories and Puppets by Suzanne Down Sharing Nature with Others by Joseph Cornell Gardening with Children: The Waldorf Curriculum by Carolyn Brown
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Keynote address with 2 puppet shows by Suzanne Down  When we trust the depths of goodness living in nature's stories and share them with our children when they are young, we build skills and understanding for them to want to become the future earth healers in a challenging world. Suzanne shares practical suggestions and some of her puppetry.  Video recording in DVD format. Workshop by Joseph Cornell   Experience many nature awareness games from Joseph Cornell's Sharing Nature books. These innovative nature activities make learning fun, meaningful and deeply inspiring. Activities from the Earth Stewardship program, Journey to the Heart of Nature, and from Flow Learning (TM) can encourage individuals in group-settings to have their own profound experience of nature.    Audio recording in CD format. Workshop by Carolyn Brown  Home schooling or just gardening with your child? Carolyn shares how the gardening curriculum she developed at Waldorf School of the Peninsula relates to and strengthens the development of the school-aged child and the main lesson curriculum.   Audio recording in CD format.
Creating a 'KinderGarden' for Young Children by Betty Peck Inner Nature: The Four Elements and the Temperaments Developing Healthy Sensory Integration through Outdoor Play by Nancy Blanning
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Keynote address with slides by Betty Peck  With over 50 years' experience working with young children and nature, Betty Peck has been called a national treasure. Program includes slides of her garden-centered program for young children. You'll be inspired whether you're at home or teaching in a program for young children!  Video recording in DVD format. Workshop by Cheryl Mulholland.  The four elements also appear within human nature as our temperament, with each person expressing an affinity towards earth, air, fire and water in how they think, feel and act in life. Understanding the temperaments can improve our relationships and parenting and help us guide our children with their strengths and weaknesses.  Audio recording in CD format. By Nancy Blanning  Outdoor play in the natural world has supported sensory development for ages, and we need to reclaim this connection.  This workshop will explore the senses of touch, self-movement and balance and ways to use the natural world as our playground for children's healthy development.  Video recording in DVD format.



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You Are Your Child's First Teacher (Book) by Rahima Baldwin Dancy

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You Are Your Child's First Teacher (Book) by Rahima Baldwin Dancy
The place to start if you have young children. Waldorf indications from birth through age six, including growth and development, parenting issues, creative play, and activities to do with your child.  The importance of what our children learn in the home and through their relationship with us forms the irreplaceable foundation of all that comes later.