The Secret Kindergarten | For Grown-ups

Gino and Giulia would like to thank you for tuning in to the Secret Kindergarten in 2024. In this episode, we re-cap the journey of the online content from 2019. Gino talks about the experiences leading up to the decision to create content online. This episode re-visits some of the activities that exemplify what adults can do to engage their patience, create a fun-loving playful connection and bui...

We compare the child, before seven years old, with the child at seven years of age. As we continue our exploration of initiation rites at the age of seven, we begin to discover that we may not need candles and Latin incantations to mark one of the most important times in a child's life. Coming into the Christmas, it is synchronistic to highlight the importance of family bonding at age seven, just...

Geri Quintero is a Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner, a GAPS diet practitioner and accomplished herbalist practicing out of the Yreka Healing Arts Centre in Yreka Caifornia. She is also the host of Brigid's Well, on Revolution. Radio Studio A, Tuesdays 8pm-10pm ET. Geri, AKA Mitzie, shares anecdotes relating to coming-of-age rites of the Indigenous People of the Americas. Her stories, shar...

Are initiation rituals necessary? Are they just "there" and no special mind needs to paid to them? Should we look back to our ancient past and revive ceremony in order to create a better future for humanity? In this series on initiation, we are searching for ways to improve the transition of the seven-year-old into consciousness. Are there rituals families and communities can do, that change the l...

Jack and The Beanstalk most likely was written a very long time ago. Marie Cachet and Varg Vikerenes' decoding, or maieutics appear to be rock solid. Linking back to the bear-cult of the stone age, Jack and the Beanstalk explains important knowledge of procreation, child development and spirituality. Through allegory and symbol, the story explains pregnancy, childbirth and the reincarnation of the...

One of the themes in children's dramatic play is the theme of death. Children's play involves death and and there must be a reason for it. This play sends a signal of re-incarnation, a message that our consciousness goes on after the body dies. It represents the archetypal symbolism of death. Death, in the tarot, has a meaning of transformation. The children expressing their current paradigm of a...

The future leaders of the free world are not getting the bond that they require, from parents, as young children. They then end up in the educational institutions, anchor-less and defiant, looking for a place for themselves to fit in. They know that conforming to the classroom indoctrination system is wrong, yet they don't know who they are or where they belong. They don't have a better option in...

Continuing to clarify the importance of Fairy Tales, we explore the genealogy of Fairy Tales. Does the origin matter? We discover disputes in the discourse of researchers. As we explore we can reel it back in and recognise that Fairy Tales are deeply profound acts of genius. And whether they are old, ancient, re-written, orally re-counted, Christianised or bastardised... or both(!), they are colle...

Fairy Tales are the "greatest and most natural art" because they put forth the Truth of things that are difficult to understand related to humanity. They tell us the truth of who we are and our origins. They teach us our spiritual powers. This is why they are most important for children. These truths flourish when absorbed in the right way, at the right time. Children need fairy tales as affirmati...

The fairy tale bubbles up from the unconscious depths of the human soul representing the spiritual battles we live throughout our lives as part of our purpose. These tales are so deep and profound that we identify with them in the way we identify with the taste of food, not really understanding the nutritional aspects at the deepest level. The laws of nature must be deep down somewhere. Do the fai...

"The Wolf and The Seven Young Kids" teaches children to be creative, take action, create and do projects that are of service to greater things, to others, to the planet. Do this while living a balanced life, with patience, compromise, selfless love and you will succeed. How does the story teach this to children? The story does this through symbol, through allegory. The reader transfers the idea to...

The TV robs children of opportunity to connect with others and build patience. Patience is required to be charitable. Charity is allied with love and knowledge. Love and knowledge are heart based as discovered in previous instalments of this series. TV damages our heart and in turn damages our patience, charity, love and knowledge. References: Editorial Board of Theosophy Trust (Ed.). (2015).  The...

Can we fathom what kind of a world we would live in if we were perfectly raised? Is the thought of this even possible? What is the perfect upbringing? Can we get close to it at least? If we took away the trauma, abandonment, vaccines, chemicals, indoctrination, television, police, military and government? Would you be able to visualise how things would be without these parts of life? A return to n...

The first broadcast of all things television and it's effects on the young minds of the world. We look at an institutional view and a spiritual view, with both sides spitting facts. Can we decide whether or not to throw the T.V. and technology out? How necessary is it and for which age group? Do we just need "conscious programming" for the little ones? We are going to discover that the T.V. may be...

Giving and receiving kindness, nice-ness and loveliness builds self-esteem. Having high self-esteem magnetises young children to live according to Natural Law principles of true care and self-defence. This episode looks at Stefan H. Verstappen's excellent self-defence manual for guardians of 5-8 year-olds: "Little Warriors Street Safety Workbook". References: Verstappen, Stefan H. (2012).  Little...

Have you ever taken the time to think about what you wish for each individual in the whole world? "Wishes for the World" gets a part of the brain going that we hardly get to you use. It get gets a part of the heart going that we don't get enough time to consider using too. This activity gets a heart-mind connection going too! Do it with your family for more connectedness and see what changes will...

What do you want your existence to be known for? This question can be explored as a learning activity for children and families. It provides many benefits that promote the growth and functioning of the highest order of thought processes. Engaging in the right activities with children is spiritual practice with benefits of synchronicities and serendipities. This particular activity opens up the sym...

Dr. Charles Schaefer was "the father of play therapy" interested in the positive development of children. I look at his visualisation exercise for children. To explain how the relationship between adult and child works, Rudolf Steiner shared a story about psychic horses! New grown-ups edition of The Secret Kindergarten where we dive into child development, psychic development and moral development...

Why I do what I do! New grown-ups edition of The Secret Kindergarten where we dive into child development, psychic development and moral development.  https://thesecretkindergarten.com/category/tsk-for-grown-ups/