A Waldorf Journey Podcast

In this episode I interview a former colleague, Jenna Dalton. Jenna has a completely joyful and inspired approach to music and sharing it with children. If you're wondering about how to go about fostering a healthy, joyful and inspired relationship to music for your children, Jenna is a great resource. If you'd like to learn more about Jenna and the work that she's doing, you can re...

Information about my fall group coaching program. Support through my Patreon page . Or by clicking one of my Amazon Affiliate links. Professional Development for Waldorf Teachers Choosing your professional development based on theory or approach that inspires you. Examples: Waldorf-specific Responsive Classroom Orton-Gillingham Choosing your professional development based on subject matter. Exampl...

Interested in learning more about my fall teacher coaching program? Click here for the details. Other ways to support . . .  a donation through Patreon purchasing one of my curriculum guides clicking one of the Amazon affiliate links below or anywhere on my site. Responsive Classroom Resources Teaching Children to Care The First Six Weeks of School Responsive Classroom Strategies in this episode I...

NEW! Fall Teaching Coaching Program After launching a wonderfully successful summer planning support group, I'm looking to continue the good colleagueship with teacher coaching groups that will rotate all year long. We'll have different topics and themes to discuss, depending on the different time of year and lots of different ways to work with the content. The 12-week program includes ....

Our magical first grade year has come to a close and there are a few things I learned this year. Things Mentioned in this Episode My Patreon page My blog The curriculum and teaching guides on my blog   A blog post about this topic. Responsive Classroom's The First Six Weeks of School Teaching Children to Care A blog post about getting ready for movable classroom

I intend to write a more thorough summary of my experiences of the movable classroom -- with photos of benches, cushions, and a more how-to approach, but because this is one of the most common questions I get from my readers, I thought I'd start with a podcast episode. I've included some photos and links below, but hopefully I'll have something more thorough to share eventually. ( D...

Episode #26 – Top 5 Waldorf Resources Welcome to A Waldorf Journey, a podcast for teachers, parents, students and people who are passionate about Waldorf Education. I’m Meredith and I’m glad you’re here. You can find shownotes for this episode, along with a lot more useful content on my website, awaldorfjourney.com. While you’re there sign up for the newsletter to receive updates about new content...

How do you maintain the values that support your child's Waldorf Education at home during the holidays? It can be tricky with all the busy-ness during this time of year. In this episode I talk about the holidays, the challenges we face and how we can get through this busy time of year feeling happy and healthy. In the episode I refer to a couple of posts I recently wrote about gift-giving dur...

Ways to Support the Podcast Join the email list by texting WALDORF to 444999 and get updates about the blog and podcast right in your inbox. First Grade Basics I'm so glad to be releasing my first grade basics package! It's got all of the documents that I put together at the beginning of the school year to set myself up for the year. If you're a homeschooler or teacher looking at te...

  I'm happy to finally be back talking to you after my big trip with my kids to Central America. It took me awhile to get back on my feet after starting the new year with a new group of students, and it's harder to find time to record, but I'm determined to find the time.  In this episode I talk a bit about the things I notice about teaching 1st grade, in comparison to middle school...

Ways to Support the Podcast Join the email list by texting WALDORF to 444999 and get updates about the blog and podcast right in your inbox. Amazon Click any of the Amazon links on this site and a small portion of your purchase will end up in my pocket. This is a nice and easy way to support by spending the money you were going to spend anyway. Remember to think of supporting A Waldorf Journey bef...

As I record this, I am in the midst of preparing my new classroom, getting my house ready for our summer-long absence and finishing up my end-of-year reports. It’s a bit of a whirlwind, but I’m excited to leave you all with some content to enjoy while I’m gone. Ways to Support the Podcast Join the email list by texting WALDORF to 444999 and get updates about the blog and podcast right in your inbo...

Summer is upon us and it is often the most difficult time to maintain a regular daily rhythm. It is natural to become a bit more loose with your daily rhythm when school lets out and the summer sun is calling us to spend more time outside, but don't abandon your rhythmic ways completely.  This episode is all about rhythm and how to keep it going in a comfortable way throughout the summer. Way...

I hope you enjoy A Waldorf Journey Podcast, a Waldorf podcast for parents, teachers and people passionate about Waldorf Education. Each week I hope to provide you with interesting and relevant content about Waldorf Education. I hope you’ll subscribe in iTunes and give me a review or a star rating. If you’re interested in participating by suggesting a topic, asking a question or even being intervie...

Ways You Can Support the Podcast Patreon — Make a donation. Per episode, per month, one-time donation — it’s up to you and much appreciated on my end. Purchasing the resources on my site — Get The Waldorf Home ebook , one of my curriculum guides or my guide to record-keeping and feedback.   Since you're listening to this podcast about writing your end-of-year reports, you might be interested...

Ways You Can Support the Podcast Patreon -- Make a donation. Per episode, per month, one-time donation -- it's up to you and much appreciated on my end. Purchasing the resources on this site -- Get The Waldorf Home ebook , one of my curriculum guides or my guide to record-keeping and feedback. Amazon -- Many of the links on this site are Amazon affiliate links. This means that a small percent...

In this episode I go through my process in planning my main lessons and how the two contrasting ideas of form and freedom come into play. Mentioned resource: The Educational Tasks and Content of the Steiner Waldorf Curriculum The aspects of my lessons that bring more form: The curriculum (the particular block, must-tell stories) -- History blocks tend to be a bit more prescribed than other blocks....

Today I'm heading into the list of questions that I've received from listeners in the past few weeks. Hope you enjoy. Want to subscribe to my email list? Head to A Waldorf Journey or text WALDORF to 444999. You'll receive an email with a link to download my free main lesson review sheet. Question #1 What do you think about unschooling vs. Waldorf education. Though I'm no expert...

In this episode I address two questions that came to me from the A Waldorf Journey Teacher Tribe Facebook Group. If you'd like to become a member, head on over and send a request and I'll approve you quick as a wink. (I'm pretty careful about spam, though, so if your profile isn't clear that you're an honest-to-goodness hopeful member, send me a message through FB.) The ot...

I recently put out a call for questions on social media and received some great topic ideas. I thought about plowing through all of the questions in one episode but realized that many of the questions deserve their own episode. This is one of those questions. In this episode I go through the comments and reactions I get when I tell people I've taught the same group of students for five years....

In this episode I am happy to address the topic that I hear about the most from Waldorf parents -- media and screen-time. Though the benefits of limiting screen-time are clear, many Waldorf parents struggle with how to make limited media a reality in their homes.  Some of the things you'll hear about in this episode include . . .  My kindergarten parent evening story that brought home the imp...

My students and I had a difficult reaction to the presidential election and the day after turned out to be one of the most difficult days of my teaching career. That day inspired the topic of this episode -- Working with Children When You're Emotional. There are lots of different ideas out there about whether parents should conceal their emotions from their children or not. In this episode I...

This week I talk about a lively conversation that happened recently in the Facebook group. I hope you'll enjoy the episode. Here are links to some of the things I talk about. The blog post for this episode. A Waldorf Journey Facebook Group Learning Disabilities of America website Trainings Remedial Education Training Program at Rudolf Steiner College Rudolf Steiner Centre Healing Education An...

When I first started teaching I remember feeling overwhelmed by the idea of filling two hours with creative, inspiring and interesting content. I worried that I would present all of my material within a half hour and my students would be expectantly looking at me for more for the last hour and a half of main lesson. These days my inclination is to go the other direction. I never have enough time t...

I'm so grateful to have this interview with Natalie Norman to share with you this week. Natalie is our school's fifth grade teacher and college chair and she has shared with me her very thoughtful and intentional meditative practice. I know that this is an area of our work that doesn't come easily to many Waldorf teachers, and Natalie gives some great suggestions for getting started...