THINKING-FEELING-WILLING
Three phrases one often hears in relation to Waldorf education
is 'Thinking, Feeling and Willing'. Waldorf education recognizes
three inner capacities that are pre-dominant during the roughly
seven-year periods of childhood: preschool, the elementary years,
and then the high school years. From birth to about the age of
seven, the major task of the child is to build his physical body,
the vehicle for action. The little child "wills" himself
into the world through activity based on imitation, unconscious
absorption and the love of repetition. During this period, the
adults around the young child should strive to act in all respects
out of warm and loving impulses that are most worthy of imitation.
From the ages of about seven to fourteen, the young person learns
primarily through feeling, rhythm and all that has a pictorial,
dramatic, imaginative quality. In Waldorf schools, the elementary
class teachers provide role models as loving authorities who bring
their knowledge of the world in all aspects of the curriculum.
From about fourteen on, the young adult takes up the challenge
of clear thinking. In high school, the students see their teachers
as specialized guides in the realm of thought, rather than the
authority figures of the elementary school. At this age, the student
encounters a constellation of teachers, each one opening windows
on different, yet related, fields of knowledge.
- Merrill Badger, Principal
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Happenings:
Wed., Nov., 2nd is a half-day early dismissal
at 12:30 pm.
Friday, Tea Garden is Back! See you at
the picnic benches before school.
Next week we have a long four day weekend
over Veteran’s Day, Thurs., Nov., 10th and Fri., Nov., 11th
are NO SCHOOL days.
In two weeks mark your calendar for the
All School Assembly on Fri., Nov., 18th at 6 pm at Mile High Middle
School.
TAX CREDIT HELP!
Please take part in this worthy program to help
your school financially this year!
Online Credit Form (277Kb PDF) |
SCHOOL PICTURES - Extras!
If you ordered pictures and you want more or if your child was
here on picture day but you didn't order pictures You Still Can!
Come to the office to fill out an order form. You can even view
the picture on Beni's computer before you buy. All orders must
be in by Wed. Nov. 9th. (That gives you a week and a half to respond...so
hurry!
Female Artisan Collective
forming now...
If you sew, paint, bead, knit, do mosaics, or are any type of
crafter extraordinaire, this may be the group for you. This group
has come together to support, and help each other, do shows together,
and all in all, inspire one another.
Christmas gift show planned!
Please contact Madeline Groves @925-1313 or email @ velvet_calvera@yahoo.com
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Happy Chicken's Eggs for Sale
Buy fresh eggs to help the 7th/8th grade raise funds for the
class trip.
The eggs are from cage free, happy and plump hens.
The eggs are $2.00 a dozen
or $1.00 half a dozen.
Contact Silver at 928-649-1028
or River at 776-1502.
Tea Garden is Back!
Fridays, 7:45am-8:30am
(Students must purchase before 8:07am so they can be ready for
class )
See You There
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