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Dear Friend,
Once again, our community came together this past weekend for our annual Pumpkin Path Festival.
We welcomed young families new and old to our campus for our child friendly alternative to Halloween and the weather cooperated!
Over the years commercial development has changed Halloween into a scary and shocking celebration. The simple innocence of trick or treating has turned into a complex and lifelike maze of severed body parts, frightening graveyards, shocking decorations and terrifying images. Young children experience these impressions as reality even when told it's pretend.
At Cedar Springs we offer a child friendly alternative to Halloween with our Pumpkin Path Celebration. Children through third grade are invited on a magical journey of wonder as they are led by their angel guide through themed vignettes. Simple healthy treats or Eco-friendly trinkets are passed out at each stop along the way. The Pumpkin Path inspires imagination, strengthens community and supports our children's development.
Alongside our dedicated parent body, staff and faculty, grades four through eight and alumni students worked together to create this wondrous, joyful community offering. Thank you to everyone who has supported this event. It is truly a gift to the community.
Parent education articles t
his month include a piece from the blog Waldorf Wisdomism,
Unpacking Casual Offenses in Class
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y Greg Andree. This piece was very popular on our Facebook page and brings up some important and serious conversations. A great article by Lauren Hickman, CSWS alumna parent and alumna faculty,
The Waldorf Way of creative discipline p
ublished by Ukiah Daily Journal Lifestyle. For your monthly technology article, there is a current piece from Psychology Today This is Your Child's Brain on Video Games. Lastly,
is a request from a fellow Waldorf school,
L'Ecole du Village
in Haiti for financial support after the devastating hurricane last month.
Wishing everyone a beautiful November and Happy Thanksgiving as we enter the holiday season later this month.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Bumgarner
Director of Community Development
Inspiring our students to reach their highest potential as free-thinking, creative human beings who have a life-long love of learning, Cedar Springs offers a Waldorf Education to families and their children, infants through Eighth grade.
- CSWS Mission Statement
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 The Waldorf Way of creative discipline
Published by Daily Journal Lifestyle
October 11, 2016
By Lauren Hickman
"Discipline" is an unpopular word for many democratic-minded, egalitarian parents who want their children to be able to make decisions for themselves. However, appropriate discipline is crucial to developing many of the values and traits these same parents hold dear.
Waldorf schools aim to graduate students who are self-confident, self-sufficient and self-directed, with the ability to know and ask for what they want. We also strive to instill integrity, compassion, respect, and a sense of responsibility and love for the world. Crucial to all these traits is the ability to discern appropriate boundaries. The Waldorf approach to discipline is multi-faceted, holistic, and sometimes subtle, with many overlapping strategies.
Observation is the basis for all of our attempts at discipline. Seeing what works and doesn't work, reading a child's emotional state and energy level, and discerning patterns gives our imaginations material for creating solutions. Observation also keeps us in reality, in the present, helping us to avoid dogmatic teaching/parenting.
Read full article here.
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Unpacking Casual Offenses In Class
Saturday, October 8, 2016
Inconceivable Wisdom from Greg
"You're such a bitch," T said to another male student in class.
"What was that?" I asked.
"Nothing. I just called him a girl," T said.
"First, you said 'bitch' but lets just put aside, and talk about the fact that you equated being a bitch, an animal, not a human, to being a girl. So girls aren't people?"
"No. I didn't mean that. I just meant, you know, he's like a girl."
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This is Your Child's Brain on Video Games
Published by Psychology Today
By Victoria L. Dunckley MD
September 24, 2016
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On the eve of his big sister Liz's high school graduation, nine-year-old Aiden sits with his
parents and relatives at a celebration dinner, bored by their "adult" conversation and irritated at all the attention showered upon Liz. He can't wait to get back to his video game! Before dinner, Mom had (annoyingly) called him away to join the family, and then she got mad when he spent a few minutes getting to the next level and saving his game. So many people in the house make him restless; he squirms uncomfortably and drums his fingers on the table, waiting to be excused.
Finally, he is allowed to escape the dinner table, and he settles into a corner of the living room couch to play his Nintendo DS. For the next hour or so, he is completely oblivious to the company in the house. Although he's already played much longer than his mother likes, she lets him continue, knowing these family situations are a little overwhelming for him. And besides, the game keeps him occupied. What's the harm? she thinks. It's just for today.
Read full article here.
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| Help Rebuild L'Ecole du Village, Haiti
On October 4, 2016, hurricane Matthew slowly passed over Torbeck, a small town outside of Les Cayes in southwest of Haiti leaving a wide swath of destruction in it's wake. Tiny Waldorf school L'ecole du Village (The Village School) was directly in Matthew's path and as you can imagine, suffered very serious damage.
Read More and Support the L'Ecole du Village, Haiti here
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Violets Parent-Child Class Now Enrolling
Parent-Child Class
Saturdays, 8:30 - 10:30 AM
Starting Nov. 6th
Toddlers to 18 mos.
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AWSNA Community Newsletter
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Community Newsletter
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