I Thought Waldorf Was A Salad

In this episode, we go to Busytown on a bike!  Well, sort of.  We also talk about first grade readiness.  As we slide into the end of the school year and start thinking about the next, we share our wishlists for rising first graders. As always, please send in your questions and requests, we love receiving them.  Have a postcard you want to send us?  Just reach out! If you haven't yet checked us out on the grams, you can find us @waldorfsaladpod and you can always email us at [email protected]   Oh and hey!  We started a Patreon in which we plan to add some of our off topic conversations, behind the scenes stuff and opportunities for more engagement.  Thanks for all the support for us in making this content! 

In this episode, we talk about a few education topics in the news and then jump right into the hot button topic of discipline.  What does discipline look like in a Waldorf school as opposed to other educational models, how it changes based on child development and how teachers practice their discipline. As always, please send in your questions and requests, we love receiving them.  Have a postcard you want to send us?  Just reach out! If you haven't yet checked us out on the grams, you can find us @waldorfsaladpod and you can always email us at [email protected]   Oh and hey!  We started a Patreon in which we plan to add some of our off topic conversations, behind the scenes stuff and opportunities for more engagement.  Thanks for all the support for us in making this content!  

In this episode, we talk about the transition from 8th grade to 9th grade by request from a listener in Minnesota - thank you listener!  As always, please send in your questions and requests, we love receiving them. If you haven't yet checked us out on the grams, you can find us @waldorfsaladpod and you can always email us at [email protected]   Oh and hey!  We started a Patreon in which we plan to add some of our off topic conversations, behind the scenes stuff and opportunities for more engagement.  Thanks for all the support for us in making this content!  

Heads up!  This episode starts with a rather direct message about the current political climate in the US.  Take it or leave it but know where we stand. In this episode, we talk about the twelve year change by request from a listener in Denmark - thank you listener!  As always, please send in your questions and requests, we love receiving them. If you haven't yet checked us out on the grams, you can find us @waldorfsaladpod and you can always email us at [email protected]   Oh and hey!  We started a Patreon in which we plan to add some of our off topic conversations, behind the scenes stuff and opportunities for more engagement.  Thanks for all the support for us in making this content!  

Let's get this out of the way right at the top Melvil Dewey not John Dewy created the Dewey decimal system.  They are not even related.  We are not out here spreading misinformation. In this episode, we go through the history of public education in America from the colonial period to the present.  The hope is that we set the groundwork for a future discussion of data collection and assessment.  We look at how the Waldorf model intersects with this evolution and Adam attempts to look into his crystal ball to see what the next epoch will bring. If you haven't yet checked us out on the grams, you can find us @waldorfsaladpod Oh and hey!  We started a Patreon in which we plan to add some of our off topic conversations, behind the scenes stuff and opportunities for more engagement.  Thanks for all the support for us in making this content!  

What is your relationship to the rules?  In this episode, we go through a parade of emotions.  Adam talks about wearing kilts.  Kristi shares about her dress code blindness.  But more importantly, we tackle the big topics that come up in regard to rules, specificlly DRESS CODE, including sexism, classism and body shaming.  As always, we ground our discussion in child development and the fundamentals of Waldorf pedagogy. If you haven't yet checked us out on the grams, you can find us @waldorfsaladpod Oh and hey!  We started a Patreon in which we plan to add some of our off topic conversations, behind the scenes stuff and opportunities for more engagement.  Thanks for all the support for us in making this content!  

Is it Mono Lake or Mono Lake?  In this episode, Adam shares about his three camping miracles.  He also tells us all about the threefold social order and the mostly progressive Emil Molt and how they contributed to the founding of the first Waldorf school.  Kristi shares about a building called the Goetheanum (go-thee-an-um) and how it's destruction holds a kernal of truth that connects to the impulse for the first Waldorf school. Check out the insta for some photos of the things we talk about in this episode @waldorfsaladpod Oh and hey!  We started a Patreon in which we plan to add some of our off topic conversations, behind the scenes stuff and opportunities for more engagement.  Thanks for all the support for us in making this content!  

This is not a full episode, but rather a quick note about Michaelmas.  As we enter Michaelmas season, I thought a little reminder of what it's all about was in order.  I know many of you are preparing to go back to school or have just started and all of our striving (whether to get children in their seats or get them dressed for school) is matched by the spirit of Michaelmas.  Happy dragon taming! Oh and hey!  We started a Patreon in which we plan to add some of our off topic conversations, behind the scenes stuff and opportunities for more engagement.  Thanks for all the support for us in making this content!  

In this episode, we talk about all the ways we prepare for the school year ahead.  Adam gets super melancholic over the whole thing and all three pets join us in the studio.  We also talk about how, just like everything in Waldorf education, we go whole to the parts. Oh and hey!  We started a Patreon in which we plan to add some of our off topic conversations, behind the scenes stuff and opportunities for more engagement.  Thanks for all the support for us in making this content!   If you are interested in the Waldorf planner mentioned in the episode, you can find it here.

In this episode, we pull some hypotheticals from Steiner's Discussions With Teachers.  Kristi proposes these student behavior situations to Adam and he brings his substantial social intelligence to bear on the problem.  Kristi sings a bunch and Bella meows, she meows. Oh and hey!  We started a Patreon in which we plan to add some of our off topic conversations, behind the scenes stuff and opportunities for more engagement.  We uploaded a new video today as well.  This one is actually available a la carte in case the budget doesn't allow for a monthly subscription.  Thanks for all the support for us in making this content!   If you are not already following us on the grams, please do so you can add your useful chime ins on our posts!  You can find us on Instagram at waldorfsaladpod.  As always, you can also email us at [email protected].