Teaching Handwork

A family at school just donated a Spinning wheel to the handwork room!!!!!!!!! score!!!! But here is the bad news.....I had this spinning wh...

This is a first grader who is on her second project. she did a cat and now she is doing a blue bird. This yarn was plant dyed by the 3rd gra...

Yah, those are my feet....that's as much of me as you get to see My family and some friends took my husband, my kids and I to Mexico for...

This is Chris Marlo, she co-Teaches with Renata and I think she is probably one of the nicest humans on earth. I am not kidding, you can...

Just a few shots of some of the kids work. I have 20 8th graders and 18 7th graders. Here are some of their latest work

So my 4th grade are REALLLLLLY into politics.....its not in their main lesson, its a self induced passion. For the past 3 weeks they only wa...

after we say our first grade verse I go into saying small poems or songs that play with your fingers. so I thought I would share my monthly ...

So I walk into 8th grade and shake the 8th grade teacher's hand and my berks fart! Yah they fart! My heel and the sole of my shoes make...

As Michaelmas is right around the corner I see that our community needs the courage and strength that this time of year brings. The symbol o...

yesterday as I was walking 4th grade to the Handwork room the line leader asks me, "Do teachers go to the bathroom?" I told her o...

This is more a note for me to see how the year is going so that next year I can look and see where we were at this time. We are exactly 4 we...

I think that we should all throw in some ideas on craft ideas.....if you have an idea let it out! I just got a question on how to wet felt ...

Picture taken in Culver city in 1912 Rule for Teachers, 1915 You will not marry during the term of your contract. You are not to keep co...

The year of "everything goes upside down" the 9 year of change......parents breathe through it and teachers hold your breath. BEG...

Yesterday I got out the dye pots and we had a party at school.....not literally. I had 5th grade dye their skeins for their horses and 3rd g...

this morning our Carpool (they drive a white minivan) came to pick up my girls and they arrived in a fancy new red van. My older daughter ...

the yellow room is now filled with 12 tables and sewing machines for 8th grade. Here is my room. it looks totally different from last year. ...

So If you don't know what it is like to be in a waldorf school faculty meeting...let me give you a small peak into my world that I have ...

I am starting school in 1 week and I am in meetings alllllll this week and then the race begins.... oh sorry the journey into the world of l...