The next monthly planning meeting will take place on May 7th at 3:00pm at the University of Victoria, MacLaurin Rm A341.
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- Today's Parent – "Forest Schools: when every day is a field trip day…" – May 2013
- Troll Waldkrippe and Waldkindergarten in Zuerich, Switzerland
- Turning Nature Into Classrooms
- UK Playground Design
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Hello,
My name is Brenda, and I teach preschool at the Calgary Waldorf School.
This is exciting news for the children of Sooke. You might want to check out the website
http://www.saratogian.com/articles/2012/03/31/news/doc4f77c46142363616204959.txt?viewmode=fullstory
about a Forest Kindergarten in Saratoga Springs New York. As well, if you have not already made connections with the Sunrise Waldorf School in Duncan, they would be a wonderful resource for your planning committee.
Our school just hosted our Third Annual Gateways Conference, with Michael D’Aleo as our keynote speaker. Michael’s focus was on “The ability to perceive what is happening around you has always been the starting point for all truthful insights and new ways of thinking. The healthy development of the senses is most powerfully accomplished in the early years of life. Our senses develop most richly in conjunction with regular exposure to the powerful yet subtle integration of the natural world.” Check out his website sensri.org (Saratoga Experiential Natural Science Research Institute). (His wife, Sigrid, started the Forest Kindergarten initiative in Saratoga Springs.)
Good Luck!
Brenda