Waldorf Dolls One of the unique features of Waldorf Academy’s Childcare, Nursery and Kindergarten are the dolls. They are all ome of a kinds, handmade and completely designed for the child rather than mass consumption. They are meant to ignite their imagination. They are not meant to be mini-adults or to perpetuate gender or ethnic [...]
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Asian Studies: Chinese New Year at Waldorf Academy
Happy Chinese New Year Ms.Yu, the Asian Studies teacher, organized a beautiful morning for students that included: Worship for the school Chinese New Year poem by Grade 8 Traditional Chinese music performance by Grade 3 Chinese New Year song performed by Grade 2 and Grade 3 12 Zodiac play performed by Grade 8 Snake Kung [...]
Screen-Free Week Every Week at Waldorf
Why we encourage screen free week every week at Waldorf Schools At Waldorf schools we encourage screen-free week every week. This helps the teacher deliver the curriculum. At the beginning of the week a new concept is introduced to the students. Three-Day Rhythm: Waldorf is the ONLY educational method to use sleep or spacing as [...]
How important is the neighbourhood when buying a house in Toronto?
Walodrf Academy is located between several dynamic neighbourhoods; the Annex, Forest Hill, Hillcrest and South Hill. It is in Ward 22 and Josh Matlow is the City Councillor. At Waldorf Academy we understand that many home buyers in Toronto are not only looking for the right house, but the right community. They are also searching [...]
Waldorf has always attracted parents that work in media, now it is attracting the hi-tech parents
Waldorf education has always appealed to a long list of famous parents in the arts. To name drop a few: George Lucas, Paul Newman, Carly Simon, Rosie O’Donnell, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Tilda Swinton. Here in Toronto it has also appealed to many of us from the film industry, theatre and literary circles. From my own [...]
Conference in California: my daily walk through a biodynamic garden
While attending a conference at the Rudolf Steiner College in Sacramento, California I was able to go back and forth to the dorm accommodations via the most beautiful biodynamic garden. This garden includes a beehive, poultry, sheep, goats and cows. It feeds 60 people. They offer all kinds of courses. The one that intrigued me [...]
Annex Eco-Park- Josh Matlow announces it has been approved
View a draft vision of the proposal for the Annex Eco-Park at MacPherson and Spadina Click Here The Annex Eco-Park Alliance Inc Present a proposal for the Mcpherson Eco-Park Located at the east corner of Spadina Rd and MacPherson Ave and extending to Davenport Rd, “The Eco Park” will provide green space for the Annex [...]
Great articles to inspire you on Waldorf education- Learning Through The Arts, Steve Jobs Stanford Address, and a TED Talk on being wrong
An excerpt from Learning Through The Arts by Dee Dickenson “Let us take a moment to consider the mental equipment that students are using to make such dramatic academic achievement as described above. The human brain is the most complex system on earth, yet it is too often used in schools primarily as a simple device [...]
Moms: Re-entering the work force when you have small children
When my children were born I knew right away that I would not be returning to filming. The hours were too long and so intense. So I stayed home and relished it. But I did feel the pressure to earn money and support my husband, justify my education and accept that nothing in my pre-kid [...]
21st century skills- Waldorf way ahead of the pack
An educational magazine, Dialogue, recently interviewed 9 ‘intriguing minds’ about 21st-century skills and new literacies. I was absolutely inspired and excited about what we are trying to achieve at Waldorf Academy and thankfully have been doing since 1919. Here are the key points made by the experts and how Waldorf Academy stacks up to the [...]
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