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Parenting Gems: Deepening our Knowledge
Parenting in this time presents unique challenges. To support our parents, we have created a treasure trove of articles full of ideas to support you with everything from helping your young child sleep to supporting your first grader’s math skills to talking with your middle schooler.
Please dive in and seek the gems that are right for you!
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“If a child has been able in his play to give up his whole loving being to the world around him, he will be able, in the serious tasks of later life, to devote himself with confidence and power to the service of the world”
Rudolf Steiner
Media's Impact on Children
- Adverse Effects of Screen Time on Brain development
- Constantly Connected - How Media Use Can Affect Your Child
- Dude Where's My Frontal Cortex - There’s a Method to the Madness of the Teenage Brain
- Early-Childhood Tablet Use and Outbursts of Anger
- End the Phone-based Childhood Now
- Ending the Digital Myth about Electronic Devices in Classrooms
- From Screens to Sunshine: Rescuing Children’s Outdoor Play Time in the Digital Era
- Generative AI Can Harm Learning
- A Groundbreaking Study Shows Kids Learn Better on Paper, Not Screens
- Here's How Many Toys One Kid Really Needs, According to Experts
- How Media Use Can Affect Kids
- How to Talk to Your Middle-Schooler (So They Might Actually Listen to You)
- Kids And Screen Time - What Does The Research Say
Handwriting's Effect on the Brain & Learning
- Back to Basics - The Enduring Value of Handwriting
- The Effects of Handwriting Experience on Functional Brain Development in Pre-literate Children
- A Groundbreaking Study Shows Kids Learn Better on Paper, Not Screens
- Handwriting But Not Typewriting Leads to Widespread Brain Connectivity - a High-density EEG Study with Implications for the Classroom
- How Does Literacy Break Mirror Invariance in the Visual System
- The Importance of Cursive Handwriting Over Typewriting for Learning in the Classroom_ A High-Density EEG Study of 12-Year-Old Children and Young Adults
- Protracted Neural Development of Dorsal Motor Systems During Handwriting and the Relation to Early Literacy Skills
- Why Writing by Hand Beats Typing for Thinking and Learning
Child Development: Parenting Advice Year by Year
Parenting
- 12 Tips for Raising Confident Kids
- 22 Ways to Help Your Child Love School
- The Art of Self-Regulation for Parents
- Balancing Parenthood and Life - Simple Strategies for Busy Families with Young Children
- Be Worthy of Imitation - Why Modeling Matters at Home and in Class
- Dude Where's My Frontal Cortex - There’s a Method to the Madness of the Teenage Brain
- Encouraging Kids to Embrace Failure to Support a Growth Mindset
- Experiential Education – Why Students Should Learn by Doing
- First Grade: How Parents Can Support Their Child's Math
- The Four Lower Senses
- The Future Starts Now - Student Advocacy and Activism
- Fostering Lifelong Learning
- The Gift of No
- Gratitude: What We Do at School, You Can Do at Home
- Helping the Community is Essential for Students
- How Building Knowledge Boosts Literacy and Learning
- How to Be a Safety Net Parent
- How to Build Your Waldorf Community: Discovering Waldorf
- How to Talk to Your Middle-Schooler (So They Might Actually Listen to You)
- The Importance of Learning an Additional Language
- Meeting Fear and Finding Joy (Early Childhood, Christmas)
- Normalize Mistakes for Better Learning
- Parenting Lessons I Learned From a Waldorf Kindergarten
- Routines That Work: How Busy Families Can Create Calm at Home
- Seven Aspects of Mindful Parenting
- Small Habits, Big Impact: Parenting Strategies That Work in Just 10 Minutes a Day
- Teach Children to Seek Significance over Success
- Teaching Empathy - Essential for Students, Crucial for Humanity
- Tips for Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child
- Trend Lines - What’s Going on with Boys in Schools
- Why Parents Should Come to Parent Meetings
Curriculum
- Addressing Whole Child Wellness in Schools
- Art Extends Your Life By Up to Ten Years
- The Backwards Review or “Ruchschau”
- The Benefit of Allowing Students to Play Outside During Recess
- Building Class Community the Week before School Starts
- Civil Discourse in the Classroom
- Co-Regulation From Birth Through Young Adulthood: A Practice Brief
- Crucial Creativity - The Case for Cultivating Divergent Thinking in Classrooms
- Education’s Role in Curbing Teen Anxiety
- Experiential Education – Why Students Should Learn by Doing
- Feeling Artsy - Here's How Making Art Helps Your Brain
- The Importance of Learning an Additional Language
- K-8 Comeback - Clear Merits over Middle School Model
- Make Them Scientists – Redirecting the Science Instruction Paradigm
- Missing Pieces to Traditional Math Curriculum
- Outdoor Education – Beyond Environmentalism
- Painting, Humanity, and Colors in Conversation
- The Power of Play Student Success in Kindergarten Classrooms
- The Practical and Creative Art of Form Drawing
- The Relevance of Handwork and Craft
- Reframing Failure in The Classroom
- Thinking, Feeling, & Willing in Handwork
- Working Toward Anti-Racist Education