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"Interesting Questions: Ways to Respond to Your Young Child’s Questions" with Steve Spitalny ticket
Wednesday, November 4, 2026 The young child is filled with curiosity about the world and this often comes out as questions to adults. Parents may feel obliged to provide complex, factual answers of intellectual information that is not what the child needs. How can we understand the developmental needs of the young child and support them in our verbal communications? How can we satisfy their curiosity with imaginative answers that are true?
Wednesday, November 4, 2026 The young child is filled with curiosity about the world and this often comes out as questions to adults. Parents may feel obliged to provide complex, factual answers of intellectual information that is not what the child needs. How can we understand the developmental needs of the young child and support them in our verbal communications? How can we satisfy their curiosity with imaginative answers that are true?
$30.00+ $2.46 feeUse arrow keys to change quantity"The World of the Young Child Before Writing" with Kenneth Smith ticket
Wednesday, November 11, 2026 For millions of years, humanity lived and developed without writing, instead depending on word of mouth, oral traditions, and memory. With the beginning of writing, new capacities are not only formed but other capacities diminish. Today there is a lot of pressure for children to move quickly out of their pre-writing era and into script-based literacy and numeracy, but what are they at risk of llosing and why should we proceed slowly during the early years?
Wednesday, November 11, 2026 For millions of years, humanity lived and developed without writing, instead depending on word of mouth, oral traditions, and memory. With the beginning of writing, new capacities are not only formed but other capacities diminish. Today there is a lot of pressure for children to move quickly out of their pre-writing era and into script-based literacy and numeracy, but what are they at risk of llosing and why should we proceed slowly during the early years?
$30.00+ $2.46 feeUse arrow keys to change quantity"Living Into the Festivals of Light with Young Children" with Diane David ticket
Wednesday, November 18, 2026 Why is it important that the young child experiences the changes of the seasons? How we can bring light, joy, and reverence into this darkest time of the year? Let us explore the Festivals of Light - Advent, Christmas, Hanukkah, Solstice and Kwanza - and how we can bring meaning to them for the young child, counteracting the stresses and consumerism of the season.
Wednesday, November 18, 2026 Why is it important that the young child experiences the changes of the seasons? How we can bring light, joy, and reverence into this darkest time of the year? Let us explore the Festivals of Light - Advent, Christmas, Hanukkah, Solstice and Kwanza - and how we can bring meaning to them for the young child, counteracting the stresses and consumerism of the season.
$30.00+ $2.46 feeUse arrow keys to change quantity"Free and Undirected Play: A Time to Move Beyond Boredom and Into the World of Creativity and Imagination" with Diane David ticket
Wednesday, December 2, 2026 Children today have too much of their lives scheduled and planned out for them. Time for free play is essential for the development of the brain and imagination, allowing deep ideas and interests to rise to the surface. Free play in childhood is filled with the forces that enhance creativity, inventiveness, and problem-solving capacities later in life.
Wednesday, December 2, 2026 Children today have too much of their lives scheduled and planned out for them. Time for free play is essential for the development of the brain and imagination, allowing deep ideas and interests to rise to the surface. Free play in childhood is filled with the forces that enhance creativity, inventiveness, and problem-solving capacities later in life.
$30.00+ $2.46 feeUse arrow keys to change quantity"The Seasonal Nature Table: Bringing the Sacred Life of Nature Into Your Home and Your Children's Lives" with Kate Hammond ticket
Wednesday, December 9, 2026 Creating a nature table is a tradition in Waldorf kindergartens and early grades. It is a special artistic arrangement of natural materials where the life and rhythms of nature are observed and the seasons and festivals are gently celebrated. You may bring this activity into your home and engage with your children in connecting with the course of nature.
Wednesday, December 9, 2026 Creating a nature table is a tradition in Waldorf kindergartens and early grades. It is a special artistic arrangement of natural materials where the life and rhythms of nature are observed and the seasons and festivals are gently celebrated. You may bring this activity into your home and engage with your children in connecting with the course of nature.
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