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Lily Solomon, recent Toronto Waldorf graduate, to Represent Canada at World Mounted Games
August 30, 2021
There has been a lot of focus on Team Canada’s performances at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. But there is another international equestrian event where one young rider from Stouffville, Ontario, is going to try her best to win. Lily Solomon, 19, will be representing Canada at the World Individual Mounted Games Championships (WIC) held at the David Broome Center in Chepstow, Wales, this year. The event draws over 200 riders for a series of games that involve high speed, high agility, and teamwork and trust between the rider, their horse and their teammates. More »
Let Children Experience Boredom
July 27, 2021
While Søren Kierkegaard warned, “Boredom is the root of all evil,” psychologists, neurologists and child development experts disagree. While we may fear a idle teen or toddler (and every age in between) discovering trouble through idleness, studies show letting a child experience boredom is better for their creativity and problem solving than handing them a screen or over scheduling their lives. Experts agree: just let them be bored. No rescuing, no ideas, no schedule and no screens. Just let our children sit in the stew of inactivity. But why? Because boredom, according to Italian Human and Social Sciences researcher, Palmira Faraci, leads to one of three outcomes and two of them are beneficial. More »
Homegrown for Good
June 14, 2021
On a recent morning in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, Karin Jokela and her daughter, two-year-old Ani, are exploring the wildlife flitting and buzzing about their backyard produce garden. Ani inspects a bumble bee on a coneflower, one of many native flowering plants growing among Jokela’s vegetables, herbs and berries. “Is this the mama bee?” Ani asks, leaning closer—clearly intrigued by the busy visitor. Jokela, a conservation biologist with the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, nurtures her daughter’s appreciation for the wildlife drawn to their food garden. Among the most exciting visitors have been the endangered rusty patched bumble bee. More-common native insects include pollinating sweat and squash bees, pest-eating wasps and ambush bugs and soil-building tiger and ground beetles. More »
Hallel Rabin: I Refuse
May 4, 2021
As Waldorf alumna Hallel Rabin stood before the IDF conscientious objectors committee two weeks ago, the military body that decides whether or not she would be sent back to prison for refusing to serve in the army, she was asked the strangest of questions: “Would you agree to wear the army uniform if it were pink?” “I don’t have an issue with the color,” she responded, “I have an issue with wearing an army uniform — regardless of the army.” A conscientious objector, Rabin was still in military prison for refusing to serve due to the army’s occupation policies. On November 20, Rabin’s fourth stint in military prison came to an end; a day later the army officially gave her the discharge she had wanted. She served a total of 56 days behind bars. More »
Why do Some Students Struggle to Learn to Read?
April 19, 2021
Rudolf Steiner said, “If you look without prejudice, every child is a riddle to be solved, particularly for educators” (2001, 123). Steiner is right—each child is a riddle, and none more challenging than the one who struggles to learn to read! There are many factors that can contribute to reading problems. More »
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