In Waldorf nursery programs the main thing is preparing for later learning and healthy development, including life-long physical, social, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual growth. The most important thing is to teach a child to understand child's own rythm and rythm of environment (days, weeks, seasons, holidays...)
Also this education, based on an understanding of human individuality, offers protection and respect for the dignity of childhood. It includes many things and steps. But simply speaking, roughly speaking, it's very important to respect your child and child's dignity, childhoodness, individuality. And how you can do it?
The best thins is not to teach your child a lot of things (clubs, trainings and so on), but to live with your baby. Draw, create, cook, do the cleaning. work in the garden... Don't forbid any housework and encourage any children's creativity impacts.
Felting is great thing to do together.
My son started to use a needle at 2,5 years old. But mostly he works with wool without a needle, ру just rolls the wool, or rubs and rips it. He likes looking when i am working. And he adores to create expositions with me. It's a kind of our ritual. Our collaborative work. I love these moments.
NOW I'll tell how to make berry dolls for this "Summer Waldorf shelf"
Look at my photos:
How to make a beery for a doll you can find in my previous post
How to make a paspberry or blackberry: 4 steps
My son playing with dolls
P.S. It took me about an hour to make these dolls and it gave so much happiness to us. I am happy with my job!
