by Melanie Ingler | Communications Coordinator A new study published in the JAMA Pediatrics suggests yet one more reason to manage tech at home. “Tempting as it may be to hand them a smartphone or turn on the TV as a default response, soothing with digital devices may...
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Knitting is Coding and More
by Ashley Brickeen | Admissions Director, Nursery-Grade 8 Imagine your child learning a coding language that could be read, used and accurately executed hundreds of years into the future. That is knitting. Hundreds of years before computer coding, fiber artists had...
Simple Thrills
by Jennifer Britton | Business Office Assistant & Alumni Parent As a twenty-something-year alumni parent, volunteer, and current staff member, there are still moments when being in this community fascinates me or brings me unexpected joy. Two most recent ones come...
Thanksgiving through the Advent Season
by Ami Evergreen | Pedagogical Administrator, Nursery-Grade 8 For the bountiful gifts the earth bestows upon us, for the gold hues that adorn the land, for the richness of each sunrise and each day’s glory in our valley–our attention to these details can be the...
The Garden Gate: Acorns, Frosts, and Composts
by by Phil Dwyer | Earth Arts Teacher Many crows gather early every morning under a large oak where I live. They take advantage of the cars squishing the acorns that fall in the residential parking lot and driveway. A number of gray and black squirrels busily scurry...
Rich Armstrong: Visionary Music Fanatic
by Martha Groves Perry | WSP Alumni Parent, Former Board President, and Bay Area Musician Like many in our community, I could not process Rich Armstrong’s recent passing. After receiving the phone call that morning, I walked around all day feeling like I had been...
The Lantern Festivals
by Ami Evergreen | Pedagogical Administrator, Nursery-Grade 8 Each little child will bring the light, ‘til all the world is warm and bright. In many countries the Festivals of Light begin when our days grow short and nights grow long. In North America we first...
The Value of Form Drawing
by Ashley Brickeen | Admissions Director, Early Childhood - Grade 8 and by Catherine Dwyer | Class Teacher Form drawing is a unique part of Waldorf Education. At Waldorf schools, students mainly practice form drawing from First grade through Fifth grade. As with most...
WSP Students at Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum
by Kerstin Pintus | WSP Handwork Teacher On September 10th, WSP students and I, their handwork teacher, participated in a Living History event “A Walk Through Time” at the Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum. Representing the "golden days" of the rancho period, 1833...
Why Do We Bake Bread in Early Childhood?
by Ashley Brickeen | Admissions Director Nursery School -Grade 8 What are the children doing when they bake bread in Early Childhood? They are: developing fine motor strength and control: kneading the dough and shaping the loaves strengthens the hand muscles and...
15 Tech Alternatives for Winter Break
by Melanie Ingler | Communications Coordinator A new study published in the JAMA Pediatrics suggests yet one more reason to manage tech at home. “Tempting as it may be to hand them a smartphone or turn on the TV as a default response, soothing with digital devices may...
Knitting is Coding and More
by Ashley Brickeen | Admissions Director, Nursery-Grade 8 Imagine your child learning a coding language that could be read, used and accurately executed hundreds of years into the future. That is knitting. Hundreds of years before computer coding, fiber artists had...
Simple Thrills
by Jennifer Britton | Business Office Assistant & Alumni Parent As a twenty-something-year alumni parent, volunteer, and current staff member, there are still moments when being in this community fascinates me or brings me unexpected joy. Two most recent ones come...
Thanksgiving through the Advent Season
by Ami Evergreen | Pedagogical Administrator, Nursery-Grade 8 For the bountiful gifts the earth bestows upon us, for the gold hues that adorn the land, for the richness of each sunrise and each day’s glory in our valley–our attention to these details can be the...
The Garden Gate: Acorns, Frosts, and Composts
by by Phil Dwyer | Earth Arts Teacher Many crows gather early every morning under a large oak where I live. They take advantage of the cars squishing the acorns that fall in the residential parking lot and driveway. A number of gray and black squirrels busily scurry...
Rich Armstrong: Visionary Music Fanatic
by Martha Groves Perry | WSP Alumni Parent, Former Board President, and Bay Area Musician Like many in our community, I could not process Rich Armstrong’s recent passing. After receiving the phone call that morning, I walked around all day feeling like I had been...
The Lantern Festivals
by Ami Evergreen | Pedagogical Administrator, Nursery-Grade 8 Each little child will bring the light, ‘til all the world is warm and bright. In many countries the Festivals of Light begin when our days grow short and nights grow long. In North America we first...
The Value of Form Drawing
by Ashley Brickeen | Admissions Director, Early Childhood - Grade 8 and by Catherine Dwyer | Class Teacher Form drawing is a unique part of Waldorf Education. At Waldorf schools, students mainly practice form drawing from First grade through Fifth grade. As with most...
WSP Students at Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum
by Kerstin Pintus | WSP Handwork Teacher On September 10th, WSP students and I, their handwork teacher, participated in a Living History event “A Walk Through Time” at the Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum. Representing the "golden days" of the rancho period, 1833...
Why Do We Bake Bread in Early Childhood?
by Ashley Brickeen | Admissions Director Nursery School -Grade 8 What are the children doing when they bake bread in Early Childhood? They are: developing fine motor strength and control: kneading the dough and shaping the loaves strengthens the hand muscles and...