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Hi when is the free planning for peace. Can I please have the link. I want to join.

So hard when kids have sports and extracurriculars!! Also when hubby wants to enjoy tv/sports after dinner. Help!

Yes please!!! 🤣 mine never stops. Luckily hes super sweet, clever, funny buttttt ohh my goodness my brain hurts sometimes

I thought the alphabetical order didn't matter in Waldorf? Maybe I'm confused, I haven't looked at the revised edition of grade one yet.

What I do, is I have two in the grades and a kinder. So there's enough block pages for each kid to have one section per month per block, even if it's a reoccurring block! So it'll start with the month we start, this year it's August, tab one is blue and is sectioned off for my 6th grader, block is laid out, materials, experiences, trips etc and the next page with the weeks I white it out and label them for weeks 1-4 in a month. We're doing five days a week this year and taking every tenth off so that rounds out to be every other Monday off and the end of the month is pretty open! So we can use that for trips, make up work, wrapping up, documentaries etc.

How far ahead do you gather resources, supplies and make artwork? 😊

How do you establish routines with the older children who may be resistant to chores?

One brave parent. My husband committed suicide when our twins were born. What a selfish loaf 🍞

Absolutely!

Short but sweet. Great concise advice.

I have found this video so immensely helpful. Thank you so much for posting it. I have recently discovered Waldorf and I am so sad I did not know about it sooner. I have a daughter who will start third grade this fall. I really want to put her in a Waldorf School but have some hesitations and concerns about whether or not it would be a good fit for her. She has struggled a bit academically in traditional school. I worry that if I put her in a Waldorf School she will feel even further behind because it will be so different to her. But I also want for her to develop a love for learning. She does not have that at her current school and very much struggles with anxiety regarding learning. Any advice would be greatly appreciated❤

Melisa, Thank you so much for the reminder to have fun! Always take so much value from the wisdom you share! ❤

Melissa I need your expertise. I have a 4 1/2 year old with ASD and a 2 1/2 year old with ASD. Both boys. One is a bit more severe than the other but I absolutely love the Waldorf philosophy and would just love for them to go to a Waldorf school but I’m scared of losing their services or for them to regress. I don’t know what to do.

This was the first video I have watched about Waldorf in the home. I would have appreciated some understanding of the philosophy sprinkled in this video as well to understand the purpose of fluff or general educational philosophy in a home setting. Do you have other videos that go a bit deeper to provide context?

Thank you for talking about this. It's important. These children are shaping their own personal character and we definitely need to be available to guide them. Otherwise, they'll be in danger of following the wrong lead.

I love this! Thank you for making this video!

I do time padding, have menus, front load my days and I still feel way to stretched just getting out 1-2 days a week... I'm ADHD and neurodivergent and constantly overwhelmed..

I just discovered you and have been listening to so many podcasts! The pep talks I didn’t know I needed!! ❤

take care

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Thank you! This is exactly the type of information I've been looking for and haven't been able to find. I'm wondering if it's because Waldorf is a patented method, unlike many other homeschooling methods. I'm currently in my first year of homeschooling using a Charlotte Mason approach, which i feel like is a great balance between some of the Waldorf concepts and a more classical or traditional method. But I'm curious to try a few weeks of Waldorf style lessons and see how it works for us. I've always thought that Waldorf was more difficult to implement and it seems like that is the case, but there are benefits in that as well!

I really appreciate the information cup metaphor and the reminder to be teachable.

Thank you Melisa!

Hi Melissa! I would love a video about how you fit in multiple main lessons and skills practice lessons (if you do them separately like in a Waldorf school) Also would love a hypothetical run down on how you would do say a two child family homeschool, for example how long would you spend on each child and would you do skills practice together or separate I'm a picture painted for me kind of girl (even if it's just an example) Thank you! Love your videos

I found this very informative thank you

Is there a reason you have to replace Crayola, for example, with specific brands? I understand quality but I feel you could get similar results from a variety of sources? I'm just trying to learn the 'why' behind specific brands

hi melisa your videos is so informative. You can prepare a video of "Waldorf School Breakfast and Dinner Time" ?

I've never seen one of these- I absolutely love it 😍 As an adult who 'fell through the cracks' with math very early on in my public school education... something I continue to grapple with as an adult... I even feel this would be helpful to me. Are the sequences written out within straight from your curricula? They look very precise, simple, and clean... something I struggle to find within math resources even for my own adult eyes. Feeling immensely inspired by this: thank you, I think we'll start one with the new year!

Yay! Awesome! What is on sale? Everything? including video courses? Also is there a pdf Planning for Peace Planner sold individually?

This is so me! Ive wondered if I have ADD. I do think its exactly that im a sanguine that grew up by myself, LITERALLY, not taught how to compete tasks, had no rythym of any kind in home. Didnt know when mom was actualiy going to be home, what day of the week it was. Thanks to watching your videos and working the TWF I'm learning to finish tasks, how to give my child rhythm. Thank you 🙏

Your journals are beautiful, Melissa

Thanks, this is hitting home for me right now.

I'm a Black parent and educator, currently in my first year of Waldorf teacher training. I really appreciate this conversation as it really shows the deep thinking and planning that goes into the forming of every student's educational experience. I agree that we do not want to wake up children too quickly, however, 7th and 8th grade is far too late to begin talking about the transatlantic slave trade. First of all, there are ways to talk about the history of African Americans without waking the child too quickly, just as we talk about all things in Waldorf in a developmentally appropriate way, through myth and story. The danger of waiting until 7th and 8th grade to talk about such things is multiple. First of all, children who don't know the reality of the world are often ostracized and exploited when in communities outside (and sometimes inside) of their Waldorf schools. In other words, my biracial children are not safe and will not be seen as part of the Black community without this knowledge. Second, because Waldorf introduce subjects developmentally appropriately, I would rather have a Waldorf approach introduce these topics than students be introduced through their peers in a way that is not appropriate. So I encourage us all, with the same care and intention that we approach all curricula, to also approach difficult subjects and topics in the same way.

Yay!

Loved this. Thank you for sharing your experience and insights therefrom!

THANK YOU! I needed to hear this, I am Waldorf mama to a 3.9 year old. I have experienced so much trauma and recently found out I am neurodivergent. This is exactly what I needed to hear. Could you make an episode on how to talk to our children about parents who are autistic/neurodivergent/or have mental illness. I don’t want to make her fear it, but rather to open up space and have her develop empathy and compassion for those who struggle

You videos have been helpful. Thanks for sharing.

This was really helpful. I was starting to think that Waldorf was some super lofty goals not attainable. But listening to you talk it feels so doable.

The music is SO loud, I could barely focus on the message. Please put the music in the background.

Whew, this was EXACTLY what I needed to hear. I had such a hard night w the kids tonight and thought to myself, I need to listen to someone who gets it and can advise a way through. I can see that I’m “in it” rn but as you said, I need to own it. I can already see the conversation that I’ll have with the kids tomorrow to repair our rough night thanks to your thoughtful and guiding words. Thank you. I’m so glad to have found you on my journey as I step more fully into motherhood. Finally aligning my ideals with action. Thank you for giving me the tools to be a better mother.

One & only Melisa 💜 I type with tears stacked up high in my eyes- the residual tones of your spoken message here rippling through me. Mostly: I just learned about the health experiences you have recently navigated last week- I had no idea and I really, really hope you are thriving. What I mostly long to convey is that for a split second instance, I imagined you not being here for me to thank & extend gratitide for you being you as profusely as my heart ongoingly longs to do. I have been a mama for 11 years and a Waldorf inspired home educator for going on 6. I have been caring for my father here at home (who struggles with dementia & other profound issues) for a decade, and I have been in varying real degrees of MMM for the same. You are the OnLy person who reaches me on this matter. I have tried as often as I'm able in connecting with you to try and let you know that 'your voice' reaches me... through all the echoes and cacophony of the social medias... the overlapping voices & opinions... your voice reaches me like a bird singing or a church bell in a favorite neighborhood- I have always heard your messages and you have helped me just profoundly over the years, on all the levels a woman can be. I want to thank you, for giving so freely... for your wisdom... for the support you lend tirelessly. You are in service light years beyond creating & selling curriculum. You are a guiding light. I'm irrelevant, but you matter to me very much and I guess I just want you to know there's a heart here on the west coast that has been grandly touched by you being who you are. I remain in MMM, but I feel increasingly aware of the work that needs to be done. Thanks to you, the fire gets bigger beneath me to relieve how much it matters. Thank you, Melisa... this big ol novel comment is because I felt a surge of needing to express my gratified for all you've been across the years. I wanted you to know. Hoping you folks have a blessed weekend- I'll be ruminating on this message myself, gaining momentum ❤️

How are you Melisa?

This was awesome and exactly what I needed. I love your no none-sense approach via the bandaid/commitment…looking forward to utilizing these tips and advice to achieve my goals of raising healthy mindful humans. Thank you for your help on that journey.

I find the sound to be quiet in your videos and have a hard time hearing your wonderful advice! Is there a way to turn that up? I have my volume maxed and am still struggling. Thank you! And thank you for sharing your work and guidance :)

None of those challenges involved but she is still *so busy.* I’ve adopted your rule about no Lego before homeschool! This is beautiful, thanks for the inspiration. Will try centering for lessons this week 😊

This has been super helpful

Wonderful guidance for all areas of life!

I enjoyed this video very much. Love your resources. Just subscribed. I’m always intrigued by Waldorf methods. I also have a channel mainly about homeschooling and would love to connect here 😊

Let them cry, struggle, and learn to figure things out for themselves at an early age. That's what I loved about home schooling my kids. They were able to grow and mature so quickly that by age 10 they knew how to take care of themselves and think independently. This gave them such an advantage over kids that were not home schooled.

Thank you, I am a Waldorf inspired homeschool mom and dance & movement teacher and I really needed to hear this today 💗