Whether you are planning to homeschool/unschool your kids or not, below you can find tons of excellent resources of educational things you can do with your kids at home
What I do like about Waldorf-inspired homeschooling is that the emphasis in early years is on sensory experiences, movement, and becoming settled in the household rhythm. They believe a good home rhythm is a critical foundation for later academics; it instills a sense of stability and regularity in the children. They believe that young children learn by example, so the caregiver's actions must be worthy of imitation. They really stress inner development of and intentional action from the parent, which you don't really find in many homeschool methods. I'm not a Waldorf expert and am sure I'm leaving out important aspects of this, and there are some good sites for more information. They also advocate a lot of good nature experiences in the early years, academics begin for them in grade one (kindergarten does begin
introducing letters), however the play that is done beforehand has been preparing them. I like that holistic aspect of it especially for young children. I really believe this good solid earthy beginning is more important than creating early geniuses, and healthier for their intellect.
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