“The Real Scoop” Parent Education Workshop Series

During the 2011-2012 school year, a monthly workshop will be offered to the EWS parent community as well as the general public.  These workshops are free and their purpose will be to create dialogue and support for parents who are interested in a Waldorf approach to parenting.
Topics we are planning to explore this year include…

• Social Inclusion: Breaking the Patterns of Teasing and Bullying
• Making Sense of Discipline: The Dr. Neufeld Approach
• The Power to Parent Part 1: The Vital Connection

Discipline Discussion Group

This Discipline Series will run monthly and consist of one-hour of video instruction by Dr. Neufeld from his video The Power to Parent, Part 1, with one-hour of informal parent discussion. The emphasis of the video content is on understanding our kids from the inside out, their unique temperament and sensitivities, and how we can be who they need us to be so that they will feel safe and secure and grow into their own unique potential.
Some of the topics include: dealing with resistance and oppositionality, addressing the roots of aggression, preventing being replaced by competing attachments, addressing separation problems and anxieties, raising children who are capable of deep and meaningful relationships, dealing with children who seek to dominate (instead of depend on) their parents, and how to use discipline that is effective but doesn’t harm your relationship with your child.

The monthly Saturday series is free and open to the public and begins in January 2012.  For more information visit The Power to Parent. If childcare is needed, there will be an extra fee. Please email rpeirce@emersonwaldorf.org if you will need childcare, include names and ages of children.

Socially Resilient Child Study Group

The Social Inclusion Study Group will not meet in January or February. Please contact me with any questions about our Social Inclusion program, or for assistance in supporting your child. Thank you, Lauren Nyland. lnyland@emersonwaldorf.org

The group meets in the Woodland Cottage Thursdays from 8:45am-9:45am.  For more information, contact Lauren Nyland, Social Inclusion Parent Volunteer, 968-7721, mills.lauren@gmail.com.

The Child’s Changing Consciousness

Study and discuss this book by Rudolf Steiner each Monday morning, 8:30-10 am at the Woodland Cottage. All are welcome–please join us, even if you haven’t done the week’s reading.  Led by Master Teachers Ingeborg Boesch and Whitney MacDonald. To access the book as a PDF file, click here. For more info email:  karenbd@mac.com.

Eurythmy for Parents, Faculty and Friends

We would love to welcome some new parents to our ongoing classes. Come and enjoy moving to music and poetry. No experience necessary. ‘Movement in Tune with the Rhythms of Life’ on Wednesdays from 8:30- 10:00 a.m. in the Eurythmy Room, West Wing. There are 10 classes for a cost of $100.00. - Eve Olive 489-2564