How do you mentally prepare, as a family, for a school year with so many variables and potential changes? How do we help our children have a sense of wellbeing about an upcoming school year when they have so many possible new experiences and changes ahead?
How do parents provide Pre-K and Kindergarten students with rich, open-ended play and work opportunities at home? We posed this question to Patricia Cornelius, Early Childhood Teacher and Faculty Chair at The Waldorf School of Philadelphia, and she told us about a few, very simple things parents can do to keep their young children learning.
In Waldorf education, early childhood teachers give children a great gift — the time and space to live fully into their imaginations. Fostering children’s imagination and awe allows them to master their will and develop empathy.