After a school year like no other, our children need a break from isolation, stillness and the indoors. The Waldorf School of Philadelphia summer camps will keep children safe and provide ample amounts of enriching social time with friends.
In Waldorf education, teachers share cultural myths with students in third through sixth grade as part of the language arts and history curriculum. While we typically teach our fourth-grade students about Norse mythology, as many Waldorf schools do, we are also consciously moving towards a less Euro-centric curriculum. Our fourth graders also learn the myths of the Māori people of New Zealand. The Māori originated with settlers from eastern Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several canoe voyages between 1320 and 1350.
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?