Maypole

Maypole

We had a glorious day yesterday for the Maypole Festival with Maya’s Waldorf Playgroup. It was balmy hot and humid, and we were all looking a bit like wilted flowers by the end. A wonderful time was had in the summer like heat, a mounting tempest to the storm that was predicted. Thankfully the thunder […]

Spring Fair of Yesteryear

Spring Fair of Yesteryear

This coming Sunday we have the Maypole Festival with Maya’s Playgroup. This will be Maya’s 3rd Maypole Festival, two of which we attended at the Cape Byron Steiner School in Byron Bay. Once when Maya was 3 months old and then the following year when she was 15 months old. I love looking back at […]

Spring Planting Festival

Spring Planting Festival

Today is the Spring Planting Festival at Maya’s Waldorf Play-Group. As it is a co operative playgroup, we are given a parent job. My job is to organize the Festivals and Events. As you can imagine I very much enjoy doing this! With Waldorf Education having strong roots in the environment, we celebrate seasonal change. […]

Wheatgrass, My Deer

Wheatgrass, My Deer

On Thursday at play-group pick-up Maya had in hand a pretty basket with wheatgrass shoots growing in it. I was delighted to see such a beautiful Easter craft! Her Teachers organised the baskets, helped the children fill them with soil, and plant the wheatgrass seeds. The children watered the seeds, talked to the seeds, and […]