Water's Edge School Weblog

Our thanks to Donna Brooks for forwarding this article along:
http://www.sanfranmag.com/story/tech-gets-a-time-out
As always, please feel free to share comments!

Thanks to Susan Love for sharing this find with our blog community:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/opinion/02engel.html?emc=eta1

The Brilliant Parenting Discussion Group will meet at Water’s Edge Waldorf School, 150 W. Bonner Road at 7:00 p.m. on the 4th Wednesday of each month to discuss a variety of topics of interest to parents who take a mindful approach to the choices they make in raising their children. The group is open to [...]

Please be aware that tonight’s event, “Day in the Life of a Waldorf School,” has been cancelled. A new date has been scheduled for February 23rd, at 7:00 p.m. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.  Please pass this information along to anyone who might have been planning to attend.

Great article about a study about the ages children learn to read and whether or not late readers showed any disadvantages later on:
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/research-finds-no-advantage-learning-read-age-five/5/33888
Thanks to Donna Brooks for forwarding this along.  Comments on the article are welcome!

This recent article has been passed around by a number of parents and teachers at our school.  We’ve decided to share it here, so it can be easily passed along to the rest of our community as well as friends and family:
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1940395-1,00.html
Please feel free to leave comments here!

Saturday Parent Morning with Leo Klein “Art in the Waldorf School:  Meeting the Developing Child.”  9:00 to 11:00 a.m.   All parents should plan to attend.  Limited childcare will be offered for a fee by some of our older students and graduates, but we encourage you to make your own childcare arrangements if you can. If [...]