{"id":1825,"date":"2009-05-08T10:35:01","date_gmt":"2009-05-08T15:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/womantalk.wordpress.com\/?p=1825"},"modified":"2009-05-08T10:35:01","modified_gmt":"2009-05-08T15:35:01","slug":"waldorf-informational-meeting-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/?p=1825","title":{"rendered":"Waldorf Informational Meeting Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This it the first agenda I&#8217;ve written since I left teaching public school. We&#8217;re getting pretty serious about our playgroup and it&#8217;s exciting! We&#8217;ll start in September and I&#8217;ll go first. I collected all the craft dues and we set our playgroup dates.<\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, I&#8217;ve started getting hits at womantalk.org from people researching Waldorf; at least two are starting their own playgroups and using ideas and inspiration from materials. they&#8217;ve found here I love how putting forth time and energy into my own projects attracts other people around me with similar interests. Blog-based community building and support!<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i108.photobucket.com\/albums\/n18\/womantalk\/IMG_0105.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of Devana&#39;s spring nature scenes<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p>Waldorf Informational Meeting Agenda<br \/>\nMay 7, 2009<\/p>\n<p>I. Brief Introduction<br \/>\nA. Why I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m here and why my kid is only one year old<br \/>\nB. Pass contact info sheet<br \/>\nC. Reserve questions to the end, please<br \/>\nII. Review Guidelines and Framework<br \/>\nIII. Waldorf Notebook: notes, songs, crafts, contact info, schedule\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 wiki page?<br \/>\nIV. Mission: To create an imaginative, joyful Waldorf playgroup every week for our children, in feeling and in practice.<br \/>\nA. Reality: our training and our space<br \/>\nB. What we can accomplish -&gt; aim for ideal<br \/>\nC. Two hours\/week or two hours\/seven weeks<br \/>\nD. Skills to offer to group<br \/>\nE. Sincere belief that we are fostering creative and imaginative play<br \/>\nF. Process\/journey of Waldorf learning<br \/>\nV. Reality Check<br \/>\nA. 7 families, ~ 10 kids<br \/>\nB. Limited space and our own abilities<br \/>\nC. Age differences presents more challenge<br \/>\nD.\u00c2\u00a0 What we learned from the demo class<br \/>\nVI. Waiting List\/Ways to Be Involved<br \/>\nA. How the waiting list works<br \/>\nB. Priority to those who display commitment by showing up<br \/>\nC. Get info, participate in learning process<br \/>\nD. Bimonthly Waldorf-inspired meet-ups (outdoors and\/or crafts)<br \/>\nE. Devana\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s workshops (needlefelt craft)<br \/>\nF. Future: possibility of splitting into 2 groups based on age<\/p>\n<p>VII. Supplies to Order<br \/>\nA. Remember to get $30 to Jeannie Lee<br \/>\nB. +$15 if you want beeswax candle<br \/>\nC. Discount<br \/>\nD. First order must necessarily go to start-up materials: needles, embroidery floss, scissors, tissue paper, glue (Michael\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s or JoAnn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s)<br \/>\nE. Mercurious order: felt, fairy wool, wool batting, needle-felting needles, thin beeswax, beeswax crayons<br \/>\nF. Start collecting glass jars and large tin cans for lanterns and stained glass<\/p>\n<p>VIII. Crafts\/Songs\/Story<br \/>\nA. Why the crafts are for the parents and not the kids<br \/>\nB. Seasonal: gnome, owl, leaves, trees, lantern, goblin, apples, squirrels, nuts, mushrooms, jack-o-lanterns, pinwheels, stained glass, decorated candles<br \/>\nC. For now, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll choose so I can order, but I welcome input<br \/>\nD. Hostess choice to add 1-2 of her own songs<br \/>\nE. Stories will be mainly Grimm\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s. Recommend getting complete Grimm\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fairy tales.<br \/>\nF. See rec\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d stories for particular age groups in Rahima Baldwin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s book, <em>You are Your Child\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s First Teacher<\/em>, chap. 7<\/p>\n<p>IX. Next Steps<br \/>\nA. Get to know the other members of the group through regular meet-ups\/playdates<br \/>\nB. Please RSVP \u00e2\u20ac\u201c even if you can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make it. Follow-through is appropriate<br \/>\nC. Prepare our homes<br \/>\n1. Collecting and making Waldorf toys (toys that foster imaginative play)<br \/>\n2. Weeding out plastic toys<br \/>\n3. Mentally preparing the how and where of hosting the playgroup: outside space, inside space, eating (serve a cooked grain and fruit salad), circle time, story time<br \/>\nD. Practice the songs and the story<\/p>\n<p>X. Questions?<br \/>\nXI. Do we have the energy left to discuss the two chapters of Rahima\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s book????<br \/>\nXII. Select playgroup dates!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Books<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>You Are Your Child\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s First Teacher<\/em> by Rahima Baldwin Dancy<\/p>\n<p>Rec\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d by Devana:<br \/>\n<em>Feltcraft<\/em> by Petra Berger<br \/>\n<em>Toymaking with Children<\/em> by Freya Jaffke<br \/>\n<em>A Child\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Seasonal Treasury<\/em> compiled and written by Betty Jones<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\nThe Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm<\/em> (several versions available)<br \/>\n<em>The Children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Year<\/em> by Stephanie Cooper, Christina Fynes-Clinton and Marye Rowling<br \/>\n<em>A First Book of Knitting for Children<\/em> by Bonnie Gosse and Jill Allerton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This it the first agenda I&#8217;ve written since I left teaching public school. We&#8217;re getting pretty serious about our playgroup and it&#8217;s exciting! We&#8217;ll start in September and I&#8217;ll go first. 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