Teachers and parents, I know how much we need support right now. I coped pretty well for a long while, using all the tools you’ve read about in my blogs up to this point… but this is getting to me!
My son is logging in right now to his online schedule of classes, for the first day of school, and we’re all a little tense around here.
Here is my introduction to a new guide I am launching today as a PDF to keep it easy. Just download and get started with over 50 simple do’s, don’ts, and practical seconds-long activities to get us all feeling better about how things are right now.
As educators today, more than ever, we need quick ways to get the brain ready for both teaching and learning. Whether we are homeschooling, teaching remotely or in person, we are all experiencing the effects of these stressful times. Some of us experience those effects directly, others of us indirectly through the experiences of others. Either way, we are absorbing stress and it changes the brain. It shifts the brain into anxiety, distraction and shut down, creating obstacles to learning that need to be overcome.
We can get ahead of this. Let’s no longer assume that everyone is ready for what we have to offer as teachers and parents. Let’s take the seconds, or in some instances, the few moments necessary to set the brain into effective action for all. The many activities of this guide are tried and true. They will help us to feel better as we meet the extraordinary demands of this time, making teaching and parenting more enjoyable, as well as learning more possible.
Love your explanations regarding Waldorf education, etc. two of my babies were Waldorf educated one is 53 another 32 and the loveliest children and kind caring adults…I was an educator (45 years) for at-promise youth who were seen as a ‘problem’ and had my public school staff attend summer teacher trainings at Rudolf Steiner College in Fair Oaks to see what educating the whole child looked like…changed mindsets, approach and curriculum in many ways even within a public school juvenile Justice system.
Seems that only in recent years that the public school system is beginning to address social-emotional learning …but difficult to get those who stress the importance of academic achievement (as disproportionally a priority) over nurturing engagement curiosity and a love for learning…and development of empathetic caring human beings…as well as critical analytic thinkers and doers within community. So glad you and others continue the support of Waldorf education and ways in which all parents and educators can support the development of our children.