Waldorf, Me, and a Giveaway

If you are interested in homeschooling, creativity, holistic living, and similar things than chances are you are familiar with Waldorf. My mother (who married and had me in the mid '70s), tells me that Waldorf was quite popular then, which make sense, because it is "hippie-flavoured" - and it seems that Waldorf has really made a comeback today amongst the children of those hippies!

It was a new word to me about 2 years ago. Weird enough, since I was a Kindermusik teacher, studied Music and professional modern dance in University and loved to dabble and experiment in any kind of physical, fiber art mediums - you'd think that I would have heard of it. I began stumbling on it when my slow blog journey began. I was intrigued, because if felt like such a good fit for me....in some ways I felt I had already been doing Waldorf inspired activities with my 'littles' even though I was not familiar with Waldorf.

Play silks, as they call them, have been in our home since before we had babies - only they were multi-coloured scarves from thrift shops that I used in movement and music classes I taught.

(A couple of my students from last year)

Lately I've been interested in modeling wax as an addition or alternative to play dough, when and as my children grow older - or for myself :) Rabbit trail: in the glove compartment of our car, there is always a project....I feel like I have forgotten something of great importance like my wallet or water, when I do not have a project with me....if I could I would knit or crochet through our church services and any event possible if I'm sitting hands free without a baby in them - but my beloved brings some balance to me in this sense...otherwise I'm sure I may come across like quite the disinterested soul - I really, really am interested - I just love to have my hands busy!

Hip Mountain Mama is having a *giveaway*...and I'm here to blog about it, and so hopefully, gratefully receive some extra entries. Thank-you Hip Mountain Mama!