If ever you doubted the power of reading out loud to you child — don’t! https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/16/well/family/reading-aloud-to-young-children-has-benefits-for-behavior-and-attention.html
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Collecting, summarising and sharing evidence of the impact of music education. Visit the site here: https://musiceducationworks.wordpress.com/category/2-ages/primary-5-11/
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A new book by Sir Kenneth Robinson and Lou Arnica describes the liveliness in school when the arts are a priority. Read about it in this article: https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/50874/what-happens-to-student-behavior-when-schools-prioritize-art
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Waldorf education touts that it works to protect children and young people for them to have a happy childhood. Recent research from Harvard’s Education Department correlates happiness in children with their abilities in school. Read about it here: https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/uk/15/03/because-i’m-happy
Recent research from Indiana University’s Karin James insists that writing makes reading and comprehension in reading possible. Read about it here: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/talking-apes/201803/teaching-kids-handwriting-help-them-read
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The cover story to the New York Times Sunday edition on October 16, 2011, made quite a splash and put Waldorf schools on the educational map! You can see the article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/technology/at-waldorf-school-in-silicon-valley-technology-can-wait.html
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Take three minutes to watch this video of a family who allowed their children no limits for 48 hours. See what happened: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Family/48-hour-screen-time-experiment-kids-limits/story?id=53410728
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Here at the Nature Institute, we have conceived of a new year-long foundation course in Goethean science. For participants who attend the program and want to continue the work with further guidance, we plan to offer a second year with more individualized work which could be followed by a research fellowship. Read the research on
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AL Local Library in Denver learns the value of Waldorf education’s storytelling approach: http://knowledgequest.aasl.org/gimme-c-collaboration-lessons-learned-waldorf-school-partnership/
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Students feel as if they read better on screen, but they actually perform better when reading from print _ old research in a new light: http://www.businessinsider.com/students-learning-education-print-textbooks-screens-study-2017-10
