We were so thrilled to read this reflection on our first grade handwork curriculum, we could not wait to share it with you! We were so...

Preparing for our next conference, I’ve been thinking a lot about clothing, about how first impressions are made by clothing, how there...

Waldorf Handwork Educators has been working with the Fiber Craft Studio in New York to establish a Handwork Teachers’ Association to...

The Wonder and Wisdom of Handwork was founded in 2013 for anyone who self-identifies as a teacher of handwork in a Waldorf setting. We...

“Where is the book in which the teacher can read about what teaching is? The children themselves are this book. We should not learn to...

How do we welcome and affirm children of different cultural, social, racial, or ethnic backgrounds into our handwork classrooms? This...

Prep, prep, prep those kits! I’m preparing to send home a simple sashiko flute case project for my Second graders. As we have been online...

Yes. I want to share one of my favorite thoughts with you, as we handwork teachers enter new and un-chosen territory: teaching online as...

NO. Can it help? Yes. Knitting, or most any other handwork activity which requires rhythmical repetitive movements will promote the...

This year has been filled with many losses. But there is so much beauty and abundance to be found in nature and in our communities....

These prompts for reflection have been gathered (and modified) from the input of multiple experienced teachers. Steiner insisted that the...

Melanie and I have been offering teacher conferences for nearly a decade, and we are both eager to reach out to parents and homeschoolers...

My head is still spinning from last week, planning and recording sessions for the summer conferences. Hana and her sisters used their...

YES! 6 months ago, I would have said "NO!", but Melanie and I just spent a week with a most inspiring group of teachers planning,...