Calling all parents who want to raise happy, healthy children!
Kimberton Waldorf School Faculty and Staff will facilitate a reading group hosted by Barnes & Noble in Devon. This group will focus on Kim Payne's book, Simplicity Parenting.
The group will meet at 7pm on the following dates:
February 2 & 16
March 2, 16 & 30
April 13 & 27
RSVP to (610)933-3635 x.107.
Calling all parents who want to raise happy, healthy children!
Lynn DeMont will be leading a reading group focusing on Kim Payne's Simplicity Parenting. The group will meet on the following Sunday afternoons: February 21st, March 14th and April 18th from 2:00 - 3:30pm. The group will meet in the Red Rose Kindergarten.
Please RSVP quickly to (610)933-3635 x.128.
This session will be offered twice on 4/7. Once in the morning (beginning at 8am) and once in the evening (beginning at 6pm).
Waldorf Works is a glimpse into Kimberton Waldorf School. For many years, the school has remained a mystery to Chester County. Now, the school is opening its doors to share the beauty of the education and the land with the community. In reaching out, we hope to become a vital part of this community. Waldorf Works is a wonderful way to introduce potential parents to much of what our education offers.
All sessions require an e-mail RSVP (above) or a phone RSVP to (610)933-3635 x. 128.
KWS High School Gym $20
In 1983, Judy Wicks founded the White Dog Cafe on the first floor of her house on a row of Victorian brownstones in West Philadelphia. After helping to save her block from the wrecking ball, Judy opened the business as a tiny coffee and muffin take-out shop and eventually grew it to a 200-seat restaurant with a national reputation for community involvement, environmental stewardship, responsible business practices, and leadership in the local food movement. In 2009, Judy sold the company through a unique exit strategy that preserves White Dog's sustainable
business practices and maintains local, independent ownership
Offered by Kathleen Sensenig, 1st grade parent
$35 per parent/child couple
Materials fee $10
Open to 10-12 couples, register now!
Learn the magic of wet felting and spend a morning of fun with your child, playing with wool, soap and water to turn a fluff of wool into a sturdy fabric. You need only bring your love of color and lots of elbow grease. You will go home with a colorful felt mat or other creation, lots of ideas and the tools to felt at home. Be prepared to get a little wet and have lots of fun! All ages welcome.
$10 of each registry will be donated to the gardening program. Register here: https://kimbertonws.ejoinme.org/MyPages/WetFeltingRegistration410/tabid/206407/Default.aspx
Kathleen's Biography:
I began knitting and sewing as a child, taught by my grandmother, which began my lifelong love of handwork. In 1997 I took classes in weaving and spinning at New Mexico Community College. A year later I began to weave multi-layered tapestries for artist Susan Klebanoff until 2006 when I began work at the Waldorf nursery and kindergarten in Reno, Nevada that my daughter Lauren attended. During my time in Reno I joined the Carson Sierra Spinners and Weavers Huild and in 2006 became president. It was there that I discovered the endless possibilities of felting and then fun that it can provide to children as they watch it change. In 2008 I moved to PA and joined the Lancaster Spinners and Weavers Guild and have been happy to join the Kimberton community this year as a parent of a first grader.
Waldorf Works is a glimpse into Kimberton Waldorf School. For many years, the school has remained a mystery to Chester County. Now, the school is opening its doors to share the beauty of the education and the land with the community. In reaching out, we hope to become a vital part of this community. Waldorf Works is a wonderful way to introduce potential parents to much of what our education offers.
PLEASE NOTE NEW DATE.
KWS High School Gym
Suggested Donation: $10
David Jacke, primary author of the award winning two-volume book Edible Forest Gardens, will speak about permaculture and about what an ecologically designed agriculture might look like. The science of ecology, the art of design, and the practice of growing food are three related disciplines that stand divorced from each other in America today. David has studied ecology and design since the 1970s and has run his own design firm – Dynamics Ecological Design – since 1984. He holds a B.A. in Environmental Studies and an M.A. in Landscape Design. Dave is an engaging and passionate teacher of ecological design and permaculture and has designed, built, and planted landscapes, homes, farms and communities in many parts of the United States, as well as overseas.
To register, please click here: https://kimbertonws.ejoinme.org/MyPages/PermacultureandSustainableLivingwDavidJacke/tabid/191067/Default.aspx
Forest gardening is an idea whose time has come. We can consciously apply the principles of ecology to the design of home scale gardens that mimic forest ecosystem structure and function, but grow food, fuel, fiber, fodder, fertilizer, "farmaceuticals," and fun. Indeed, we must begin learning to apply ecological principles to the design of our food production systems now—we are rapidly approaching or are already at the peak of planetary oil production, and the world of energy descent is upon us. This sea change in our culture will require that we learn to live within our energetic means and begin to rebuild ecosystems that support human and humane lives without diminishing the ability of the ecosystem to support our children and grandchildren.
While this global problem is huge, most of the solutions available to us are local, personal, empowering, and potentially enlivening, enlightening, and fun. Edible forest gardening is one of these solutions, and we now have the resources at hand to transform our own yards and gardens into productive paradises. We intend this website and the book Edible Forest Gardens that you can buy here to give you the most sophisticated and down-to-earth information available to maximize your success as a forest gardener.
Forest gardens have much to offer on a practical level, and they have much to teach us about how to live in community as free and interdependent beings in a functional way. We hope that you will trust your innate ability to learn and contribute to the larger community of human beings who care about living sanely and humanely as we journey through energy descent. Welcome to the adventure of our lifetimes!
For more information on permaculture, visit the Eastern Pennsylvania Permaculture Guild site at: http://www.meetup.com/permie/
HS Library
This talk will be given by Peter Lehman. It will focus on what happens developmentally with the 6th, 7th and 8th grader and how Waldorf education meets the children's needs.
All parents are welcome to attend this free talk. It is suggested for parents of 5th, 6th and 7th graders.