Our Waldorf First Grade Homeschool
“Each person needs a field of activity for his inner life, for his willing, feeling, and finally for his thinking soul. The child needs this field of activity for the strength of his soul as does each adult. If I do not present the child with the images of the language of the fairy tales, then the contents of his soul will be supplied by the idle talk of the alley. Car makes and money concerns; trivial, unimaginative bits of everyday conversation will rule the field of his soul, resulting in a field filled with weeds.” ~ Helmut von Kugelgen Inner Life of a Child To the child, fairy tales have an enormous effect on the inner life. They help them work out and face problems that will arise in life. A fairy tale given at just the right time, can educate, support and liberate the emotions of a child. It is plainly obvious that my children do not experience the world the way I do. They think it would take a long time to walk to the sun. I do not wish to hurriedly br...