Saturday Senses – The Sense of Balance

Saturday Senses – The Sense of Balance

The lower four senses are probably the most important in the development of the young child.  The sense of balance is perhaps the most intense to try and write in a short article!   My personal notes on this sense is well over fifteen pages and I have struggled for...
Saturday Senses – The Sense of Movement

Saturday Senses – The Sense of Movement

I am amazed as I sit down to write about each sense how much there is to say.  I could write an entire book on each sense!!  The science of this sense could fill a week of posts.  There was no way to put everything in but I encourage you to google sense of movement to...
Saturday Senses – The Sense of Touch

Saturday Senses – The Sense of Touch

We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth —Virginia Satir On the most basic level, the sense of touch (the tactile sense) helps us to define what is self and not self.  It is a picture of boundaries. ...
Saturday Senses – The Sense of Life

Saturday Senses – The Sense of Life

Welcome to the first installment of a twelve week series on Rudolf Steiner's model of the twelve senses.  Interestingly, the skills children need to succeed in school are formed by the four lower senses – the sense of life, the sense of touch, the sense of...
How to make a Chinese Counting Set

How to make a Chinese Counting Set

Inspired by the Chinese abacus (which they called suànpán) I adapted the Montessori Teens Board to create our own little counting set.  My objective is to teach the teens. I had my students make their own set today.  They loved it!  I think it is so powerful to let...