Betty K. Staley has been a Waldorf educator and researcher for over 50 years. As a founder of the Sacramento Waldorf High School, she taught history and literature for 20 years and then helped found…
Swedish company Polhus has created a playhouse based on the Findus and Pettson characters. The Pettson playhouse has two decorative chimneys and at the ridge, the internal ceiling height is about 1.9m, so even big…
Earlier this month at the Oxford Real Farming Conference 2022 Marina O’Connell, Martin Large, Colin Tudge, Hannah Thorogood and Julia Wright met virtually through zoom to launch Marina O’Connell’s new book Designing Regenerative Food Systems.
Samhain, from the Gaelic word meaning ‘summer’s end’, is halfway between the autumn equinox and the winter solstice. In Britain, the clocks go back and the evenings are dark. It is the turning point when…
Autumn is harvest time. The autumn equinox is a point of perfect balance in the year, when the length of the day is exactly equal to the length of the night. It is a turning…
In this extract from Small Steps to Less Waste: stories to inspire change, Carly Catalano discusses the many benefits of switching to reusable nappies.
Beltane, the celebration of light and fertility, takes place on 1st May. Celebrate with stories and craft ideas from The Children’s Forest
Watching birds gathering nesting materials, we’re inspired to look more closely at the blackbird in particular
Learn how to paint eggs using natural dye, leaves and flowers that can all be gathered on a sunny Easter weekend walk.
This year, World Book Day comes at the beginning of a spring we have been looking forward to throughout the winter lockdown. To help us celebrate, we turned to the central character of our most…
Today is Shrove Tuesday, or Pancake Day, the traditional feast day before the start of Lent. It’s also Findus’s birthday! And he loves to make pancakes on his birthday. Pancake Recipe 5 eggs600 ml/21 fl…
As 2021 begins we find ourselves back in lockdown, and looking for inspiring activities and home learning aids. Hawthorn Press has practical books that can help with home education such as educational text books, crafts,…
After The Little Gnome Who Had To Stay Home, a story written for young children coping with lockdown, author and Therapeutic Storyteller Susan Perrow has written another story to help young children at the end…
For many of us, Christmas will be quieter than usual this year, with fewer friends and family members around us. But there is still plenty we can do to embrace this atmospheric time of year…
As we spend more time at home again, make the most of chilly days and early evenings by taking up a new craft project. Hikaru Noguchi-darned jumper Darn it! As discussed in a recent article…
As the season’s turn and the clocks fall back we have witnessed more people gaining inspiration from The Children’s Forest. The charming stories and activities for the outdoors are divided into eight spells of the…
The Autumn Equinox brings a turning point in the year, when summer gives way to autumn and the nights begin to draw in. It is the season of harvest – fruits, nuts and berries fill…
