The child learns through non-self-conscious imitation in a nurturing environment.
These angels are forming the vowels A, E, I, O, U.
Why we fail to learn
In an ideal setting, which could be this planet Earth, the teacher, the guardian (the parent) does not label.
The child is even only a boy or a girl in as much as this soul needs to discover in what part of their entire being they are a she or he, significantly so. Not because we feel it suits them, or us for that matter. All Kindergarten-age kids are more she-like, soft in soul, unwrapping the swaddling of goodness.
‘Live through deeds of love, and let others live with tolerance for their unique intentions.’
Create your own rhythm
A baby till age 7 or so should only ever be surrounded by all that is good: food, fabrics, paint on walls, garden plants, music, warm woolly clothes, cooling summer fruits, simple hand-made cuddley toys, wooden toys solid to the touch; natural,weather-impregnated, touchy-feely days, true dirt, proper mud, dry then wet sand, plenty of rain (they suck it up to grow like banyan trees), salty air,rugged rocks but fleecy rugs; frosty nights shrouded in thick-set darkness full of silent things, huge and softly growling things under the bed and in the closet…; but they are always first and foremost safe, protected, sheltered from all harm. This is possible, and where it is not, the angels know about it and the souls will have been selected to do this healing/bearing work (a loving parent dies, for example). There is no famine, divorce, rape or murder. The nastiness on the news is only for adults.
Wake up and Warm up
Where harm happens anyway to the unprotected innocent the devil is at work (a parent abuses, for example). This happens too much. We are not doing too well collectively. We are a sad, sad embarrasing case called humanity. From a distance, as and when priviliged, I have to shudder and pull a wry sneer because also this will pass and the good must not suffer more than necessary under the bad. Somebody has to proffer relief to those who deserve it. May I volunteer?
Tip for life
Move naturally to learn how to hear what the other says. Your own inflexibility makes you deaf to their heart: that is the only lack of connect there really ever is, the only rejection that can hurt you; but all the loneliness and subsequent abuse caused by the pain of it stools on this. You begin to demand and command because you are insensitive of ear=heart. Nobody will take your advice or heed your requests: this is the only social isolation that ever can exist. Use your imagination to discover your god-given heart, let the cosmos resonate within and find your constant and conscious playmate.
More on Waldorf education and the used Quotes above found here
The Waldorf style blackboard drawing found on Pinterest