“ Homing ”
A true “Waldorf home” accounts for the developmental principles of attachment found all throughout the natural world and expresses the deepest relational principles found in the worldview of Rudolf Steiner.
Learn the essentials of homing and enhance the warmth of your family’s Waldorf hearth today.
A Few Homing Essentials to Remember When Creating Your Waldorf Home…
Remember to place the health of the human relationships before traditional principles. According to Nature’s dictates, children’s right attachment to the adults caring for them is of paramount importance to their development.
Remember that love and physical proximity are not synonymous with healthy attachment. Even if you are the most loving, kind parent or teacher and are with your children 24/7, attachment is not a given. Creating a home the attachment way (what we call “homing”) involves learn how to engage your child’s attachment instincts as a way of life.
Remember to collecting your children first thing in the day …even before expecting them to take part in morning circle time or other daily rituals. “Collecting” the children in your care first and often often makes all the difference in the hearts of your children and the flow of your day.
Remember that meeting the “eyes” and shaking hands (i.e. at the classroom door) might be too much for some highly sensitive children or those whom you have not yet collected at a gentler pace. Moving forward without ensuring restful hearts first can create defendedness and can actually slow development.
Remember that your physical classroom with its beautiful natural objects, soft light and gentle age-appropriate colours is an expression of safe attachment in the natural world. Yet, the primary buffer for all harshness a child might encounter is the emotional and psychological rest your child has in you.
