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Posted: Sept 27 2007 at 10:00pm | IP Logged Quote kjohnson
BrendaPeter wrote:
We used beeswax for the 1st time today (the Stone brand). My kids enjoyed it ALOT more than I did . I found it to be way too hard & I didn't have the patience to warm it up long enough to soften it. Maybe there's a lesson in that ...


Brenda, it's funny that you mention this because it's been on my mind lately. All of the Waldorf-inspired handcrafts that we've been working on lately (the dolls, felt folk, etc...) are very detailed-oriented and are taking much longer than we usually spend on projects. But then I realized that this is such a wonderful lesson. We live in such a one click, automated world. It's such a beautiful opportunity for our children to learn to be patient and follow through on a process. It's been good for me to. I'm finding that it's a good thing to have to slow down. And it's seeming more and more clear, the more time we spend on these projects, that the learning is in the process and the end result is secondary.

Glad you all had a fun time today.

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