parachute games
I just read some Grimms Fairy Tales to J, F and A, at bed time, after being reminded of them by a friend from the Steiner playgroup. I had been talking about F's nightmares, and at first I thought, O, no; not grim Grimm, but the ones I picked out were really nice (and had no wolves or scary things). Mind you, I always scan through them first, just to check! I know you are supposed to memmorise them, and tell them off by heart, and repeat the same one every day for at least a week, to get the maximum theraputic effect, but I'm not sure which story is the most appropriate, so maybe I'll just keep reading through them until I find one that strikes a chord.
We got our room back today, for the weekly meeting, after it took 9 weeks to re-do the floor. It was nice to see friends after a bit of a break. So we finally got round to doing some parachute games. Not many people came (and those who did were incumbered by tired little ones!) so we couldn't try much fancy stuff, but had a bit of a laugh wafting it up and down while the children ran underneath, and managed to follow the safety proceedures: "must not be used to toss children", as if! Here are some pics- I took most of them whilst holding a baby and a bit of parachute!
posted by Rosie @ 22:15
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What is the therapeutic benefit of repeating the story that you've memorised then? I've not come across this concept, and as I have a very highly strung dd (rising 5) anything that might assist is of great interest to me!
The point of memmorising a story is so you can tell it directly, without a book 'getting in the way'. I havnet even tried to do this, except with simple ones, that I know already, Like The enormous Turnip. Repetition is supposed to be something that young children like, and get reassured by, also, I think they dont really get it straight away - my 7yo still sometimes asks a q during, or at the end of a story that shows that she hasnt taken it all in. having said this, i don't repeat a story day after day, unless I, or one of them, really want to.
Anyway, these things may not be as important as which story, and how it is told. Maybe I'm not v good at explaining waldorf stuff - I know people find a lot of it a bit strange, and I wouldnt want to put anyone off as i think there are some interesting ideas in there. There's a load on fairy tales here: http://www.waldorfhomeschoolers.com/fairytales.htm
including tales to download free.
actually, I must have a good look at this site, myself.
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