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The Care and Development of the Senses - a talk by Meaghan Witri
The foundations of sensory development are laid down in the first seven years of life and have a direct influence on the growing child’s ability to develop attention, attachment, and self- regulation: capacities essential for formal education.
A three part workshop offered as part of the Vital Years Conference: Sensing into the stream of life; nurturing the sense through childhood, tending the bridge between the spiritual and the physical.
We’ll sketch a plan that can become a reference for providing health-giving care that enables a child towards their Self through the senses. We may find the need to differentiate between constitutions and hypo/ hyper sensitivity, and introduce adjustments to our self and the environment, as well as offer applications via the skin (compresses, footbaths etc) to harmonise the senses. The workshop brings the foundations of healthcare from an anthroposophic perspective so as to support choices that complement the Waldorf curriculum. It is offered by Louise on behalf of Developing the Self Developing the World for the school program Healing the Impact of Technology which brings content to students and educators on the care and development of the senses, and is complemented with workshops and resources for home life.
This is a practical workshop for educators who are introducing wellbeing, health and hygiene curriculums, parents and soon to be parents, grandparents and caregivers educating and caring for children to 9 years of age
with Lynette Clifton and Louise Schnitzhofer
A 90 minute online workshop - $20 (AUD)
Sydney - Sunday, May 30 at 9am
Perth - Sunday, May 30 at 7am
New York - Saturday, May 29 at 7pm
Preventive health care for the young child is fundamentally based on providing a health-giving environment because they rely upon others for nourishment and are yet to develop boundaries from their surroundings. Illness can arise when the child does not have the strength to deal with what enters them.
Artificial intelligence has become a part of every environment within which the young child is united. However children lack discernment of the Sense of Self and Other. By applying rhythmical and natural health-giving applications to the senses and through the skin we can balance the effects of technology and support each child towards wholistic wellbeing.
This hands-on workshop introduces anthroposophic preventative health care applications to the skin that can be carried into the daily rhythms of the classroom and home life. These practises can be adapted and extended to suit the individual, classroom and family needs. They build healthy practises of self-care for life that help to maintain wellbeing while also developing a healthy sense of Self and care for the other.
Each participant will be required to bring some basic equipment such as towels, hot water bottle and lemon to partake in the workshop. The experience can be assistive for participants heading into sleep as well as for those re-aligning with oneself for the day.
This workshop is within the Developing the Self the Developing the World Health and Wellbeing Program: Healing the Impacts of Technology - Care and Development of the Senses which begins in early childhood. Children and adults are supported towards capacities for community-orientated participation in the world. Contact us for additional workshops that support older children and adults.
Anthroposophy, as a science, embraces spiritual, social, emotional, cognitive and physical aspects of the human being.
with Lisa Bono, Brigitte Ryan, Meaghan Witri, and Sarah Mecca.
Over two sessions, we will develop and grow our own capacities as caregivers to perceive behaviors in children and find pathways towards supporting healthy growth and development. We will focus on the care and development of the sensory system, which lays the ground for the capacities of healthy attention, attachment, and self-regulation. These capacities are essential for learning and development throughout childhood, adolescence, and into adulthood. Each session will include space to work with participant questions and experiences on these themes.
Join Lyn Clifton for Mantle’s of Care to assist to carer's of children to 9yo.
These workshops are held every month and provide an option of a morning or evening group.
Tuesday night (6:30-8:30pm) or Wednesday morning (10am - 12pm)
Working with the archetypal care qualities of enfolding, holding and warming we will begin to prepare the basis for our home wellbeing kit that supports and harmonies our senses, strengthens and develops confidence and capacities in our children towards their own self care and that of others, and encourages and supports our body's self healing and uprightness. Through our connection with our Selves, the plants in our garden and the nature and seasons around us, we can begin to prepare our home health kit in readiness for our family's needs.
During the evening we will be introduced to enfolding , holding and warming , the sphagnum moss and its protective qualities, and the uplifting and harmonising lemon face cloth.
This practical workshop will offer participants an opportunity to begin to create their family's home health care kit whilst replenishing themselves on the various levels.
Covid requirements will be applied.
Melanie Deefholts will visit Tarremah to deliver the Healthy Relationships Program alongside content of the program Healing the Impact of Technology.
TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
All day Monday & Tuesday afternoon -
Learning how to learn
Re-looking at the curriculum and how this supports healthy development
Q&A-Healing the impact of technology
PARENT EDUCATION
For parents of Classes 6 to 8
Monday 6.00 – 8.00pm Outline of Health and Wellbeing program to be delivered to students. Developing Child’s body and soul relationship.
For parents of Playgroup to class 2
Tuesday 6.00pm – 8.00pm Child development, foundations for their developing consciousness, understanding how to communicate with your child and support them through transitions.
For parents of Class 3 to 5 parent evening
Wednesday 6.00pm – 8.00pm Child development, 9 year old transition, changes to the feeling life and practical ways to support through these transitions.
STUDENTS
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Class 4 to 10 Health and Wellbeing program
with Meaghan Witri and Sarah Hearn
We will explore hyper and hypo tendencies in the child’s twelvefold sensory system to help us understand the individual child, the effects of daily life upon them, and how best to support them. We will work with examples of identifying, understanding, and how to balance hyper and hypo tendencies to help bring harmony to each of the 12 senses in an individualized way.
Cost: $50 (with sliding scale available upon request)
