Future Paths in Anthroposophy
Threefold Auditorium 260 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesJoin us for a discussion on potential future pathways for the life of Anthroposophy, introduced by Ezra Sullivan.
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Plant Dye Café: Indigo, Black Walnut, and Cutch
The Fiber Craft Studio 275 Hungry Hollow Rd, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesBring your fiber, textile, or clothing item to the Studio to dye. Indigo, black walnut, and cutch dye pots will be ready for you. The price is $3/ounce (8 ounces maximum for indigo). Natural fibers only, please.
Introduction to Waldorf Early Childhood Education (In Person)
Sunbridge Institute, 285 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, 10977, United States 285 Hungry Hollow Rd, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesJoin us for a wondrous journey in Waldorf early childhood education! Guided by experienced educators, you'll explore child development, rhythms, transitions, play, and the teacher's inner growth. Experience circle time, handwork, art, and movement in this comprehensive course, a Sunbridge summer favorite, launching many early childhood careers.
Approaching Grade Three
VirtualTaught remotely, this five-day course offers presentations, discussions, and practical activities to prepare for third grade. Guided by an experienced teacher, you'll learn to enliven your teaching, approach blocks meaningfully, and understand child development during the nine-year change.
Approaching Grade Four
VirtualTaught remotely, this five-day course focuses on preparing for the fourth grade school year with presentations, discussions, and practical activities. Guided by an experienced teacher, you'll learn to enliven your teaching and understand fourth graders deeply. Topics include language arts, geography, Norse mythology, zoology, and classroom management, supported by art and music explorations.
Approaching Grade One
VirtualJoin this five-day remote course to prepare for teaching first grade with engaging presentations, discussions, and activities. Learn about child development, enlivening lessons, block planning, and classroom management. Topics include letters, numbers, science, social studies, art, and music. Build connections with colleagues and receive electronic resources. Suitable for those with a Waldorf education background.
Approaching Grade Five
VirtualJoin this five-day remote course to prepare for teaching fifth grade with engaging presentations, discussions, and practical activities. Learn to enliven your teaching, approach lessons meaningfully, and understand child development at the cusp of adolescence. Key topics include language arts, ancient cultures, math, botany, geography, and the pentathlon. Build connections with colleagues and access electronic resources.
Monday Night Music Salon
Christian Community Church 15 Margetts Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesJoin us for a monthly Music Salon where we gather in a Café atmosphere for artistic sharing and time together in community. Bring your talents and strivings in music, speech, eurythmy!
Opening the Future: Questions of Community
Threefold Auditorium 260 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesJoin us for a weekend of exploring the spiritual striving of youth, as well as intergenerational conversation, biography work, eurythmy, speech, biodynamics, and painting.
The Path of the New Mysteries
Threefold Auditorium 260 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesDoes Anthroposophy have a future? This question seems to have been very much alive for Rudolf Steiner in the weeks leading up to the Christmas Foundation Meeting. Was it this question that inspired his decision to inaugurate the esoteric work of the School for Spiritual Science? He knew that it was only through an esoteric deepening that new life could flow into the spiritual work and allow anthroposophical practice to bear fruit in the world.
EVIL. A talk by Stephen Usher
Threefold Auditorium 260 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesInspired by the Association for the Rescue of Children conference in Indiana this past March, Stephen Usher is delving into the profound challenge of evil in the fifth cultural epoch. He will explore the inner psychological aspects and larger spiritual questions about the beings that push humanity toward evil.
Summer Eurythmy Week 2024: A Celebration of Speech, Eurythmy, and Drama
School of Eurythmy 289 Hungry Hollow Rd, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesIn 1924, Rudolf Steiner made significant contributions to drama, eurythmy, and speech. To celebrate the centenary of his courses, we invite you to a weeklong immersive experience from August 12 to 16. Enjoy classes and performances by Zachary Dolphin, John McManus, Sea-Anna Vasilas, and more, with music by Grigory Smirnov. Open to all experience levels.
Meeting the Needs of Today’s Children
Threefold Auditorium 260 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesLecture and discussion with Dr. Lakshmi Prasanna for parents, educators, doctors, and others interested in the challenges of modern childhood and the future of education.
September Speech Workout
Red Barn Painting Studio 185A Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesOur first speech intensive of the year will join the full-time speech training for an invigorating eight days. With a theme of the four elements, the program will include the basic building blocks of clear and vivid speech needed for rich story-telling. Classes will be M–F, from 8:15am to 4p, and will include Speech Formation, Speech Chorus, Greek Gymnastics, and Eurythmy.
Greek Gymnastics with Carley Horan
The exercise of Greek gymnastics — running, jumping, wrestling, discus, and javelin — is a joyful pathway toward a healthy relationship of self to world, and helps build the foundation for powerful, skillful, and graceful speech. Join Carley Horan for an introduction to and practice in these events.