Northern CA & NV Regional Conference for Waldorf Early Childhood Teachers

With Keynote Speaker Laurie Clark

Friday: Becoming Revolutionaries of Tenderness
Bringing nurturing and healing gestures to children who are experiencing stress and anxiety be-gins by working on the restorative transformation of our own lives. Cultivating inner tenderness in ourselves births and imbues empathetic understanding of others. This will lead us into the exploration of the modalities that deepen, support, soothe, and comfort the children in our care.

Saturday: If These Walls Could Talk: Exploring the World of Children’s Drawings
The wonder of each child’s unfolding individuality reveals itself when we learn to “read” what the child is trying to tell us through their drawings. The power of the images that children draw are unspoken parts of the self, and reflect development, emotions, relationships, and other aspects. Drawing provides a window for the child to express themselves and bring what is occurring from their inner life into visual images. This modality can give the gift of offering a sheltering, safe place to bring what is living in the depths of the child—including trauma, crisis, and emotion-al upheaval—into an outer picture of their situation. The child is given a way to communicate without having to use words alone, with a language that allows for symbolic expression.
The conference is open to teachers working in Early Childhood at school and home-based programs.
The conference will be available in-person only.