The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
~Plutarch

This week and half of next I get to sub for the 3rd grade class at a "Waldorf-inspired" public grade school. Today we sang, played games, told stories, colored, played outside, blocked the first few scenes for the upcoming class play. In the time that I'm there, we'll also bake bread, grind grains and nuts for the bread, plant flowers and veggies, build part of a circular bench (umm, this might be a little challenging) and go on a field trip to Kincaid Park. I was thinking today that the Waldorf method just feels authentic; I feel authentic when teaching, and it feels like an authentic and child-centered way to educate/raise children.