It's a quintessential rite of passage to grow plants from seeds, and now you can watch the growth of the roots with this Root Observation kit from Nature-Watch.

Here's a fun little project you can do so you can have fresh herbs at the ready when cooking. A big bonus is that these frosted blue mason jars look super cute on your kitchen counter. And once the herbs start growing, they add a splash of vibrant green that brightens your space and brings the outdoors in.

Welcome to my garden! Again, I'm trying to grow a little vegetable and herb garden and soon I want to add fruit trees, too. But my problem is that I don't have a green thumb! In fact, I'm pretty convinced I have the opposite.

I can't tell you how much we love the kits we got from Nature-Watch. The one I'm sharing to day is a classroom kit for 25 students called Forever Forests. In addition to providing content for a lesson, this kit comes with enough supplies to plant more than 25 pine trees from seed

There are two ways to compost: The right way and my way ;) I don't compost with the intention of balancing nutrients; I compost primarily to keep our kitchen waste from ending up in the landfill.

In the Waldorf approach, autumn is a time of observation, gathering, and gratitude. Students are gently guided to notice the world around them as it begins to contract and prepare for winter. Nature walks are a daily rhythm, where children collect leaves, seeds, nuts, and observe changes in animal behavior and plant life. These experiences are brought back into the classroom through watercolor paintings, beeswax modeling, nature journaling, and verses that celebrate the season’s bounty. Teachers may tell imaginative stories about trees releasing their leaves or animals preparing their winter homes, nurturing a child’s connection to the living world through wonder and narrative rather than analytical explanation. Science in these early years is sensory, experiential, and artistic—laying the foundation for deep reverence and curiosity about the natural world.

Winter in the Waldorf classroom invites inward reflection and still observation. While the natural world may seem quiet or dormant, it becomes an opportunity to explore hidden aspects of nature: animal tracks in the snow, the bare structure of trees, and the deep silence of the earth at rest. Children may learn about hibernation, migration, and the cycle of light and dark through nature stories and verses. Candlelight, crystals, pine cones, and evergreen boughs often adorn the nature table, reminding children of life continuing even in the cold. This season supports the mood of quiet inner growth and wonder, encouraging children to recognize the rhythms of nature within themselves and the world.

Spring bursts forth with energy, and the Waldorf curriculum mirrors this joyful expansion. Nature study comes alive with the return of birds, blossoming flowers, and sprouting seeds. Children witness transformation daily—buds opening, eggs hatching, insects buzzing—and these experiences are celebrated through stories, movement, songs, and hands-on gardening. The emphasis remains on direct observation and reverence, not dissection or measurement. The teacher may guide students in planting seeds and observing their growth, or draw their attention to the changes in weather and the return of color to the landscape. The mood of spring in the early grades is one of celebration and renewal, and nature science is woven into the child’s sense of joy and discovery.

For children, a calendar is abstract, but the seasons are experienced. The days of the week are abstract, but colors and grains are relatable. In Waldorf education, in the younger years and grades, colors, grains, and other representations of the calendar or seasons are used to help children find rhythm and routine.

These adorable peg dolls represent the seasons. We use them with our calendar peg dolls. Each day, the kids replace the day of the week and day of the month peg dolls. And each month and each season they replace another one.

This is a super cute and fairly easy four seasons mini peg dolls tutorial. We made these super fast and they were easier than the original set of four season peg dolls.

This has to be the cutest way to learn the days of the week. These little peg doll gnomes are easy to make, especially if you don't complicate the process as I did! I'll tell you how I did this project with my daughter, and I'll also tell you some shortcuts you take to make this project faster, but just as cute.

Invasion of the mini gnomes has begun! Brace yourself for this cuteness. These 31 calendar mini peg dolls are for our homeschool calendar. These small peg dolls were easy to transform into gnomes. I painted the peg doll with Lyra watercolors and twisted a triangular shaped piece of wool felt into a gnome hat. I love the colors and they look darling on our homeschool room window sill.

These Months of the Year . We use them with our calendar peg dolls. Each day, the kids replace the day of the week and day of the month peg dolls. And each month and each season they replace another one. It's a fun way to keep track of the days, months and seasons. Each morning the kids look forward to changing the day. They can also use these with our weather gnomes we made last year.

These are probably the cutest peg dolls I've ever made! I actually made a complete lunar phase set to last an entire month! Granted it did get a little tedious and some crescents and moons look awfully similar to one another, but we got a complete set! Now we can track the lunar cycle with these adorable moon phase peg dolls.

Making a Ramadan Calendar for you and your kids is a great way to track this blessed month. There are so many different ways to do it, and this is just one color, crafty method.