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our story
Recovering from the isolating effects of the pandemic customers want to feel connected. People want simple wellness solutions that bring enrichment to their lives. Our gorgeous eco-friendly products simplify learning and family rhythms. Tapping into the natural world to steady our ship in these rough seas. The natural world has always felt like a blanket that kept my family safe. I reject the idea that we have to go faster and do more. There is already too much pressure on families today. That’s why I’m excited about Waldorf Family- because it offers a range of products for slowing down, connecting with our loved ones, and finding peace in nature. Taking learning at childrens pace and focusing on emmersive learning.
from our cottage in the Worcestershire hills, to a company and community larger than we could have dreamt, we now stock shops worldwide and make our products in 5 languages. We create seasonal homewares, toys and educational resources. We are proudly 100% plastic free and carbon balanced, we use PEFC sustainable wood and FSC recycled paper. All our products and packing can be returned to the earth. It’s my dream to bring enchantment and wonder to people all around the world through art the connects with nature. Giving people back the tools to navigate their lives with a connected rhythm as old as the ground we walk on.
Founded in October 2018 Waldorf Family has grown
FO R M O RE INFORMAT ION Stephanie: 01562711038 | 07790882142 s t e p h @ w a l d o r f f a m i l y. c o m
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rooted in nature
Wellness is all around us. We have a range of nurturing products to help people find ways to connect to calm family rhythms and wellness rooted in nature.
Whereever it finds a home it is there to remind us that we are in the middle of a symphony being played out around us. The tune of the season is always there when we begin to listen.
An artwork, a table centre, a candle base, a children’s object, an heirloom memory from childhood.
Not only a piece of art but a link to connecting deeply with nature and the changing seasons. We would encourage you to place it somewhere you will see it, be that on the table or on the wall. Each time we see connected art we can step into thoughtfulness and connection ourselves.
The Wheel of the Year is a focal point for the family. A touchstone for your day. It can be used with our meditations, as a table centre to discuss with friends or to display with flowers.
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Whether you’re hosting an intimate dinner for your family or adding a few fresh flowers to beautify the table, there are ways that we can enrich our daily lives and step towards mindful living with small tokens. The wheel of the year is an iconic artwork designed to practically fit into you home at the heart of the family table, to nurture natures comforting rhythms.
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Art can open our eyes to the intricacy and beauty of nature. Worldwide, we are living in a civilization that has grown faster than the natural world. Our planet’s resources and wildlife continue to decline on average each year - in some locations like mountain gorillas (the CDC reports only 801 remaining) or polar bears (their numbers dropped by nearly 40% between 2007 and 2013). With this environmental crisis comes an increased sense urgency around how humans can reconnect with nature. Ecopsychology shows how immersion in nature can benefit our health. Research has shown exposure to natural environments reduce stress and promote healing. We are now seeing
policymakers consider our human/nature interdependancy when future planning. We are a society of humans who crave connection with the earth like never before. I believe Waldorf Family can be a stepping stone for reconnection. That art with purpose can vivifing our homes and nuture seasonal living in modern families.
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Our beautiful wooden Perpetual Calendar is a reminder to slow life down and tune into the moment. This moveable artwork has three sections: one for expressing day-of week, another with numerical date and a third central wheel of the year with the months and which features colourful illustrations representative festivals, animals, plants, flowers. A tool to teach little ones the passing of time and changing seasons, and a daily mindful practice to help you tune into nature.
JOURNEY TOGETHER
Waldorf Family doesn’t end at the Wheel of the Year or the Perpetual Calendar. The seasonal range is supported by four seasonal wheels, 6 seasonal notepaper sets and a selection of postcards. Each product is a celebration of the season and helps little and big people spot elements of flora and fauna which are changing through the year.
We travel through life together as a family, finding rythems and ways of learning, celebrating and living that resonate with us. We don’t want our children to become numb to the cycles of life. The mindful week tools are helpful to focus living the best version of each day that you can. Our affirmantions deck and CD help children tune in a give thanks in a hectic, often negatively charged world.
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autumn
Autumn Notepaper set, 8 sheets of writing paper and 4 envelopes, perfect for party invitations and thank you letters
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Autumn is a magical season. We return from the bright expanse of summer to cooler days, trees changing colour and jumpers coming out for the first time. The season is filled with bounty and anticipation. From Halloween and bonfires leading all the way to Advent. At this time of year we begin to draw inwards darker evenings meaning soft evenings together and planning for the year to come.
Autumn Wheel , shown as a display, nature table and dinner table setting. The artwork leads people through the festivals of the season, from St Micheal and the Dragon to bonfire night.
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winter
Winter Notepaper set, 8 sheets of writing paper and 4 envelopes, perfect for party invitations and thank you letters
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The First Light of Advent is the Light of Stone- Stones that live in crystals, seashells, and bones.
The Second Light of Advent is the Light of the Plants- Plants that reach up to the sun and in the breezes dance.
The Third Light of Advent is the Light of the Beasts- All await the birth, from greatest and to the least.
The Fourth Light of Advent is the Light of Humankind- The light of hope that we may learn to love and understand.
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Winter Postcard from the seasonal postcard set, 7 postcards of the natural world through the seasons.
Winter Wheel , perfect for a nature table and dinner table setting. The artwork leads people through the fadvent season, reflecting on the earth, plants, animals and humans, creating an oppertunity to slow down and give thanks
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spring
Spring Notepaper set, 8 sheets of writing paper and 4 envelopes, perfect for party invitations and thank you letters
Spring Wheel , shown as a nature table (opposite) and dinner table setting (above). The artwork leads people through the festivals of the season, from Spring bulbs, lambs to easter eggs!
Spring Postcard from the seasonal postcard set, 7 postcards of the natural world through the seasons.
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summer
Summer Notepaper set, 8 sheets of writing paper and 4 envelopes, perfect for party invitations and thank you letters
Summer Wheel , shown as a dinner table setting (above), is perfect on a nature table or display. The artwork leads people through the festivals of the season, from Maypole dancing to summer holidays, bug watching and picnics.
Summer Postcard from the seasonal postcard set, 7 postcards of the natural world through the seasons.
GROW YOUR COLLECTION
DISCOVER LEARNING
child centred, nature led
Waldorf Family provide tools for a uniquely creative and stimulating educational experience for your child. The toys encourage children to explore whatever they’re interested in, which helps them find things that really matter; it also gives the mind time away from constant over stimulation of digital media and screen time.
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(left) Our treasures on display together as a “shelfie” #shelfgoals . (top right) World Map leading children to ask questions and can be used through to GCSE as it has all the rivers and mountains , as well as flora, funa and people. (botton left) two of our posters, the Moon Calendar and ABC poster with the Perpetual Moon Calendar below.
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
(left) Original ABC cards designed to help children learn their letters with beautiful watercolour illustrations. (above) The weather wheel is an ideal tool for curious young minds that want explore and record daily weather information while using it as a toy at the same time! (right) Our rainbow maths wheel is designed to make understanding times tables much easier than ever before helping children grow in confidence with their times tables. By taking the cord around the wheel as the children recite the times tables the string creates wonderful geometric patterns, as children discover the patterns hidden in the times tables it ignites their curiosity and wonder. We recommend the Multiplication Wheel to accompany the Maths wheel so that children can work independently and also create an opportunity to see the interconnectedness of the times tables.
MATHS
(left) Full Maths Collection, (above top) Number cards. (above botton) Number poster. (right top) Teaching clock. (right bottom) Magic of time workboook.
ENGLISH
Our English tools are designed to link to objects and animals children will know so that learning can be centred and grounded. This page (- Right) ABC poster. Characters and objects from the original ABC cards. (Bottom right) International ABC cards, 26 illustrated letters, and 5 vowels as Singing Letters (pictures). The extra vowel set are “singing cards,” designed to help children sound out (with voice) the letters, act out with their bodies and also imagine the quality of the letter through the art. Cards can be purchased in English, German, Spanish, Italian and French, showing the same object in each language, so with additional packs, the children can work independently discovering languages as they grow. (Bottom left) Rainbow story wheel, designed to help children first learn the ABC, then spin the wheel and generate a story, used as a fun game, or tool to tell, then write and read stories, perfect for budding writers! (Left page) Notepaper sets, spring, summer, autumn and winter, and original ABC cards
SCIENCE
The more you investigate, the better! Science is all about asking questions and young children are naturally curious. That’s why we want to encourage observation in our students by surrounding them with tools that encourage observation and question asking!
(Bottom left) World map. (Bottom right) Moon calendar and Perpetual Moon Calendar (Right) Life cycles are all around us, part of our natural world and every living thing. Discovering life cycles is an important way for children to develop their understanding of the world around them and build a wonderful foundation for science. The wheel gentle weaves life cycles through the seasons. It shows the life cycles of the sheep, butterfly, sunflower, daffodil, caterpillar, brown bird and swallows. As they journey from egg, seed and bulb, through their life cycles as they grow and reproduce.
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(above) Weather wheel in use (right) colour theory wheel
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(below) world map used as a playbase. (top right) space base used in a play display. (bottom right) farm playbase on the floor. (right) Wooden playhouse with a fairy emerging!
Waldorf Family Home | Learn | Play
Waldorf Family make sustainable home decor and educational products for families. Our intention is to help children and their grown-ups see the beauty and wonder in all things, from times tables to the passing of the seasons. Each of our products aims to engage hands, hearts and minds using beautiful flowing colours and original illustration. For us, beauty is everywhere and thoughts are turned into forms. Nature is the first source of creation and inspiration. We believe that soulful thought translated into forms and colours can vivify home and we should all have art in our lives. We understand the importance of creating a home slowly, the need to think about the future, the urgency to become more aware of how our decisions have an impact on the world around us. Products we design are a balance of functional utility, spiritual function, artistic design, and sustainability. We use materials from the earth because they are handled with care and do no harm. Everything we create can be returned to the earth or recycled.
Warm Regards
Steph
all my love, Steph
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SUSTAINABLE * FAMILY BUSINESS * BRITISH MADE * ECO TO THE CORE
+44 (0) 7790 88 2142 | steph@stephaniegreen.com www.waldorffamily.com Company number 07070405. Registered office address, Nirvana, The Gutter, Belbroughton, DY99XB. Waldorf Family Limited in a company registered in England and Wales.