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	<title>Our Kids Blog &#187; Shane Alexander</title>
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		<title>Waldorf And Their Camp Kids.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 08:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Toronto Waldorf School is still looking for camp kids. They're recruiting the little ones from ages 4 to 14, Depending on the age bracket, they will be entertained by educational outdoor experiences like visiting Camp Kettelby, and the Albion Hills Conversation area where they have bicycle trails and a huge lake to swim in. The younger ones can enjoy nature walks, imaginative play,songs and stories.  The camp runs from June 20th till August 19th weekly.]]></description>
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		<title>Digging&#8230; Gardening&#8230; and Loving It</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 12:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently found out about Waldorf's gardening program. It fits in perfect with their holistic approach to education.  The kids, as young as third grade, rip. Dig. Plant. Investigate. Educate themselves. Go on adventures. ]]></description>
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		<title>Wanting to Know More in a Yoga World</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 10:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How Waldorf alumnus Shane Alexander embraced the yoga art form and psychology.
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		<title>The World for Japan</title>
		<link>http://www.ourkids.net/blog/the-world-for-japan-earthquake-and-tsunami-relief-8910/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seemed like a normal weekday morning for me during the wee hours of March 11th 2011. I got up because I couldn't sleep. Tossed and turned until I decided to check my e-mail  and read the news for a while I brewed some tea. An earthquake hit Japan.]]></description>
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		<title>Education from a Deeper Perspective  &#8211; The Waldorf Philosophy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Education from a Deeper Perspective was a good tagline, I thought, when I grew old enough to understand Waldorf's marketing scheme. They were trying to convince possible new parents that we look deeper into things than the public school system.  It wasn't until a few years ago when I realized that Waldorf actually did. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Depths of Depression &#8211; How I Got Out</title>
		<link>http://www.ourkids.net/blog/the-depths-of-depression-how-i-got-out-8228/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you knew me as a kid, you would never know I would be depressed later on in life. I was a happy sort. Still am, for the most part. Then, something happened. It first hit me when I was in my late teens. It goes and comes. Every few years, I have a huge setback. The best part of it, though is that with every setback I also step a few steps forward. With two steps back, I skip five forward. I realize something new about myself and I continue to fight it out. And that's all you have to do - fight. Never give up. And trust me, I know how hard it is to do that.]]></description>
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		<title>Toronto Hip-Hop Artist Makes Reading Cool</title>
		<link>http://www.ourkids.net/blog/toronto-hip-hop-artist-makes-reading-cool-7895/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a former hip-hop promoter in the Toronto area, I was able to make friends with a bunch of the unsigned hype in the city. Since I first met many of them over a decade ago, all of them have made moves in the city to evolve and progress their selected craft &#8211; be it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Green School: Not a Dream Anymore</title>
		<link>http://www.ourkids.net/blog/ted-speaker-john-hardy-the-green-school-not-a-dream-anymore-7299/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I stumbled upon a TED video with John Hardy talking about his dream school - The Green School. After some investigating, I realized that his dream was very similar to the Waldorf Schools. The philosophy, concept, the design. Even the wooden chairs and tables looked familiar.  One thing. It isn't Hardy's dream anymore. It's his reality.]]></description>
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		<title>The Big Bully in the Room</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While sipping on my morning coffee the other day, blasting passed different TV shows and sport highlight reels, I came across this documentary on CNN about bullying. I watched it for a bit. During the commercial, I started my surfing again. A few channels down, I again came across a little thing about bullying. &#8220;This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Waldorf Works</title>
		<link>http://www.ourkids.net/blog/why-waldorf-works-6664/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why Waldorf works has more to do with how the brain develops and functions optimally than Rudolf Steiner ever could have known. Sure the educator and founder of Waldorf Education theorized convincingly about how children learn best, but until MRIs and other sophisticated measures of the brain were developed, we had no way to prove or disprove any of Steiner’s theories, not with the kind of precision and accuracy we can now. An overwhelming body of evidence from the last 20 years of neuroscientific inquiry supports Steiner’s theories, including some of the most fundamental foci of Waldorf Education.]]></description>
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