Copy of February Conference

WTEE February 2026 Conference

Renewal opportunities for currently practicing teachers

February 18-20

We are pleased to invite you to our February conference for Waldorf educators! Our second session, Early Childhood Developmental Movement and Music, begins on Wednesday, February 18th, and continues through Friday afternoon February 20th. We look forward to you joining us for one or both sessions. Discounts are available for groups of teachers coming from the same school. Register now!

Session I

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with Helen Lubin and WTEE faculty

Monday, February 16th, 4:45 pm–Wednesday, February 18th, 12:30

(in-person only)

Early registration by February 12th: $225 (sliding scale between $250–$300 thereafter)

The spoken word supports and furthers the evolving relationship between the world and the self. This significant cornerstone of Waldorf education plays out in various ways to support child development. For the teacher, how do we build a taproot to the living and healing forces in speech, so that these various speaking activities become a source of strength and not a source of exhaustion?

Monday, February 16
4:45–5:15 Registration
5:20–5:45 WTEE Welcome and Introduction
6:00–6:45 Eurythmy
7:10–8:30 Speech

Tuesday, February 17
9:00–9:15 Singing
9:30–10:20 Eurythmy
10:30–11 Snack
11:00–12:30 Speech
Lunch at local eateries*
2:00–3:30 Speech with Early Childhood teachers
2:00–3:30 Form Drawing or Visual Art for Grades teachers
3:30–4:00 Snack
4:00–5:30 Speech with Grades teachers/Form Drawing or Visual Art for Early Childhood teachers
Attendees arrange for their own dinner/conversation

Wednesday, February 18
9:00–9:15 Singing
9:30–10:20 Eurythmy
10:30–11:00 Snack
11:00–12:30 Speech

Session I

Early Childhood Developmental Movement and Music

with Lynn St Pierre, Beth Daly, and Dr. Lakshmi Prasanna

Wednesday, February 18th, 3 pm–Friday, February 20th, noon

(in-person with online option available)

Early registration by February 12th: $225 (sliding scale between $250–$300 thereafter)

Developmental movement and music will be explored for kindergarten, parent/child, nursery, and early-grade settings. This workshop will include Spacial Dynamics and handwork as well as inner work and plant study in preparation for child observation in summer 2025.

Wednesday, February 18th in the Eurythmy Room

4:00–6:00 pm Opening session with Lynn St. Pierre and Beth Daly

Thursday, February 19th in the Eurythmy Room

9:00–9:20 Spacial Dynamics with Lynn
9:20-10:50 Lecture by Dr. Lakshmi Prasanna
10:50–11:15 Snack and tea break
11:15–12:45 Session with Lynn and Beth
12:45–2:00 Lunch at local eateries or bring a lunch*
2:00–3:30 Handwork session
3:30–4:00 Snack and tea break
4:00–6:00 Session with Lynn and Beth

Friday, February 20th in the Starflower Kindergarten

9:00–9:20 Spacial Dynamics with Lynn
9:20–10:50 Lecture by Dr. Lakshmi Prasanna
10:50–11:15 Snack and tea break
11:15–12:30 Closing session with Lynn and Beth

Ruth Ker has been an early childhood educator in preschools and kindergartens for over forty years, first in mainstream education and then at Sunrise Waldorf School in BC, Canada, where she was a founding teacher. She retired in June 2016 from the mixed-age kindergarten classroom. Ruth is a Board member for the Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America (WECAN), where she serves as the Teacher Education Coordinator for North America. She mentors and visits schools and educators in North America. Ruth participated in both the North American and International WECAN Older Child Research groups and is an international presenter. She is the author/editor of the books, You’re Not the Boss of Me–Understanding the Six/Seven Year Transformation, From Kindergarten into the Grades, and Please Can we Play Games.

Lynn St. Pierre joyfully presents early childhood developmental movement and music, including hand gestures, loving touch, large movement adventures, and singing in the mood of the fifth, as well as Spacial Dynamics® for Waldorf teacher trainings, conferences, and schools around the world. She offers a two-year deepening program for those who wish to carry this work forward. As a certified teacher trainer in both the developmental movement & music for early childhood created by Wilma Ellersiek and Spacial Dynamics®, Lynn enjoys mentoring and working with parents. In the mid-nineties, Lynn came to Waldorf Education as a parent and Specialty teacher of movement and has led Kindergarten, Nursery, and Toddler classes.

Beth Daly is the Early Childhood Coordinator at Waldorf Teacher Education Eugene and Waldorf Early Childhood Educator at the Eugene Waldorf School. Beth is also the WECAN Regional Representative for Oregon and a WECAN site visitor. Her advanced trainings include Ellersiek Early Childhood Games and Fingerplays and Nurturing the Roots- An Advanced Anthroposophic Early Childhood Therapeutic Training.

*Minutes away from WTEE is The Garden on Friendly, located at 2760 Friendly Street. It is an enclosed food court with a variety of choices. Across the street, at 2757 Friendly Street, is Friendly Street Market, a natural foods grocer and a café.

If you bring lunch, you are welcome to find a nook on the campus or eat in the Starflower Kindergarten.