Hilde's Profile

already made:
whole-wheat pastry flour blueberry muffins
kale chips

rising:
light whole wheat bread

on the agenda:
cider carrot soup (for weekday lunch)
grilled lamb patties with peppers, plus roasted potatoes

considering:
warm banana pudding for dessert

I was excited to see the list, but I concur with previous posters... many classrooms have a "no nuts" policy.

You might want to list another option -- Independent Private school (that is neither parochial nor philosphy-specific like Montessori or Waldorf).

I find the wording of the responses interesting -- "We're a Waldorf family" "Montessori family." My son and I went to Waldorf parent-child classes, and then Montessori parent-child classes. Waldorf was specifically difficult for me to let go, until I realized that my hesitation to NOT send him to Waldorf was more wrapped up in my own identity ("What ARE we if we're not a Waldorf family?") rather than what happened to be the best option for my son, as a whole. (In my case, Waldorf: loved the philosophy, didn't like the way our particular school was administered/had questions about some of the teachers; Montessori (loved the philosphy and some of the schools, couldn't find any options for a preschool less than 5 days a week for my youngish 3-year old); Public school (didn't get into our neighborhood program); Private (happened upon a school that was a good fit for us, and is progressive in a "mixture of best practices" kind of way but isn't nearby, so we may ultimately move for school). Or we may do radical unschooling at home, that is, out in the world :). I've been reading a lot about that, and there is a great community of unschoolers in my city.

Yes, hopefully one's children's school reflects one's values at home. But prgamatism and luck play into it. And it is important to separate out how we would like our family to self-identify versus what's the best fit for one's child.