Follow up on Tuesday's technology and fine motor skills article, here is a great list of "family-friendly, sensory activities that will help get hands and fingers moving." http://ow.ly/al6h30mur1p

We would add -- #5. Enroll your child in a Waldorf school! These activities are an integral part of our curriculum.  

Your child wants to be a doctor? Then have them put down the tablets.  

"[A] growing number of [surgery] students are becoming “less competent and less confident” in using their hands, resulting in young professionals who “have very high exam grades but lack tactile general knowledge”. http://ow.ly/IiBL30muqY8

Interesting weekend read on the presence and use of technology in the classroom from a socioeconomic perspective.  ​

"It could happen that the children of poorer and middle-class parents will be raised by screens, while the children of Silicon Valley’s elite will be going back to wooden toys and the luxury of human interaction." http://ow.ly/qit830mrGu9

Looking for a last-minute treat that works for Halloween and beyond? Then Epicurious Senior Food Editor and fellow Waldorfian Anna Stockwell (ow.ly/yxWG30mpICk) has you covered!