“Receive the children with reverence, educate them with love, let them go forth in freedom.” – Rudolf Steiner
This is our comfy reading corner. The kids LOVE to lay here and read. I keep a basket of Toddler books on the floor for Ms. Bell to easily get to. We also have a new Pottery Barn Kids anywhere chair to sit in. If you are wondering about the posters and maps above you can get all of the information about them here.
A child size table is so important to any schooling or play room. This is the Large Caroline table from Pottery Barn Kids, however I have seen many great quality wood tables from some of my favorite stores.
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It is so important to have good quality, natural, open ended toys. Let their imaginations flourish while they build and play. The toys you see here were made by me.
We love our baby dolls!!! These are some of the baby dolls in our house.Waldorf doll makers put such heart into making their dolls with quality natural materials, and they each have their own dolly personality. Perfect for those of us that love dolly play. The sweetest baby doll of them all is the one on the right, she’s mine.
These are things you’ll see around our room. First is our little teacup Yorkie Peanut, he’s always nearby. The fabulous Barn you see here was the big Christmas gift of the year, and it’s also from Elves & Angels . As you can probably tell, Elves & Angels is is one of our favorite stores. The Grimms Rainbow and hand kite are also favorites.
The bookcases seen in our room are the Carolina bookcases from Pottery Barn Kids. I love them and if I had more room, I’d probably get more bookcases. I use a lot of baskets to help keep things organized.
I love having a kitchen in our space. The boys have always loved playing store and we incorporate it into our everyday learning and play. Unfortunately they are no longer making this farmers market, however I highly recommend getting an Elves & Angels kitchen. We have their Julianna’s kitchen and love it.
We love nature and I feel it’s very important to bring nature into your learning space. Every month or so I change around our nature table. This is part of our Winter table. You can see some of our other Nature tables here and here.
This is how the left side of the room looks as you are walking in.
Wow! Love the light and the wood toys and bookshelves. Beautiful and so fun!
What a beautiful room! Thanks for sharing at A Little Bird Told Me link-up.
Wow! What a beautiful room! I am in awe.
Beautiful! I love the large windows that allow natural light. The reading chair is perfect! I could stay in that room for the rest of my life! Haha. Great job on the decorating. The toys are also wonderful!
I absolutely adore this room. It makes me want to come over and play in it too!
What an incredibly thoughtful, beautiful space! I’m sure there will be years of play here!
Pinned this! I’m currently turning an empty front room into a playroom, and some of these ideas are great. I was wondering what to do about a reading corner, and love the idea of a crib mattress on the floor! Fun for tumbling as well 🙂
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Such a relaxing and inviting space! Love it!
aww, makes me miss having littles. Such a beautiful layout! I especially adore the reading corner with the little mattress! so cool! Love it!!
This is an amazing room to spend time in and learn! I love all the beauty that you have carefully added to this space. Gorgeous! Pinned!
This room is amazing! Wish we had the space to be able to have a room like this!
This room is beautiful, creative, inspiring, and possibly larger than my entire NYC apartment! Love the toys you made. I married into a Waldorf family. My mother-in-law and sister-in-law are Waldorf teachers and my husband a Waldorf graduate.
Wow! Great set up! Wish my kids’ toys were that neat!
Where did you get your barn?! I love it! My daughter LOVES animals lately and I’m looking to purchase or build one just like yours. 🙂 Thanks!
Oops! I just now figured out it’s from Elves and Angels! 🙂
You are truly blessed to have the kind of money it takes to buy such high end toys and furniture.
Believe me we don’t have a lot of money, we have been collecting quality pieces over the years. Our oldest child is 19 🙂 I believe in saving for what I love instead of buying anything… 🙂
This room is beautiful. I mean inspiring. I would love to read, write and paint in a room like this with my kids. Your dolls are lovely by the way 🙂
Such an inviting place to play and learn! I would be in the comfy seat by the window reading myself. (And Peanut is adorable, if I may add!)
Oh the light and warmth! Such a stunning place, perfect for learning and play! I have pinned! Thank you so much for sharing!!!
I love this! It seems so calm and peaceful at the same time as being fun. I really want to work on our children’s playroom – it’s not a school room as we don’t home school, but I would love to bring some of these ideas into our space
Kimberly, This is lovely. Nice touches everywhere you turn. It is well thought out. Thanks for sharing it with us!
Wow! I’m still dreaming about having such a school room 🙂 You have done a beautiful job with yours! What a great place to learn! Thank you for sharing!
What a lovely space to play and learn in 🙂 I love how open and bright it feels with the lovely big windows. I was wondering where your animal alphabet was from? Did you make it?
Thank you so much Christie. I wish I was that good at sewing 🙂 I purchased the alphabet quilt from Pottery Barn Kids.
I love the room and the alphabet blanket, especially! Did you make this? Thank you so much for sharing this all, just beautiful!
It’s a beautiful room! I clicked on those rainbow blocks. WOW, they’re expensive!
Thank you, The extra large one is pricey but they have 3 sizes and now that we have them, it’s well worth it. Even my older boys enjoy stacking them in different formations 🙂
This room is so amazing! I love the natural light and the wonderfully creative toys and all the space! AND THE VIEW!!!! To die for. I could spend all day in that room!
Thanks 🙂 It’s my favorite place to spend the day too, unless we are at the beach 😉