SparkleCast Episode 4 – Understanding Your Child with Meredith Markow
Meredith Markow is a teacher, Enneagram and Living Inquiries certified practitioner, and the Sparkle Schoolhouse “Head of School”! She uses her deep understanding of child development from Waldorf Education, personality types and tendencies from the Enneagram, and the gifts of deep presence from Living Inquiry – and offers them to Sparkle Stories with our ever-evolving Schoolhouse. In the Schoolhouse, you can find posts on being with anxiety, developing a festival life, understanding behavior, how to motivate work at home and so many other useful and inspirational topics for parents and educators.
In this episode of SparkleCast, Meredith, David, and Rebecca talk about Sparkle Schoolhouse and how the Dry Gables story series can be used to better understand your child: their fears, their desires, their relationships, and how they prefer to be motivated.
Story: “Marta Bauer: Baker and Peacemaker” from the Dry Gables Series.
Tools:
Using engaging characters as a template for better understanding your child
A basic understanding of Waldorf Education and the Enneagram
How to use the information-rich Dry Gables blog posts and videos
SparkleCast Episode 4 – Understanding Your Child with Meredith Markow
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About Dry Gables
Dry Gables is a unique series of stories centered around the people who live and work in a gold-rush era small town in South Dakota. Each of the characters has their own reason for coming to Dry Gables and each offers an essential ingredient to the town's well being. Every character embodies a way of being in the world - with unique behaviors, motivations and fears. Is your child having a defiant, stubborn and overall challenging morning? Well, perhaps she is feeling like Johann, the blacksmith, and needs to feel independent and powerful. Is your child quietly sitting in the corner during school playtime? Well perhaps he is feeling like Seamus O'Conner, the schoolteacher, who needs to be seen for his unique strengths and talents. The series includes four introductory stories and then several stories focused on one of the characters of Dry Gables. Every character embodies a way of being in the world - with unique behaviors, motivations and fears. Our aim is to give parents and educators clues into what lies behind certain behavior, and then offer ideas on how to meet the behavior and 'see' the child in a new light.
To learn more, watch the introduction videos and blog posts here.
More about Meredith Markow!
Meredith has been working with adults and children of all ages for the past 25 years as a Waldorf Teacher and Educational Consultant. She received a B.A. with a focus on child development and child psychology from the University of Michigan, in 1984, an M.A. Ed from Washington University in 1987, and her Waldorf Teaching Certificate from the Lehrerausbildung (Teacher Training) in Nurnberg, Germany in 1989. She was certified as a Living Inquiries Facilitator in 2014, and she completed her formal teaching certification with The Enneagram Institute in 2014. Her work in the classroom and with individuals and groups is designed to help people of all ages to drop self-limiting beliefs to live a more joyful and compassionate life.
About the Author
Rebecca Beegle
Rebecca is Sparkle Stories' former production manager and co-host (along with David) of the SparkleCast podcast. She is also a writer, producer, and storyteller who performs in theaters, films, and living rooms. Find out more at rebeccabeegle.com.
