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How Waldorf & Wonder educates without kids realizing it
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Brittney Bowen, back, helps her son, River, right, and Caraline, left, create leaf crowns at Waldorf and Wonder, a children's workshop dedicated to holistic learning through art, storytelling, music, and other forms of activities, on Friday, March 8, 2019. - photo by Austin Steele
Nestled into the Main Street Market in Gainesville lies a room fit for fairies with strings of lights hanging from the ceiling and toadstools surrounding a large wooden table. “We make an atmosphere that feels imbued with magic,” LaSha Ackerman, owner of Waldorf & Wonder said. “I feel like kids really respond to that.”At Waldorf & Wonder, which held its first workshop in November, kids 13 and younger experience a holistic approach to learning. The business additionally hosts needle-felting classes for adults and children, and high-end birthday parties for kids. Ackerman said her business is separated into two categories.