On June 1, 2018 Julia Hanna and Aya Katz spoke with guest Sophia Delaat.
Sophia Delaat is the author of The Mermaid’s Tale and a renowned gourd artist. Raised in a military family, the daughter of a Colonel, Sophia got to travel extensively as a child, growing up and going to school in the United States, Portugal and Japan. She went to college in Texas, became interested in early childhood education, was trained in teaching, taught in Melbourne, Australia, became a Waldorf school teacher, raised a daughter on her own, later married, and is now living in the Missouri Ozarks with her husband, where she works on gourd art and serves as a CASA worker.
Topics discussed in our interview include:
- The mythological origins of The Mermaid’s Tale.
- The Waldorf School and its education system.
- Kindergarten education and fostering the imagination in play.
- Dreams and pictorial thinking.
- What it means to be a woman.
- Making art out of gourds.
- The underpinnings of Anthroposophy.
- Being a CASA worker and helping children from difficult home backgrounds.
Sophia’s book, The Mermaid’s Tail may be purchased on Amazon and at Barnes & Noble.
