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STORIES: Wedding Story - Our Story Part 03
We both initially agreed to have a small official wedding ceremony in Germany but that idea went straight out the window as soon as my wife Thuy heard about the possibility of getting hitched in an actual German castle. We had a fantastic day in an absolutely stunning...
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The Philosophy Behind our Toys - Our Story Part 2
Grimm's Wooden Toys and Ostheimer are inspired by the educational philosophy of Rudolf Steiner. Although less well known than the Montessori educational philosophy, Waldorf is an alternative education system which leaves room for independent and open-ended play...
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Who We Are - Our Story Part 01
Welcome! You’ve made it to our first blog post and we hope you have fun exploring our story. We would love to hear from you in any form and we hope that knowing a little bit about our history gives you insight to what we are about. So, hello and welcome to Oskar's Wooden Ark. My name is...
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