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April 2017 Archive

Lifeways Training as a Single Dad by Robert Heil

Lifeways Training as a Single Dad by Robert Heil

The LifeWays curriculum has a strong focus on the needs of people working in the direct care of young children, either as parents, professional care providers, or both. It has a strong emphasis on domestic arts that are still, rightly or wrongly, usually associated with women. And less explicitly, parts of the approach are modeled …

On April 25, 2017 June 13, 2017
Featured Program: Rose Rock School

Featured Program: Rose Rock School

The Art of Extending Families by Shanah Ahmadi A warm and hearty hello from Norman, Oklahoma! In keeping with the theme: “The Many Faces of LifeWays,” I would like to describe our childcare center, Rose Rock School. At Rose Rock, we are not a center or a home, we are both a center and a …

On April 20, 2017
A Child-Free LifeWays Home: Notes from an “Auntie” By Frances Whalen

A Child-Free LifeWays Home: Notes from an “Auntie” By Frances Whalen

When I enrolled in the LifeWays training, I had no real connection to the lives of children and families. Like many Millenials, the last time I had interacted with children was in my own childhood, back in the 90s. Having just accepted a position at a LifeWays program as the cook/assistant, I knew a thing …

On April 20, 2017
Create a Life that You and Your Child Both Love By Faith Collins

Create a Life that You and Your Child Both Love By Faith Collins

As a LifeWays-inspired parenting coach and teacher of caregivers, I’ve worked with families and caregivers from many geographic areas and walks of life: mothers, fathers, married and unmarried, grandparents, nannies, caregivers, and teachers, in the U.S., England, Europe, Australia, even the Middle East and Israel. Although their homes and schools look different, all have shared …

On April 20, 2017 June 13, 2017
LifeWays in a Special Needs Classroom By Windsong Bergman

LifeWays in a Special Needs Classroom By Windsong Bergman

What does LifeWays bring to my public school special needs classroom? Sitting in the empty basement room with one high window and pipes in the ceiling, I tried to imagine how it could become our classroom. I had just taken a job as a preschool special needs teacher at a rural West VIrginia elementary school …

On April 20, 2017 June 13, 2017

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