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What a tall order for a time filled with anxiety and fear hanging like a damp fog over the entire world and requiring us to rise above it for the sake of our children (and ourselves) but demanding enormous self knowledge, and super human courage and determination! Wow! what an era to be alive when so much is asked and needed!

What do you do for yourself? You create a family life that includes you. Then you are not bitter later that no one appreciated all the sacrifices you made for them. You didn’t make any sacrifices; you felt satisfied. Later you will remember that it wasn’t always easy, but you were doing what you wanted to do.

I go with my lantern. My lantern goes with me. Above the stars are shining, Below is shining me. So shine your light Through the darkest night. La bimba la bumba la boom So shine your light Through the darkest night La bimba la bumba la boom (A Playgarden Lantern Walk song) Each year, just as the days become noticeably shorter, and the stars appear a little earlier in the sky, friends and families of Playgarden gather together for our annual Lantern Walk; a tradition celebrat

Hello friends, I imagine many of you have heard or seen recent headlines about the drastic decline of adults and children who read for enjoyment. The numbers are disheartening and frightening. As a constant advocate for being present to and enjoying real life amid a bombarding background of screens and media– I’m not  surprised. As an avid reader married to another avid reader, a vocal library advocate, and book club participant, however, I was surprised to find myself in suc

I’m not a neurologist and I’m not fluent on the science behind the necessity and benefits of sleep, especially for young children and...

Crafting and maintaining a rhythm is an art. It breathes with space and time, as a dynamic vessel for the activity of life. While each person has the same basic, irreducible needs to be met (meals, sleep & rest, play), how and when those needs are met will differ.

In LifeWays principles much focus is given to rhythm. Our twenty-first century lives have become so a-rhythmic, it is sometimes hard to understand why rhythm is considered foundational to every aspect of well-being.

Have you ever heard a conversation that changed your life? Recently, a passing comment by a stranger ignited a fire in me that will fuel...

All over the globe, a healthy Community procures our essential work towards supporting our physical and mental health, personally and with our work with young children. This ability to see the needs of one another is based and built upon genuine levels of trust and love. Collectively and with individual striving, intentions to deepen our knowledge in our work, for our colleagues and ourselves, is realized when we lead with open hearts.

I have found that the “typical kindergarten circle” learned in Waldorf early childhood training needs to be simplified and changed in...

Anyone who spends time with children soon comes to recognize that the child’s most basic needs take precedence over everything else in...

One of the tasks of the growing child and one of the functions of parenting is to bring the child into rhythm.  It may seem as if the...

Each child we receive into our care is really an amalgam of two beings. Each of us are born with these two beings, both of these aspects,...

As we move into the heart of June, nature in full bloom reminds us of the quiet strength, the steady presence, and the nurturing courage...

Little Shell-a story adapted from Little House by Leslie Wetzonis Woolverton Once on a sandy beach next to a tranquil and beautiful ocean...

Una pequeña niña visita a los Reyes Magos en una noche y escucha con atención la respuesta de una gran pregunta que esta en su corazón....

Una luminosa candela decide hacer algo especial para la candelaria, brillar y brillar sin parar. Aunque traten de apagarla seguira...

El invierno es muy frio. El viento del norte se encarga de congelar todo a su paso. Pero Shingebiss, un patito marrón, lo desafía, el...

El invierno es frio y duro. Los habitantes del pueblo donde vive Dagda (el buen Dios), se ayudan para compartir las calamnidades del...

En China hay una gran convocatoria para saber quién será el próximo emperador. Todos los niños y las niñas del reino recibieron una...