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Living Arts Weekly: Rhythm

Living Arts Weekly: Rhythm

October 20, 2019 Get rhythm when you get the blues.  -Johnny Cash   Today, we have a guest post from LifeWays graduate Emary Williams: “R h y t h m. There is so much magic in this simple concept. When I first encountered Waldorf education, I saw the beautifully painted watercolor daily rhythm charts in …

On October 19, 2019 October 20, 2019
Living Arts Weekly: Supporting Your Family through Illness

Living Arts Weekly: Supporting Your Family through Illness

October 6, 2019 Peter was not very well during the evening. His mother put him to bed, and made some chamomile tea: “One table-spoonful to be taken at bedtime.” ― Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit Nurturing Care Cold and flu season is just beginning here in the northern hemisphere.  Today we have several helpful resources …

On October 5, 2019 October 3, 2019 2 Comments
Living Arts Weekly: Let Be

Living Arts Weekly: Let Be

September 29, 2019 For even the wisest can learn incalculably much from children.” ― Rudolf Steiner, How to Know Higher Worlds A guest post today – from LifeWays Early Childhood graduate Emary Williams: “I am so excited to homeschool this girl. I want to jump right in and learn with and teach her everything, but I have …

On September 28, 2019 September 25, 2019
Living Arts Weekly: Seek the Practical

Living Arts Weekly: Seek the Practical

September 1, 2019 As we come around to the official end of summer, Labor Day, our thoughts turn once again to work — good, honest hard work. Rudolf Steiner had this to say about the value of the practical life: Seek the truly practical material life But seek it so that it does not numb …

On August 31, 2019 August 28, 2019
Living Arts Weekly: School Lunches

Living Arts Weekly: School Lunches

August 25, 2019 The first wealth is health.    –Emerson As parents get ready to send their kids back to school, the subject of the school lunch often comes to mind.  Packing lunches that are nutritious, appealing, and hold their freshness while hanging out in a backpack or locker all morning is not always an …

On August 24, 2019 August 24, 2019
Living Arts Weekly:  Parent-Teacher Communication

Living Arts Weekly: Parent-Teacher Communication

August 18, 2019 Love is higher than opinion. If people love one another, the most varied opinions can be reconciled — thus, one of the most important tasks for humankind today and in the future is that we should learn to live together and understand one another. If this human fellowship is not achieved, all …

On August 17, 2019 August 15, 2019
Living Arts Weekly: Pause

Living Arts Weekly: Pause

July 14, 2019 There is a time to do, and a time not to do, and when we are slave to the habit of doing we are unable to distinguish between them.  – Charles Eisenstein The photo above was posted on social media this week by LifeWays mama Meagan Schultz.  Meagan wrote, “Look Daddy,” he …

On July 13, 2019 July 9, 2019
Living Arts Weekly:  Honoring Fathers

Living Arts Weekly: Honoring Fathers

June 16, 2019 When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.  ― Mark Twain Happy Father’s Day! It’s funny the …

On June 15, 2019 June 12, 2019
Living Arts Weekly:  Playfulness with your Children

Living Arts Weekly: Playfulness with your Children

June 9, 2019 The honey bee that fetch the nectar From the flowers to the comb Never tire of ever buzzing to and fro Because they take a little nip From ev’ry flower that they sip And hence (And hence), They find (They find) Their task is not a grind.   – Mary Poppins Let’s …

On June 8, 2019 June 6, 2019
Living Arts Weekly: Mother

Living Arts Weekly: Mother

May 12, 2019 Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had, and dealing with fears you didn’t know existed.  – Linda Wooten Happy Mother’s Day to all!  Kerry Ingram, LifeWays board member and founder of Mothering Arts, posed a question last year that I have been thinking about a lot lately.  …

On May 11, 2019 May 8, 2019
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