February 12, 2023 This is the first of three follow-up articles to Kids Do Well if They Can that Mary O’Connell and I will write in the coming weeks. A dear friend and colleague of LifeWays, Mary has a non-profit farm education program and LifeWays Representative site at Paradise Farm in West Bend, where she and […]
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February 5, 2023 Festivals are universally-shared celebrations of life, and they are as diverse as the people of our beautiful planet. In celebration of the festival traditions that bring us together, we would like to share with you the experiences of several members of our LifeWays family this year, all from different walks of life
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January 29, 2023 This week’s article is from our dear friend and colleague, Mary O’Connell. Mary has a non-profit farm education program and LifeWays Representative site at Paradise Farm in West Bend, where she and her colleagues provide outdoor, farm-based education to children and adults. “Kids who haven’t responded to natural consequences don’t need more consequences.”
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January 22, 2023 Today we bring you a little inspiration for the Creative Arts. This is a simple seasonal craft for Autumn through Winter that my youngest son made in his kindergarten years at my Waldorf-inspired school, City of Fountains in Kansas City, Missouri. It is appropriate for all ages, and especially good for the
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January 15, 2023 In this week’s article, we examine the developmental aspects that play into Social Ability with the dawning of “I” awareness. It is the third article in a series that will focus on the development of social ability throughout early childhood. This month we look at the developmental phase of around three
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January 8, 2023 Festivals are universally-shared celebrations of life, and they are as diverse as the people of our beautiful planet. In celebration of the festival traditions that bring us together, we would like to share with you the experiences of several of our LifeWays family this year, all from different walks of life and
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January 1, 2023 Welcome to 2023! How appropriate it is that our new year begins within a sacred festival season. However you view it~ the return of the Sun or Son~ a rebirthing of the Light in our hearts is hope-inspiring, just as the beginning of a new year is. We are renewed through our
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December 25, 2022 May your Christmas be abundant with love, peace and hope obtained through the gathering of good company. May you imagine these gatherings the world over, simultaneously centered upon love and good will, and be imbued by the warmth of this imagination. May you be changed by the extraordinary light that is
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December 18, 2022 In this week’s article, we examine the developmental aspects of toddlerhood that play into Social Ability. It is the second article in a series that will focus on the development of social ability throughout early childhood. Toddlerhood is an ultimate phase of Doing colored by a dramatic entrance of the Feeling
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December 11, 2022 Festivals are universally-shared celebrations of life, and they are as diverse as the people of our beautiful planet. In celebration of the festival traditions that bring us together, we would like to share with you the experiences of several of our LifeWays family this year, all from different walks of life and
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