Cynthia Aldinger answers an inquiry from an experienced preschool teacher concerning a five year old girl who bullies other children in the class of 10 three-to five-year-olds; the parents say she isn’t that way at home, so they think it must be the teacher’s problem. Five Year Old Difficulties In Preschool As a former […]
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This sweet article, written by a LifeWays caregiver, looks at ways to respond when young children ask, “why?” What a lovely reminder to all of us who spend time with young children! ~Faith The Whys’ to the Wise, by Tamara Treviranus As parents and caregivers, we have all experienced our little ones
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When I was in my LifeWays training, Cynthia Aldinger talked about why we feel so good when we clean mindfully, or make a meal from scratch. We did an exercise where we cleaned mindfully, and I could tell that many of us went into it skeptically. But when we came back together at the
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Here in Colorado, Autumn swept in with a snowy Bang this week! I love this idea of making a fabulous ritual out of turning on the heater for the first time in the fall, with its imagery of the dragon warming us! -Faith CREATING SPECIAL MOMENTS Part I, The Dragon/Heater Celebrationfrom Esther
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This is a lovely article on suggestions for naptime, by Cynthia Aldinger. The article was written for groups of children, but many of these sweet rituals would be easily incorporated into a home setting. If you try any of these, let us know how it goes, in the ‘comments’ section below! Cynthia Aldinger is the
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This next article by Mary O’Connell is a wonderful look at how the latest brain research supports ideas promoted by LifeWays. Mary is the director of the LifeWays Early Childhood Center in Milwaukee, WI, the director of the LifeWays training in Wisconsin, and a member of the Board of LifeWays North America. I met Mary
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LifeWays goal is to support the development of home in the lives of children, families, and caregivers because we see home as the natural environment for young children and home-like settings as the ideal for childcare. We do this by offering trainings, seminars, and workshops that lift the participants out of the chaos of the
One of the hallmarks of LifeWays Child Care is the family-style approach. By caring for children in small groups of varying ages, the child's daily experience is much more natural and home-like than the institutionalized and program-oriented care that is prevalent today. Through the inspiration of Steiner's research in child development and current research on
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–-Excerpted from an article by Susan Silverio, LifeWays trainer No one was more surprised than I to find myself waking up early one morning and saying Yes! to LifeWays. I had cultivated the Waldorf Kindergarten here on the grounds of our home where Ashwood Waldorf School first took root in 1986. As the school grew
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–excerpted from an article by Mary O’Connell, LifeWays trainer. We can’t really determine if any childcare program or school benefits our child until we identify what it is that we want for them. If you ask a parent what his or her long-term goal is for their child, often the parent will say, “I want
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