Winter 2025 Thank you, Jerilyn, for sharing your time-tested wisdom with us! Why are transitions sometimes so challenging for young children? (For those with little littles, put this info in your pocket because toddlerhood is not far off!) You might have heard young children referred to as “little cavemen.” While not the most charming […]
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Winter 2024 Leslie Wetzonis Woolverton and Lynn Turner, co-founders of WIDEN Arts, have shared this blog with us! Life is told through story. We experience life through our senses and learn about the world and our place in it through the stories we see, hear, feel and tell. As such, when we actively develop an
Winter 2024 Our blog today has been shared with us by Leslie Wetzonis Woolverton and Lynn Turner, co-founders of WIDEN Arts. You may be asking yourself why are lap plays, table plays, and marionette performances important to young children and how can they help create a sense of belonging in these times of societal discord
December 2024 This blog was shared with us by Jerilyn Cole Burke! She writes: The cold has finally caught up with us in my neck of the woods! With it comes an invitation to slow down, breathe deeply, and savor the reflective season that’s now settling in. I’ve been thinking about festivals and how we
December 2024 December has come yet again; what a time of rich tradition and stories! This week, Acacia has a story to share with us that she shares with the children she nurtures! We hope you enjoy it and may feel inspired to share it with your own children. The story has
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Autumn 2024 During her most recent workshop with us, Anna Rainville shared this message about the season. It is a beautiful invitation to us all. “One feels a shift in the seasonal mood when the light changes and each day grows darker earlier than the day before. While a feeling of reflection
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Autumn 2024 Today’s article has been written by Judith Frizlen, a beloved teacher of LifeWays and mentor to caregivers. Our experience of both the outer world and the inner world varies. Each one of us is a unique individual and the shared goal of our human experience is to know ourselves. We can
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Autumn 2024 In the silence of a midwinter dusk, there is a sound so faint that for all you can tell it may be only the sound of the silence itself. You hold your breath to listen. You are aware of the beating of your heart. The extraordinary thing that is about to happen
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Autumn 2024 This article has been written and shared with LifeWays by Nancy Mellon, an author and storyteller known across the world! How does storytelling introduce children wisely to challenging family relationships? An immigrant couple from two different countries felt deep dismay about their birth families. They wondered how to create a healthy present-time family culture
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Autumn 2024 Soon we will come again, in Earth’s ever-cycling movements, to autumn’s balance point. The circular dance of waxing and waning ~ of growth, abundance, decay and regeneration ~ slows to a still point. Rhythms stretch out wide at this nodal time, as day and night reflect each other in perfect balance. The
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