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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Autumn 2024 Self-awareness and self-compassion are the foundational steps toward self-care. A well-cared-for Self creates a strong, flexible footing for sensitive awareness and responsiveness as we care for our families or Early Childhood classes. If you practice meditation already, you are familiar with the deep sense of self-care it offers. Self- care is
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Autumn 2024 As an extension of her work as Executive Director, Acacia Moore is setting the intention to keep a finger on the pulse of Waldorf, early childhood, childcare, etc. by establishing a rhythm of reading current articles on such things. Here she shares her reflections. ExchangeEveryDay shares about Finding a Comfortable Pace
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Autumn 2024 Figure out the rhythm of life and live in harmony with it. – Lao Tzu 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
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September 2024 Today’s article has been written by Judith Frizlen, a beloved teacher of LifeWays and mentor to caregivers. In my roles as the fourth child in a family of eight, a teacher, a parent and a grandparent, I have been fascinated by differences in children related to birth order. When you
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September 2024 Knowing how to best support your child’s sleep can be difficult. Babies don’t come into the world having the capability to put themselves to sleep, and so we quickly learn as parents it is our task to create and maintain routines and practices that usher them into a healthy sleep
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September 2024 It is one of a parent’s greatest challenges to remain calm in the heat of an intensely emotional moment with our child. There is no such thing as a “one-response-fits-all” to any child’s tantrum or meltdown, and we have to be calm and centered in order to know how to respond
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September 2024 Vicki Kingsbury, an Early Childhood teacher at Prairie Hill Waldorf School in Wisconsin, shares this timeless article with us for today’s blog! As a Waldorf Education early childhood teacher, over the years, parents have often asked me: “What one thing can I do to promote my child’s healthy development?” If
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