November 10, 2019 “I like to take my time I mean that when I want to do a thing I like to take my time to do it right.” – Mr. Rogers Our blog post today features a reflection from one of our LifeWays Training Students, Maria Chang from Fremont, CA, about her favorite songs […]
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November 3, 2019 Autumn, the year’s last, loveliest smile. – William Cullen Bryant Those lovely autumn leaves are falling! Today’s Living Arts Weekly blog post looks at some ways to celebrate the brilliant tones of the autumn leaves. Creative Exploration Beeswax Candle Holders Simple to make, these are created by dipping small water balloons in
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October 27, 2019 In a houseful of toddlers and pets, you can start out having a bad day, but you keep getting detoured. – Robert Brault For more than twenty years, LifeWays has been at the forefront of heart-centered, soulful parenting and caregiving of the child from birth to three. This week, we want to
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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
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October 13, 2019 I was watching the kittens in our barn last week. Our mama cat, Rosie, has a litter of seven healthy, well-cared for kittens who are five weeks old. They spend the day pouncing on each other, nursing, and climbing all over their good-natured mama. When they get too rough with their chewing
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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
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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
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September 22, 2019 Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty. – John Ruskin The plant in this photo is amaranth, an ancient grain important to Native American tribes. This red variety, originally grown as a dye plant by the southwestern Hopi Nation, has the reddest seedlings of any amaranth known.
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September 15, 2019 Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world. – John Milton Cynthia writes: ” This video is from a student in our Florida LifeWays training group. It is of her adorable 18-month old child imitating his daddy
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September 8, 2019 Thanks to the work of our colleague, Veronica Oliva-Clour, Observing Young Children: A Tool for Meaningful Assessment has been approved for use in Minnesota by their rating system, Parent Aware. What a gift to teachers and early childhood educators that they may use a system of assessment that honors the spirit of
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