Creating a YES! Environment By Simone DiMarzi What does it mean to say YES when taking care of children birth to three? The child’s first words are often “No.” One of the best ways not to chime in with the children and always have to say “No” is to create a YES environment. The […]
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Dearie, Hon, Sweetie: Saying ‘Yes’ to My Older Self by Cynthia Aldinger Hmmm? Not sure when it happened the first time – it may actually have gone unnoticed but I seriously doubt it! “Here, let me help you with that, sweetie.” “How kind,” I probably thought and accepted assistance with gratitude. “Here you go,
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Nudges for Transformation By Missy Whaley, Certified Lifeways Instructor, Home Program; Rainbowheart and Wings. M.F.A. Dance, L.M.T. missymoo4peace@yahoo.com I say yes to nudges. What are nudges? They are the whispers in our souls that guide us to our purposefulness. I celebrate the courage and strength it has taken and takes to follow these nudges. My
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By Mara Spiropoulos As I sit here writing, momentarily free of my children, I find myself reflecting on all that our family has recently experienced. My husband lost his job about five months ago, and because of this we have had our fair share of financial difficulties, which
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By Lisa Gromicko Steiner-based, early childhood settings abound with rich opportunities for the development of math and science concepts. This may be surprising to some who can easily see the beauty, language, and coziness of the Waldorf kindergarten, but not necessarily the mathematical or scientific side. A primary focus of Waldorf early childhood education is
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By Cynthia Aldinger, Founder and Director of LifeWays Can daily life really be a curriculum? Can little children truly be prepared for the rigors of academic life through play and through participation in practical activities of the household? What are our ultimate goals, hopes, interests on behalf of our children and the children in our
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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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