In early November, at the Rose Garden Early Childhood Center in Buffalo, we construct lanterns to shelter the light that we carry into the darkness during our Lantern Walk festival. When we walk with our lanterns through the cold, dark evening, a gust of wind or drop of rain could put out the fire. So […]
When it gets Dark, Hold onto your Spark! by Judy Frizlen Read More »
Lynn Coalson writes: Greetings from sunny Northeast Florida, home to Seaside Playgarden, a LifeWays Representative Program, and the first in Florida. The Seaside Playgarden, located just two blocks from the Atlantic Ocean, is a perfect place for children to explore, grow and create. We focus on the whole child: head, heart and hands and offer
Forest Kindergarten at Seaside Playgarden, Jacksonville, FL by Lynn Coalson Read More »
“Did you hear that?” my daughter-in-law and I queried one another. It sounds like she is saying “Thank you.” Such are the fantasies of a mommy and gramma of a newly-one-year-old. But hey! It might actually be true. Maybe my one-year-old granddaughter’s first words were “thank you,” translated something like “da do.” That would be
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Lynn Coalson writes: Greetings from sunny Northeast Florida, home to Seaside Playgarden, a LifeWays Representative Program, and the first in Florida. The Seaside Playgarden, located just two blocks from the Atlantic Ocean, is a perfect place for children to explore, grow and create. We focus on the whole child: head, heart and hands and offer
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Practical Activities with the Young Child by Stephen Spitalny (adapted from Steve’s book, Connecting With Young Children) The task of the kindergarten teacher is to adjust the work taken from daily life so that it becomes suitable for the children’s play activities. The whole point…is to give young children the opportunity to imitate to imitate
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Kerry writes: The story of Mumbuto and the White Bird is a transformative tale written for young children. The life-giving baobob tree holds the central position on the set. The base of the tree is a needle-felted trunk with a jar of water within – which holds branches of fresh green leaves to denote the branches
Mumbuto and the White Bird, a puppet play written by Kerry B. Brokaw Read More »
“For me, the fact of being a human being…working with Nature with consideration and respect has been a means to offer today’s children an experience of forces that are far beyond our understanding, but that ask for our wondering. To be able to see and wonder is a driving force for health and well being.“
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“Mommy, I’m Bored” By Rahima Baldwin Dancy There’s a notion today that “Boredom is good,” and to the extent that it reflects a counter-motion to over-programing children’s time by leaving enough time and space for their own creativity to arise, I would agree. However, I would also suggest that boredom is foreign to the young
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Less Is More by Joya Birns and Cindy Brooks The wonder of young children is that they can be happy with what looks to an adult like doing “nothing!” They innately find interest in the most common things, which we adults often bypass. When taking a walk, a young child is not trying to “get
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I didn’t even know I had it until someone at my LifeWays training mentioned they had caught it when their children were born. C.H.A.O.S., or “Can’t Have Anyone Over Syndrome” is brought on immediately following the birth of your children. You will find your once semi-orderly home slowly becoming untidy, dusty, and in need of
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