Written by Jaimmie Stugard: After nearly half a year of frigid Wisconsin winter, gradually the snow and the half-foot of ice buried beneath it began to melt away. Here and there we caught a few glimpses of sunshine with a warmish 50 degree breeze, only to have the temperature plummet again the next day. The […]
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Spring has arrived in Milwaukee, or at least it has officially begun according to the calendar. You can see buds popping up all over, as long as you have warm layers and a slicker on for it is raining and raining and raining some more. Actually, today it is flurrying! I know, I know, spring
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Today has been a doozy of a day. After about a week of getting actual sleep after about 4 years of not sleeping, the night I knew was coming came and I am exhausted. We recently moved our three children into one room (we live in a small two-bedroom home) and the first two nights
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Pamela writes: Whenever I think about my four granddaughters, all born between Michaelmas and Easter, I smile with deep joy and pleasure. Who would have thought that I would have the priceless opportunity to relive the wonders of birth and babyhood, to share in those seemingly moment-to-moment miraculous transformations as each of them has developed
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A Visit to Spindlewood Waldorf Kindergarten and LifeWays Center in Lincolnville, Maine Recently Elizabeth Lunt, Kindergarten Teacher at Ashwood Waldorf School, visited Spindlewood and wrote this observation. Driving onto the Spindlewood site is somewhat like driving into an enchanted world. At the end of a long unpaved road, the surrounding buildings are of a delightful
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Workshops are filling up fast! Register now to secure your first choice. A. The Joy of Seasonal Stories as an Essential Tool in Caring for and Supporting Children, with Suzanne Down We will talk about the healthy impact of stories through the year as we create a sweet lap puppet for a delightful summer story to use
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[Editor’s Note: This article explores personal experiences with two of the attributes of “The L.O.V.E. Approach to Discipline” developed by LifeWays founder, Cynthia Aldinger. To learn more or to share your own experiences, see information at the end of this article. L – laughter and listeningO- order and objectivityV – versatility and vulnerabilityE – enthusiasm
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Jane writes: Back when my now 17-year-old Gustav was a baby, I started going to a moms’ group at our church. We moms spanned a wide range of backgrounds: educational, economic, even religious. Our director picked a mothering book to read and we took turns presenting a chapter each week. We discussed the ideas presented
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Sometimes it seems as though I am in a time warp. It’s as if toddlers have the power to bend, shape and shrink time until it nearly disappears. I wonder how I will ever manage to do all the things I need to do and at least a few of the things I’d like to
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by Pamela Perkins What value beyond personal enjoyment might there be for someone in her mid-sixties enrolling in a LifeWays training, especially someone who has ‘already been there’ with much of the content? Interestingly, the answers to this question arose only in retrospect, after I had finished my yearly round of the four sessions. When
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