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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From my head to my feet,I am the image of God.From my heart to my hands,I feel the breath of God.When I speak with my mouth,I follow God’s will.When I see God everywhere,In Mother, Father, in all dear people,In beast and flower, tree and stone,Then nothing brings fearBut love to all that is around me.
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Mara Spiropoulos, LifeWays student and mother of three children ages 3 and under, shares her family’s experience in deciding to go television-free. As a stay at home mama to three children under the age of 3 and a half, I have very full hands to say the least. I am on my path to
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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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This next article by Mary O’Connell is a wonderful look at how the latest brain research supports ideas promoted by LifeWays. Mary is the director of the LifeWays Early Childhood Center in Milwaukee, WI, the director of the LifeWays training in Wisconsin, and a member of the Board of LifeWays North America. I met Mary
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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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See our Directory for a LifeWays early childhood program near you. Experience the joy of home-like, mixed-age childcare. Our unique, relationship-based care can be found in homes and centers throughout North America. Children thrive in the warm, “home away from home” atmosphere of LifeWays center-based and in-home child care. Mixed-age, family-style groupings support the relationship-based
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LifeWays North America was founded in 1998 by Cynthia Aldinger and friends and draws upon her many years of experience as a Waldorf kindergarten teacher, mother and grandmother. Although Rudolf Steiner, the founder of Waldorf education, did not suggest a specific curriculum for early childhood, he gave numerous lectures on child development that included deep
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The LifeWays® Principles are listed below. Click here for a printable version. Young children thrive in the presence of parents and other devoted caregivers who enjoy life and caring for children. They learn primarily through imitation/empathy and, therefore, need to be cared for by people with integrity and warmth who are worthy of being imitated.
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