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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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
September 1, 2019 As we come around to the official end of summer, Labor Day, our thoughts turn once again to work — good, honest hard work. Rudolf Steiner had this to say about the value of the practical life: Seek the truly practical material life But seek it so that it does not numb …
August 25, 2019 The first wealth is health. –Emerson As parents get ready to send their kids back to school, the subject of the school lunch often comes to mind. Packing lunches that are nutritious, appealing, and hold their freshness while hanging out in a backpack or locker all morning is not always an …
August 18, 2019 Love is higher than opinion. If people love one another, the most varied opinions can be reconciled — thus, one of the most important tasks for humankind today and in the future is that we should learn to live together and understand one another. If this human fellowship is not achieved, all …
August 11, 2019 Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are. – Harold S. Kushner As I mentioned in last week’s blog post, Rahima and I are in Xi’an, China teaching in LifeWays’ first Birth to Three course. I have learned so many …