September 2024 Today’s article has been written by Judith Frizlen, a beloved teacher of LifeWays and mentor to caregivers. In my roles as the fourth child in a family of eight, a teacher, a parent and a grandparent, I have been fascinated by differences in children related to birth order. When you […]
The First-Born Point of View by Judith Frizlen Read More »
September 2024 Knowing how to best support your child’s sleep can be difficult. Babies don’t come into the world having the capability to put themselves to sleep, and so we quickly learn as parents it is our task to create and maintain routines and practices that usher them into a healthy sleep
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September 2024 It is one of a parent’s greatest challenges to remain calm in the heat of an intensely emotional moment with our child. There is no such thing as a “one-response-fits-all” to any child’s tantrum or meltdown, and we have to be calm and centered in order to know how to respond
How to Keep Cool in Hot-Tempered Times by Acacia Moore Read More »
September 2024 Vicki Kingsbury, an Early Childhood teacher at Prairie Hill Waldorf School in Wisconsin, shares this timeless article with us for today’s blog! As a Waldorf Education early childhood teacher, over the years, parents have often asked me: “What one thing can I do to promote my child’s healthy development?” If
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August 2024 Today, our Board President Shanah Ahmadi, offers us a Tool of the Trade for our blog: If you are reading this post, then you are likely a parent or a teacher—maybe you have the good fortune of being both. You have likely experienced how parenting and teaching can bring buckets of joy, success,
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August 2024 Today’s blog features a fairy festival circle, shared with us by Cynthia Aldinger. First up, we have two videos for audio and visuals, followed up by the lyrics for you to save! Cynthia’s Video Part 1 Cynthia’s Video Part 2
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August 2024 Today’s article has been written by Judith Frizlen, a beloved teacher of LifeWays and mentor to caregivers. Summer is the season of outdoor adventures, vacations, and family reunions. Reunions can be a lot of fun but also fraught with unfinished business dating back to childhood. I have discovered it’s helpful to
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July 2024 “In summer, the song sings itself.” –William Carlos Williams Welcome to the glorious expansiveness of Summer—where the days can roll along languorously and the moments can seem both endless and short-lived, where we strive to balance getting things accomplished with taking long moments to relax. In a dynamic season such as this, we
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June 2024 As an extension of her work as Executive Director, Acacia Moore is setting the intention to keep a finger on the pulse of Waldorf, early childhood, childcare, etc. by establishing a rhythm of reading current articles on such things. Here she shares her reflections. David Sewell McCann shares about the
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June 2024 When I took the Waldorf Early Childhood Training in the early 1980’s, one principle that impressed me was, “The Waldorf kindergarten takes the healthy home as its model.” I didn’t quite know what that meant, never having seen “a Waldorf home” at that time–maybe they existed in Europe, but certainly not
Using “Home” as the Model in your Early Childhood Program By Rahima Baldwin Dancy Read More »
