July 23, 2023 In today’s article I share my experiences and tips on the great social art of roadtrips with littles. I’m kind of kidding about it being a social art, but really, it feels like an art more than a science to master these kind of family adventures! Did you ever ride in a …
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July 16, 2023 This article was originally published for our 2017 Summer edition newsletter, Finding Fairyland: Introducing Earth, Wind, Fire & Water into Outdoor Play. I spent hours up in the trees as a child. Climbing as high as I could possibly manage, I would step out as far as I could while still holding …
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July 9, 2023 For this week’s article on Nurturing Care, I offer some simple recipes for summertime self-care after days in the sun. I am not one to shy away from the outdoors in the midsummer heat. I don’t particularly love the high temperatures and humidity of Kansas City summers, but being outdoors is so …
July 2, 2023 Today’s Living Arts Weekly is a delightful article from author Judith Frizlen. Judith is also the instructor for our on-demand online course, Creating Home Away from Home. You can read more from Judith and discover her books at her website here. I picture my grandmother in an everyday …
June 25, 2023 In celebration of St. John’s Day and the Living Art of Nurturing Care, I share a festival tradition that nurtures the adult self. I hope you appreciate the gesture and invite you to perhaps take up something of it into your own Midsummer traditions. Today marks St. John’s Festival, and Summer Solstice, …
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June 18, 2023 A perpetual wish of LifeWays is to have more fathers or men join our trainings or courses, and child-care programs. We have such a deep appreciation and love of what fathers and men bring to the task of raising children. Luckily, the value given to fatherhood seems to be increasingly acknowledged by …
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June 11, 2023 Today we focus on the living art of Creative Exploration that we created in my Wind Rose class shortly before the school year ended. These watercolor banners would also make a lovely project for summer afternoons. The banners worked well as a sort of “culmination” of the children’s experience with watercolor …
May 28, 2023 Last month I wrote about Creative Exploration through Storytelling, and the opportunity for my rising first graders to participate in our final puppet show of the year. They each created a bendy doll for their puppet, and I adapted “The Golden Fish” by Cynthia Aldinger for our show. While it was tricky …
May 21 2023 This week’s article is a lovely bit of poetry written by LifeWays’ Board President and Representative Site Coordinator, Shanah Ahmadi. She is also the Director and founder of the Rose Rock School and LifeWays Representative Center in Norman, Oklahoma. May Day Signifies school year’s end, celebrating triumphs and making amends. Revolutions round the …
May 14, 2023 Today as we celebrate the great work of mothers, I am thinking about the path forward they tirelessly work to pave for their children. I come from a strong lineage of mothers who have done this work. Three generations of women in my family have endured the hardship of bucking societal norms and …
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