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 […]
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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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But what exactly do we mean by play? Let’s begin to narrow the field by looking at what this kind of play is not: Not driven by the commercial culture; not based on a movie, not “themed”, not initiated in order to sell merchandise, not packaged, not bought or sold. Not technological, does not
October 15, 2023 Our children come to us with stars in their eyes; they come to remind us that we are made of far-flung atoms and stardust. The wisdom of the Universe shines from the eyes of a newborn, while the entire evolution of earth—mineral, plant, animal, human, cosmos— is contained in their still-forming brains.
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March 19, 2023 In this week’s article, we examine the developmental aspects of the “Six Year Change” that influence Social Ability. It is the final article in a series that has focused on the development of social ability throughout early childhood. You can look back to our previous articles to learn more: Social Ability Begins
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February 26, 2023 This is the second of three follow-up articles to Kids Do Well if They Can that Mary O’Connell and I will write in the coming weeks. In this article, I offer a fundamental yet sometimes overlooked perspective on challenging behaviors that encourages and helps us get to the root of an issue
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February 19th, 2023 In this week’s article, we examine the developmental aspects that emerge as Social Ability begins blossoming in the ages of four and five. It is the fourth article in a series that will focus on the development of social ability throughout early childhood. Our children grow so rapidly through these first years
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February 12, 2023 This is the first of three follow-up articles to Kids Do Well if They Can that Mary O’Connell and I will write in the coming weeks. A dear friend and colleague of LifeWays, Mary has a non-profit farm education program and LifeWays Representative site at Paradise Farm in West Bend, where she and
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January 15, 2023 In this week’s article, we examine the developmental aspects that play into Social Ability with the dawning of “I” awareness. It is the third article in a series that will focus on the development of social ability throughout early childhood. This month we look at the developmental phase of around three
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