Using "Home" as the Model in your Program with Rahima Baldwin Dancy

Starting Wednesday, June 11, 2025

A three-week online course for early childhood teachers and childcare providers in any location - schools, centers and homes


BONUS: Register now and receive a link to the video of Rahima’s workshop “Family Matters: Homemaking 101 for Busy Parents” to share with your families. There will be an in-person Zoom call with Rahima on Saturday, June 28 at 11 am CT, which will also be available as a recording for 30 days.

EARN CEUs and TAKE THIS COURSE WITH COLLEAGUES! Enrich your experience when two or more from the same program enroll in the course so you can study and discuss together – as well as earn a Certificate of Completion for 15 contact hours CEUs with a course aligned with your values (you must complete 80% of the discussion questions by July 5 th for a certificate). Bring this to your Program Director to take advantage of a 30% discount for groups of five or more.

Program Details:

Whether you’re seasoned in the LifeWays approach or new to incorporating these elements into your program, this course is for you!
  • Each Wednesday you’ll receive two new lessons for looking at your program on four different levels – the physical, rhythmical, relational/emotional and spiritual/values levels.
  • Learn from Rahima’s experience and photos from Rainbow Bridge and a wealth of other LifeWays and similar programs.
  • Join the online written discussion and be inspired by hundreds of ways other providers have made their programs more home-like.
  • Create a plan to bring one or more new elements into your own program.

Among the topics we’ll cover:

  • The importance of elements of home for young children and throughout the lifespan
  • Physical Aspects: What makes a program “home like” and ways to incorporate more elements into your work with children, both indoors and outside.
  • Rhythmical Aspects: The things you actually do with the children and ways to make these activities more home-like, including snacks and lunches, nap or rest time and activities of bodily care. Ways to “tweak” your rhythms by looking at underlying principles.
  • Emotional/Relational Aspects: The emotional “tone” of your program and the qualities of relationships—with yourself, the children, colleagues, visitors and parents.
  • Spiritual Aspects: The highest level of intention, focusing on values that underlie your program and that inform the children’s experience as life together unfolds. We’ll include media and gun play, dolls and dump trucks, honoring diversity, using teaching stories and developing reverence, gratitude and joy.

“It was a wonderful chance for me to be able to take a step back and evaluate how things move, what works, what does not and what changes need to be implemented.” ~ J.V.

“It was helpful to have a look at how other teachers and programs bring the elements of home. Because doing this is not uniform, and is a very personal expression, I loved getting to read and see how so many other people have created their individual style.” ~ C.B

About the Instructor

Rahima Baldwin Dancy is internationally known as a midwife and the author of You Are Your Child’s First Teacher. She was a Waldorf kindergarten teacher and had an in-home program in the 1980s, and then from 2008-2012 she and her daughter, Faith Collins, ran Rainbow Bridge LifeWays Program for children ages 1-5 years. Rahima was a founding board member of LifeWays North America, where she worked as Training Coordinator and later as Outreach Director.

Register for This Course

Cost $150; Groups of five or more $120 each.

Refund Policy: Fees will be refunded in full up to 7 days prior to the start of the course, and at 50% if student cancels enrollment less than a week in advance. Fees are nonrefundable after the start of the course.

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