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LifeWays North America provides early childhood certification programs for caregivers, early childhood teachers, parents and grandparents, and parent educators. LifeWays takes its inspiration from Waldorf Education and Rudolf Steiner.
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Autumn 2024 Self-awareness and self-compassion are the foundational steps toward self-care. A well-cared-for Self creates a strong, flexible footing for sensitive awareness and responsiveness as we care for our families or Early Childhood classes. If you practice meditation already, you are familiar with the deep sense of self-care it offers. Self- care is ..read more
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Autumn 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. ExchangeEveryDay shares about Finding a Comfortable Pace ..read more
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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 ..read more
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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 ..read more
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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 ..read more
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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 ..read more
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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 ..read more
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August 2024 Today’s blog features a fairy festival circle, shared with us by Cynthia Aldinger. Summer Fairy Circle Song in Pentatonic: I met a little wee man once [raised pinky on one hand sitting on other hand] Down where the lilies blow [fingers on other hand wavelike motion] I asked him why he ..read more
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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 bring understanding ..read more
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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 ..read more