California Coast, August 2012 – June 2013

California Coast LifeWays^® Training

Dates: August 25, 2012 - June 15, 2013 (see below for complete schedule)

Location:  meets in the SF Bay Area

LifeWays^® Early Childhood and Human Development Training is for anyone who works with or shares their lives with young children: childcare providers in homes and centers, early childhood teachers, parents, nannies and grandparents. The training consists of both in-class time and independent reading, study and observation.

The California Coast training meets in the San Francisco Bay Area, one Saturday a month for eleven months (all day, 8am to 5:30pm), six half-day (9am to 3pm) Saturday sessions with a focus on music, handwork, movement, and professional development. In addition there are three long- weekend retreats for cooking, gardening, outdoor observation, circle games, wet felting, puppetry, storytelling and more. Independent learning includes reading, observation and writing between sessions. For those who wish to receive the LifeWays certification there are also monthly telephone conversations with a mentor, who is also available to visit you for two days near the end of your training.

Training dates for 2012-13 (subject to change):
August 25, Saturday session, 8am to 5:30pm
September 8, Saturday session, 8am to 5:30pm
September 22, Saturday session, 8am to 5:30pm
October 6, doll workshop – 9am to 3pm
October 19 to 21, retreat weekend for canning and silk/wool dyeing, Friday 4pm 9am to Sunday noon
November 3, Saturday session, 8am to 5:30pm
November 17, Saturday session, 8am to 5:30pm
December 1, festivals workshop – 9am to 3pm
December 8, Saturday session, 8am to 5:30pm
January 5, 2012 – Saturday session, 8am to 5:30pm
January 19, LOVE Approach to Discipline with Cynthia Aldinger, 9am to 3pm
February 2, Movement Workshop 9 am to 2pm
February 16 – Saturday session, 8am to 5:30pm
March 2, 2012 – Saturday session 8 am to 5:30pm
March 15 to 17 retreat weekend for baking, storytelling and puppetry, Friday 4pm to noon Sunday
April 6, Saturday session 8 am to 5:30pm
April 20, Home Health workshop with Trish McPhee RN, 8am to 5:30pm
May 4, Saturday session 8 am to 5:30pm
May 11, Lazure Painting workshop, 9am to 3pm
May 31 to June 2, retreat weekend for felting, circle games and cooking, Friday 4pm to Sunday noon
June 15, Saturday session, 8:00am to 5:30pm
Graduation

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