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I’ve been thinking about holiday gifts for my class. I have 8 students with my youngest at nearly three and my oldest who turned 6 at the beginning of August. I love autumn leaves and have wanted for several years to paint a whole wall of individual leaf portraits. Not there yet but someday… So on our nature walk the other day, I gave the directive that we could each gather a leaf for our lunch table. Well, as you might have guessed, we all came back with bouquets of leaves,

Parents are looking for opportunities to connect with one another, so at Rainbow Bridge LifeWays Program we strengthened community...

When our school, Homeschool Garden, started 15 years ago we tried to do all the work ourselves. Staff gathered materials and worked to...

When I enrolled in the LifeWays training, I had no real connection to the lives of children and families. Like many Millenials, the last...

The themes of nourishment and reverence led me to do my LifeWays project on the apron, both studying its use and making two aprons that I...

For young children, it is good to have very clear routines and rituals around sleep.  It helps to think about what you are doing for the...

This is the first of hopefully many “sneak peeks” into the LifeWays training program. Our aim is to offer you a glimpse of what happens...

Story time has always been one of my favorite parts of the day for my own creative exploration. I’m an artist by nature, so the handwork...