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This May, I completed a three year Curative Educator’s training from Robyn Brown, founder of The Mulberry Center for Curative Education....

In this week’s Living Arts Weekly blog post, Chinyelu Kunz of WeNurture shares the ways in which you can nurture your child’s 12 senses...

In preparing to write this blog, I made my way down to the river to pray – well, not exactly to pray but to seek inspiration.  And three...

Today’s post is from Chinyelu Kunz of WeNurture: Bath time can be an easy time or a challenging time depending on how comfortable your...

Soon we will come again, in Earth’s ever-cycling movements, to autumn’s balance point. The circular dance of waxing and waning ~ of...

The winter mandala, above, is poignant in its simplicity and purity. It reflects the nature of the people who created it on a whim, in...

From my head to my feet, I am the image of God. From my heart to my hands, I feel the breath of God. When I speak with my mouth, I follow...

In the context of the Waldorf approach, reverence is a feeling that we consciously cultivate and deeply touches the soul. It’s a mood...

Our children first encounter Creative Exploration through play. It is how they grow and how they learn about the world. As parents, we...

There is a sweet and gentle evolution toward the relationship between language arising in children and story.  It starts with Mama...

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...

Festivals are universally-shared celebrations of life, and they are as diverse as the people of our beautiful planet. In celebration of...

Spring has long been tugging at our hearts~ igniting dreams of balmy days in sunshine and fresh breezes that come sweeping us clear of...

This gentle springtime story from Suzanne Down can be told or done as a puppet show for children. Spring Song A long time ago, way up in...

The old hollow tree had fallen to the ground a long time ago, and soft, soft moss had covered it up so well you could hardly see the...

The children of my kindergarten class have loved playing circle games this year. They have played some traditional ones that involve...

It is springtime and the abundance of Mother Earth is arising, sprouting up green and lush. Her seasons of abundance will soon be with...

There was once a little boy who lived in a house surrounded by garden and field. There he spent his days playing and helping his mother...

Whether we are a parent, a childcare provider, or a teacher, our work with children necessarily involves developing ongoing relationships...

In my experiences as an educator, we are all encountering children who are struggling with seemingly basic tasks of the day.