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With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, let me suggest that you let today, the day that you read this, and Valentine’s Day itself be...

You may wish to dialogue with the Angel of your child to gain guidance.

This Self & Child Observation and Imagination Exercise is divided into two parts. The first part involves reflection and writing to...

May wisdom shine through me May love glow within me May strength penetrate me That in me might arise  A helper for humanity, A servant of...

Through my own biography, and in particular through an experiment with words, I’ve become convinced of the importance of an intentional, rhy

Situations like these engage the foundational senses of touch, life, self-movement and balance in very nourishing ways, but also develop ve

Young children don’t think their way to learning; they learn by doing. And what they do and how they learn is play.

Play is an amalgamation of alchemy and science, giving the child not only a magic wand, but also a powerful tool of experimentation.

Early February marks the cross-quarter, the midway point between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox. Over the centuries, folks have develope

Why are transitions sometimes so challenging for young children? (For those with little littles, put this info in your pocket because...

Children have an internal program that drives them to meet challenges and to practice new skills through play.

Years ago in my LifeWays training, Cynthia Aldinger asked our class, “What brings you joy, and are you making time for those things?” The...

“The greatest gift we can give our children is to go out into our villages and neighborhoods alongside our children, living and learning...

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...

Our experience of both the outer world and the inner world varies. Each one of us is a unique individual and the shared goal of our human...

Self-awareness and self-compassion are the foundational steps toward self-care. A well-cared-for Self creates a strong, flexible footing...

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...

Here at The Orchard, our in-home, LifeWays-inspired child care place, being outdoors, rain or shine, hot or cold, is a given.  It is also a challenge because, although we value and promote unstructured free play outdoors, we look for opportunities to share nature together. Apart from unstructured, surprise encounters with nature, this happens in two ways. One day each week, beginning about 10:45, we gather the first aid kit, emergency phone numbers, cell phone, and our snack

Before I had children I didn’t even know how to spell “rhythm.” Little did I know then how much I would come to appreciate yearly, weekly, daily and even smaller rhythms that would come to support my life and our family.

First, let me confess something. Even though as a young mother, I studied Steiner’s teachings and read Y ou Are Your Child’s First...