Directory of LifeWays Early Childhood Programs

Below you will find a list of LifeWays Representative Sites along with LifeWays programs. If you are looking for LifeWays care for your child(ren) this is the place to be.

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Our Representative Sites

LifeWays Representative Programs enjoy the highest level of recognition. Their approach to working with children and families is based on concepts taught in the LifeWays training with particular emphasis on Rudolf Steiner’s research on human development. All primary caregivers in Representative Programs have completed the LifeWays training or its equivalent or are currently enrolled in LifeWays training.

Boulder Waldorf Kindergarten

https://boulderwaldorf.com/

Boulder Waldorf Kindergarten & Preschool is an early childhood center serving children ages 12 months to 6 years. We are a learning community where children can be children and imaginations come alive.

Joyful Toddlers

https://joyfultoddlers.com/

Nurture enjoyment of your children through articles, posts, parent-child classes, and coaching with early childhood expert Faith Collins.

Faith posts free articles and answers questions as “Faith Collins” on her blog, and also provides one-on-one coaching for parents and caregivers by phone or with home visits for families in the Denver/Front Range area.

One of the highlights of Joyful Toddlers is the six-week Tele-Class Joyful Days with Toddlers & Preschoolers, where families and caregivers get six weeks of ongoing support. Each week’s class addresses a different issue common amongst toddlers, and shows video footage of Faith interacting with the children from her own home daycare, the Rainbow Bridge LifeWays Program.

Little Farm School

https://thelittlefarmschool.org/

Little Farm School offers a relationship-based, nature-based and farm-based experience to those in need of quality care for their children ages 12 months to 6 years old!

Little Farm School follows the LifeWays approach to childcare, which seeks to replicate the best elements of care found in a healthy family.

The Play Garden by the Sea

https://www.theplaygarden.org/

The Playgarden began as a neighborhood playgroup created by parents who wished to offer a home setting inspired by Waldorf principles. We offer 2-, 3- and 5-Day programs for children ages 2 1/2 (and potty trained) to 6 including Kindergarten. As a LifeWays Representative Site, our trained teachers offer play & nature-based curriculum in a small group setting, providing a nature-rich and wonder-filled learning environment. Join us on campus or in the forest for 100% nature immersion where children get to be children for a little longer.

Cedarsong Play Garden

cedarsongplaygarden@gmail.com

Welcome to CedarSong Play Garden, a Waldorf-inspired and nature-based family child care center in Blue Hill, Maine. At CedarSong, we help foster in children a sense of wonder and joy for the natural world and offer them a place for curiosity, gratitude, and a feeling of a home away from home. CedarSong is their special place to grow, learn, make friends, play, and explore. outdoors as possible. CedarSong offers high-quality childcare in a home environment with a focus on community. CedarSong maintains small class sizes in a mixed-age group of children ages 2 - 6 years with one to two teachers based on enrollment and class size.

LifeWays Milwaukee

https://www.lifewaysmilwaukee.com/

LifeWays Early Childhood Center offers childcare and preschool in the city of Milwaukee.

Located in the beautiful, wooded Koenen nature preserve, LifeWays offers home-like, mixed-age care for children ages three months to six years.

Paradise Farm School

https://www.paradisefarmschool.com/

Paradise Farm offers farm education programs for adults and children in West Bend, WI. At Paradise Farm, children and adults develop a genuine understanding of where their food comes from, and a real connection to their cultural and agricultural heritage.

A short ride from the Milwaukee area brings you to Paradise Farm, where you can step back in time and enjoy nature without screens or electronic gadgets getting in the way of your experience.

Mountain Bluebells

http://www.mtbluebells.org/

At Mountain Bluebells our goal is to create a haven for children where they are nurtured, loved and allowed to be themselves.

It’s from this place of security and warmth that the child begins his journey of learning discovery. And what a journey it is! At Mountain Bluebells, we know that children learn best from real-life experiences. Just what is a child learning as he helps his teacher bake muffins or fold the laundry? Measuring, counting, following directions, nutrition, sorting, color recognition, the process of following a task through to completion, and language skills, to name a few! We will spend our days playing, learning songs and stories, working and practicing healthy self-care. We believe that it is in this environment that children truly thrive.

Hummingbird Hill Playgarden

https://hummingbirdhillplaygarden.com/

Hummingbird Hill Playgarden is a family-model, home-based, multi-age preschool and childcare program based in beautiful Lyndeborough, New Hampshire -surrounded by 130 acres of conservation land and an endless supply of adventures. Guided by Waldorf principles, Playgarden is dedicated to nurturing and supporting the developmental needs of young children and their families. Playgarden is a certified LifeWays program and provides a protective environment that reflects a homelike setting and honors the realm of childhood. Through the purposeful and rhythmical nature of daily and weekly activities, with a focus on creative play and expression, and with long spans of uninterrupted time to explore the outdoors, a sense of security, order, care, and joy ensues. We believe this to be essential for the healthy development of the young child.

Boulder Waldorf Kindergarten

https://boulderwaldorf.com/

Boulder Waldorf Kindergarten & Preschool is an early childhood center serving children ages 12 months to 6 years. We are a learning community where children can be children and imaginations come alive.

Joyful Toddlers

https://joyfultoddlers.com/

Nurture enjoyment of your children through articles, posts, parent-child classes, and coaching with early childhood expert Faith Collins.

Faith posts free articles and answers questions as “Faith Collins” on her blog, and also provides one-on-one coaching for parents and caregivers by phone or with home visits for families in the Denver/Front Range area.

One of the highlights of Joyful Toddlers is the six-week Tele-Class Joyful Days with Toddlers & Preschoolers, where families and caregivers get six weeks of ongoing support. Each week’s class addresses a different issue common amongst toddlers, and shows video footage of Faith interacting with the children from her own home daycare, the Rainbow Bridge LifeWays Program.

Rose Rock School

https://roserock-school.org/

Rose Rock School, a LifeWays representative Site, offers mixed-age child care for children beginning at 2 years old, and is excited to announce enrollment for the grades program for 1st-5th Grade! We are located on four beautiful acres in the heart of Norman, Oklahoma.

Elmdale Play Garden

https://www.elmdaleplaygarden.com/

Elmdale Play Garden provides a carefully prepared environment where children explore through play, creative art, musical experiences, and real-life activities. Life is the curriculum. Children feel comfortable and safe in a home-like setting where they play and learn to interact self-sufficiently within a small family group of mixed age peers. Children’s developing independence is fostered by modeling and setting individualized and developmentally appropriate expectations for mealtimes, self-care, and taking care of their environment. At Elmdale, children are treated with the utmost respect and are fed with whole, organic, nutritious meals along with receiving quality care.