Participants will meet on the following dates:

July 11 (eve)- 19, 2026
Nov 5- 8, 2026
April 18- 24, 2027
July 17- 25 or 10- 18, 2027

Completing the LifeWays Training can open NEW Opportunities for you:

Childcare providers in homes and centers
Early childhood assistants, teachers and nannies
Parents and grandparents
Parent-child teachers
Early Childhood Aftercare teachers
Homeschool parents.
Become the parent or early childhood professional you long to be.

LifeWays students learn from master teachers in 200+ in-class hours over a year’s time. Additionally, mentor-supported independent study enriches learning between sessions. The LifeWays curriculum is divided into four categories:

Human Growth and Development

based on the insights of Rudolf Steiner and others

Child, Family and Community

home health care practices, unique and beautiful handwork, gardening and meal planning, meaningful celebrations and festivals, self-care and more

Program Curriculum

deepening your classroom and in-home practices (artistic and practical, nature and nurture); fundamentals of establishing child care, parent-child, after-school and daily homeschool rhythms; and more

Living Arts

learn the Living Arts as developed by LifeWays and the keys to joyful, purposeful living through Practical Activity, Nurturing Care, Creative Exploration and Social Awareness

LifeWays students graduate with a renewed sense of joie de vivre in their daily lives. Strengthened by an amazing view of the developing human being, a lifted experience of personal growth, guidance in establishing successful programs and a sense of being grounded in the practical, artistic and nurturing skills, they tell us over and over again that this training was a life-changing experience for them.

Housing and Childcare

While LifeWays does not directly provide housing or childcare, we are happy to provide applicants with contact information for local resources..

Meals

Snacks and daily organic hot lunches are included in tuition. Students provide their own breakfast and dinner

Your journey toward joy-filled and purpose-full living begins in 2026. Join us in New Jersey.

Learn to create magical puppet shows for young children using silks, hand-made puppets and natural materials.

Learn songs and lullabies playing the lyre.

Learn watercolor painting for young children.

Study and discuss with one another.

The Princeton LifeWays Training meets at Princeton Waldorf School.

Please contact Sheena Ifkovich for full details.

sheena@lifewaysnorthamerica.net

Sheena Ifkovitch

Sheena has been dedicated to the LifeWays's mission ever since learning from Cynthia in her Kimberton, PA LifeWays' training in 2015. Shortly after finding out about Waldorf education, and studying Rudolf Steiner's work, she opened an early childhood home program and nurtured community festivals for 6 years. Sheena is a member of the Anthroposophical Society and served the eastern region of the American Society for several years. She has found a passion for working with caregivers and children 3 and under, as she moved into a teaching role at River Valley Waldorf school as their caregiver/child teacher. In her free time, she enjoys spending time in nature, playing card and board games with her family and pursuing anthroposophical studies.

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