.png)
Dates Coming Soon
​​​​Applications will be accepted in early 2026 and the class size will be limited and every applicant will have a personal interview. Scholarships and financial aid are available. For full information about this Training contact the 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 Portland.
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 Portland LifeWays Training meets at the Juniperberry Playgarden. Please contact Victoria Baker for full details.
This event has been partially underwritten by Anne Kollender and Peter Bennett. For more information about donating to Lifeways or helping to underwrite Lifeways programs or events, please contact Acacia Moore acacia@lifewaysnorthamerica.net
Lifeways is a 503c3 organization, donations are tax deductible.