Online Programs
Rooted in the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner, our online courses are designed to support childcare workers and parents in fostering healthy, holistic development in young children. Whether you're a caregiver looking to deepen your practice or a parent seeking to enrich your child’s early years, our courses offer valuable insights and tools to support a meaningful, child-centered approach to learning.
Circle of Hands
Handwork Workshop with Mindy Upton of Blue Sky Craft Studio
One Sunday a month, 12 pm - 2 pm Central, through May 2026
Bring together the skills of sewing and felting, music and story in this very special handwork circle! This class is designed for teachers, caregivers, and grandparents who enjoy the magic of creating beauty with handwork and natural fiber materials.
Singing Games:
Fresh Air
With Anna Rainville
One Thursday a month, 7 pm - 8:15 pm Central, through April 2026
Singing games and songs to accompany our children outside to work and play through the seasons. Each of these workshops with Anna will be catered to a different age group, but all equally delightful to participate in.
The Children of Our Times:
Attention, Anxiety, and Connection
An Anthroposophic Perspective
with Laurie Schmiesing, RN
Wednesday April 29 & May 6
at 6:30 pm - 8 pm Central
What do our children need in our times? This is an important question for all adults to consider. Anthroposophy gives us a deep understanding into human development. We will review the understanding of the child through anthroposophy in the 7 year life cycles and the 4 lower senses: touch, life, movement and balance.
Celebrating Festivals
Connecting to Universal Truth
with Chinyelu Kunz and Molly Brett
4 weeks beginning June 3, 2026
What is our universal experience of the festivals?
What is alive in each season no matter the hemisphere?
How can we bring our own uniqueness to our celebrations in our homes and in our classrooms?
How do we choose what to celebrate and how do we create a fulfilling experience for all?
Simple Seasonal Puppetry
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Simple Seasonal Puppetry for Our Youngest
A Workshop Series with
Leslie Wetzonis Woolverton
Saturdays, June 6, 13, 20 & 27 12:30-2 pm Central
The magic of storytelling is introduced to our youngest ones in very simple and practical ways. Finger puppets bring these very first stories to life for the babies and toddlers in our programs and homes. In this workshop with Leslie, you will learn how to introduce storytelling and create a finger puppet for each season throughout the year.
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In the Rose Garden
with Sharifa Oppenheimer
A Hybrid Course beginning
Tuesday, June 16
In this course Sharifa Oppenheimer takes you “behind the scenes” of her many years in the Waldorf classroom. These simple, grounded tips and suggestions are meant to be a springboard for your own ideas and creativity. This work will help you manifest in your own classroom the spiritual principles that are the foundation of our work. In these ways, you create Heaven on Earth.
Using "Home" as the Model
for Your Program
with Rahima Baldwin Dancy
For three weeks beginning July 1, 2026
Live Zoom Q&A Saturday, July 18, 11 am CT
A three-week online course with Rahima Baldwin Dancy, for early childhood teachers and childcare providers in any location—schools, centers and homes.
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Childhood Phases
Childhood Phases:
A Developmental Journey
A Biography & Social Art workshop series with Lynn Turner
Live - Sundays July 5, 12, 19, &26
9:30 am -11:30 am Central
Each human life unfolds through universal developmental gestures, yet each journey is uniquely our own. In this reflective workshop series, we explore the phases of childhood and young adulthood to deepen our understanding of human development—and how our own biographies shape the way we meet and support others.
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Dreamscapes & Storytelling - Love & Trust in the Stories We Tell
with Leslie Wetzonis Woolverton
Live - Fridays, July 31, August 7 & 14 12- 3pm Central
How do we select stories for our programs?
What calls to our hearts?
Can we deepen the meaning of the archetypes for ourselves within each story or fairytale we create for young children?
Together in this intensive, we will cultivate the importance of stories and fairytales for young children. We will also discover the beauty and humanity universal tales offer that are woven through all cultures. Each participant will make one standing puppet by the last day.
Working Together with the Living Arts
An Interactive Workshop Series
for Careproviders, Teachers, Families, & Anyone
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Join us in a village of support that transcends the distances
and unites us through our work with the Living Arts!
The YES to Life Series
with Cynthia Aldinger and Mary O’Connell and guests Rahima Baldwin Dancy, Faith Collins, Chinyelu Kunz, Jack Petrash, Laura Scappaticci, and Tim Francis
A series of seven individual courses.
Mary O’Connell and Cynthia Aldinger are collaborating on a brand new series that extends through the whole scope of childhood and focuses on Goodness, Beauty and Truth as a foundation for creating strength and resiliency for ourselves and for the children and youth in our programs, our homes
- anywhere in our lives- and, most especially, in our hearts.
