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. Explore practical, engaging, and thoughtful approaches to education, play, and care that nurture creativity, emotional well-being, and intellectual growth. 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. Start your journey today and cultivate a nurturing environment for the children in your life.
CIRCLE OF HANDS
A HANDWORK CIRCLE FOR EXPERIENCED STUDENTS
WITH MINDY UPTON
Next Gathering, May 18
Join us for a “closed” Circle experience with colleagues from Year One; this second year circle will build upon established handwork skills. Mindy is providing a unique and wonderful opportunity for participants, bringing together handwork, music and story for a complete experience that can be used in your early childhood program immediately after completion! The year’s curriculum will include creating puppets, seasonal crafts and nature garden creatures that will enliven your growing repertoire.
USING "HOME" AS THE MODEL IN YOUR PROGRAM
Three weeks beginning June 11th
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Whether you’re seasoned in the LifeWays approach or new to incorporating these elements into your program, this course is for you!
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Rahima will guide you in looking at your program on four different levels - the physical, rhythmical, relational/emotional and spiritual/values levels.
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Be inspired by hundreds of ways other providers have made their programs more home-like.
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Create a plan to bring one or more new elements into your own program.
with Rahima Baldwin Dancy
CURATIVE EDUCATION
Three days: June 27th-29th
All over the country today, we are receiving into our homes, programs, and classrooms a constant stream of children at younger and younger ages who are needing more than what many current models of care and education offer. They are coming with obstacles and challenges to their incarnation and growth that require a more specialized lens for seeing them and how to guide them in. Rudolf Steiner’s curative education lectures hold for us a beacon of light in our search for how to meet them.
Join us for a workshop with Robyn Brown to explore what it truly means to observe and why those observations are useful.
WITH ROBYN BROWN
Three weeks starting July 9th
We know that the strength of a building lies in its foundation. With high-rise buildings touching the sky these days, it has become all the more important to have powerful foundations. When we expect great things from a building, we know we have to lay the groundwork that keeps the building standing strong against the forces of nature.
Equally important is the foundation built for the child in early childhood development. We must ensure a strong foundation is created for all later learning to stand upon. If the foundation is not strong, the child may encounter difficulties in grade school, high school, or beyond.
BUILDING A STRONG
FOUNDATION
WITH CYNTHIA ALDINGER
LOVE GROWS HERE
July 7-9, 10am- 1pm CT
In this class series, we will bring new insights and offer wisdom that honors and embraces diversity into stories for young children.
How do we select them?
What is the heart behind the story?
And how can we feel into and create our own stories that cultivate joy and interest for fairytales from other cultures?
Our own collective biographies will help to inspire, broaden and support this very important heart work!
STORYTELLING WITH BELONGING AND INCLUSION IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
WITH LESLIE & LYNN
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