Transitioning into new rhythms, such as the school year, can feel a little tricky or unsettling. Or if it works for the children, perhaps develop a once-weekly rhythm of meeting at a nearby park for Maybe it’s nothing; maybe it’s just getting into new rhythms and giving your child the chance to develop Time: How much literal time is our rhythm or schedule allowing for this transition?

I hold the rhythm of our days and prepare the home for the rhythm to unfold.

has not yet released its grip, and children still need the deep security that comes from consistent rhythm

Weave joy into your daily rhythm by doing something easy at home or right out your front door. In your weekly rhythm, choose a bigger activity for the whole family.

Having a daily and weekly rhythm that is set up with plenty of free play will help. A consistent and predictable rhythm, set to their pace of life, that satisfies foundational needs will

Late January or February: Parent evening on “Rhythm and Discipline.”

crooning, comforting songs sometimes just soundings such as luuly, luulay…bringing soft consonants in a rhythmic The rhythms of speech/song, added to the movements in play delighted timeless children and will forever You can hear the flow of the phrases in the singing of the verse, how simple it is then to keep the rhythmic As the intellect took hold of humanity, this more spirit-filled rhythmic speech became too grounded for beat of syllables, return to a song quality, then try speaking them in the full breathing flow of the rhythmic

How do you nurture your child, and yourself, in the day-to-day rhythm of family life?

Rhythms stretch out wide at this nodal time, as day and night reflect each other in perfect balance. Between work indoors and rejuvenation in nature’s healing rhythms? 

supported in our own equanimity and restraint; as well as the consistency of a well-balanced daily rhythm

The child is also unconsciously living and learning at this time about the powerful rhythms of day and They enjoy rhythmic, repetitive language in storytelling, and counting, clapping, songs and verses, which Ordering, seriation, patterning (logic, pre-algebra) – Daily, weekly, yearly rhythms; predictable daily Story-telling, poetry, verses – rhythm of language. Rhythmic clapping. 

Think of at least one time each day you can slow your pace, relax, listen to the rhythm of your footsteps