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    • About Us
      • Our Caregivers
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    • Our Curriculum
    • Enrollment
      • Parent Resources
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      • Apply for Enrollment
      • Testimonials
      • Tuition
    • Calendar
      • 2025 Calendar
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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Our Caregivers
    • Lifeways Practices
    • Lifeways Principals
  • Our Curriculum
  • Enrollment
    • Parent Resources
    • Further Learning
    • Apply for Enrollment
    • Testimonials
    • Tuition
  • Calendar
    • 2025 Calendar
  • Farm Camp
  • Employment
  • Photo Gallery

Lifeways Practices


  • LifeWays practices are based upon the fundamental need for relationship-based care (bonding and continuity), neurological research, and recognition of living arts (domestic, nurturing, creative and social arts) as central to the advancement of children’s social, emotional and intellectual skills.


  • In child care, “suites” consist of small groups of children who stay together with the same caregivers over a several-year period, creating a more homelike atmosphere and better teacher-child ratios.


  • Emphasis is placed on practical life skills such as building, gardening, cleaning, cooking, washing, repairing, and sewing, among other things.


  • Movement/play curriculum emphasizes child-initiated activities that promote healthy musculoskeletal development, providing opportunities for unstructured, spontaneous movement in a safe environment. Traditional games and finger-plays provide opportunities for the children to imitate healthy movement, develop proprioception and increase both their small and large motor skills.


  • The children go outside in all but the most inclement weather. This helps them become more robust and strengthens their bond with the environment in which they live.  


  • Emphasis is on loving human interaction with warm speech, live singing, verses, and stories rather than technology. LifeWays Programs are television- and video-free environments except for use in administration and adult education.


  • Child guidance is based on the L.O.V.E. Approach to Discipline which includes Listening, Laughter, Order, Objectivity, Versatility, Vulnerability, Energy and Enthusiasm


  • Foundation for lifelong literacy is fostered through storytelling and puppetry, individual lap time with a book, through poetry, verse, and music on a daily basis, through drama, and through the daily interactions of play and movement in a healthy, secure environment.


  • Pre-School/Kindergarten program is a developmentally appropriate, play-based approach found in Waldorf preschools and kindergartens throughout the world.


  • We provide the best in natural organic foods (whenever this is possible) and involve the children in the food preparation.


  • Festivals and celebrations, honoring the various cultural backgrounds of the families, as well as traditional seasonal festivals and birthday parties, are offered.


  • When possible, ongoing relationships are established with senior adults and youth who visit on a regular basis.


  • Foreign language –Community friends who speak a native language other than English may be invited to play simple games or sing simple songs with the children on a routine basis.


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