Friends of Alaya
Paige Doughty
This is Huge! $15,000 Challenge Grant ...

THIS IS HUGE! We have an anonymous donor who is challenging us to raise $15,000 towards our annual $30,000 goal, and they will donate $15,000 as well!

This is Huge! $15,000 Challenge Grant Opportunity 💜🤠👏🏼
In The Classroom, Resources
Guest User
Resources on Parenting for Social Justice

Shared from the website Zero to Three, I wanted to share these suggestions, which offer some starting points for parents who want their children to develop a just and inclusive worldview.

Resources on Parenting for Social Justice
Principles of Practice, In The Classroom
Steve Sachs
Beautiful Buddhist-Inspired Approaches to ...

In this podcast, Steve Sachs, former co-director of Alaya Preschool, was interviewed on the Soul Path Parenting podcast about drawing on the wisdom of the Buddhist tradition to inspire Alaya’s approach to early childhood education.

Beautiful Buddhist-Inspired Approaches to Nurturing and Guiding Children
In The Classroom
Cathy Lauderbaugh
Thinking About Food

My son Odin is in Alaya’s Snow Lion classroom, and a recent discussion at the community night led to me writing this post about food and young children. I work as a speech and feeding therapist in the community, and I love helping families create happier dynamics at home and in life.

Thinking About Food
Steve Sachs
Reconsidering the Ducks

We all seem to be experiencing- to one degree or another- an unusual weight of adversity right now. To have tremendous kindness towards ourselves and to model this for others and for our children might be the greatest gift we can offer. We may not feel our best much of the time or be on top of our game. Can we accept this and soften our self-expectations?

Reconsidering the Ducks

suffering

The Struggle Is Real

The Struggle Is Real

It is not the challenges of life itself that are ultimately problematic, just like it is not feelings that are the culprit –but rather how we respond to our feelings. Do we accept life’s challenges or rail against them? In that ups and downs are a natural part of life and a super-natural part of parenting, it makes more sense to accept the challenges and focus on our relationship with the struggle. Trying to get our parenting ducks in a row is insane. Instead, if we stay present in life’s instability, we ride the ride instead of being ridden by it.

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