Healthy Childhood Partners

Healthy Childhood Partners Mobilizing community support to meet the needs of young children and expanding options for quality e

Healthy Childhood Partners believes the fundamental needs of the child are met through daily life activities and healthy relationships.

*living arts: domestic activity, nurturing care, creative discovery, developing social ability
*care environment is home-like as possible: with beauty, comfort, security, access to nature
*children learn through imitation and empathy with care-givers

who enjoy life, with integrity and warmth
*consistency--leads to trust, well-being; regular rhythms of the day and the seasons
*relationship with people of all ages, mixed ages and cultures
"culturally relevant"
*human relationship and activity are foundation for life skills
*freedom of movement in safe environment, especially for infants and toddlers
*creative play for life-long learning; non-synthetic materials & toys for open-imaginative play
*daily rhythms supporting physical health
*protection from all media for children under 6; limited access after that until age 9
*access to outdoor play in nature in all weather

11/24/2025
This is such an important perspective. A barrier to being able to do this for children, or anyone around us, is not als...
04/24/2022

This is such an important perspective. A barrier to being able to do this for children, or anyone around us, is not also taking care of oneself, I believe.

Love this 🙌 Even small, everyday tasks can be opportunities to show love and connection.

This is most certainly true!!!
02/11/2022

This is most certainly true!!!

A long-term study of a statewide preschool program tracked students through the sixth grade and found those who attended prekindergarten falling behind.

So true!
02/05/2022

So true!

- How much time are children sitting versus moving?

- How much space and freedom do children have to move?

Let's remember children NEED (significant time) to move and touch in order to learn and grow!

This looks great!
01/20/2022

This looks great!

Waldorf Principles at Work in the Community: The Story of the Brightmoor Maker Space November 23, 2021/in /by Stephanie FawcettBy Bart Eddy Detroit Community: Preparing the Soil Detroit Community Schools, a K-12 public charter school, is now in its twenty-fifth year of operation and firmly establish...

01/09/2022

A Call for the Year of the Child: Attending to Childhood Human Rights November 23, 2021/in /by Stephanie Fawcettby Melissa Greer, DO Since the spring of 2020, we have all been stretched in different ways, yet a cautiously hopeful feeling is in the air. Particularly vulnerable among us have been the....

Very interesting.
09/30/2021

Very interesting.

An experimental study coordinated by the Natural Resources Institute Finland …

Zoom classes are a way to participate in a regional opportunity that is entering it's last year.
09/21/2021

Zoom classes are a way to participate in a regional opportunity that is entering it's last year.

Click here for more information about new Novalis Classes:
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09/15/2021

I was recently talking with the person responsible for hiring educators for a large regional chain of preschools. Altogether...

Love this list for all ages!
08/25/2021

Love this list for all ages!

Monday is probably going to appear soon, so here is your Monday smile. Jai!

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417 9th Street South
Moorhead, MN
56560

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+12183296755

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