Early Childhood
Our youngest children spend their time making friends, using their imaginations, exploring the outdoors and playing. Our days follow a rhythmic schedule that inspires intrinsic learning in a peaceful and nurturing setting, giving young children the chance to develop at their natural pace.
Nursery & Preschool
Our Nursery program creates a gentle bridge from home to school life for our youngest children. With a 3-day half-day cadence, students enjoy a slow pace to their day, where they spend time baking bread, making soup, playing outdoors, making art, and more.
Our Preschool program offers children a simple daily rhythm as the teachers weave simple songs, movement games, and stories with indoor and outdoor free play. The simplicity of our beautiful classrooms allows teachers to guide children through the gentle rhythms of each day in a joyful and predictable manner. Our playful curriculum supports the development of hand-eye coordination, attention span, awareness of patterns and sequencing, and appreciation for the beauty of language.
3-Day Nursery Program (for ages 2.5-3.5 years by September) Monday - Wednesday
Half Day: 8:45am – 12:45pm
5-Day Preschool Program (for ages 3-4.5 years by September), Monday – Friday
Half Day: 8:30am – 1pm
Whole Day: 8:30am – 3pm
Kindergarten
Our mixed-age kindergarten program offers young children ages 4 – 6 daily opportunities for dynamic, self-initiated free play with ample time and space provided for both indoor and outdoor activities. Artistic and domestic activities such as watercolor painting, natural crafts, baking and seasonal cooking nourish and delight the senses. With a deep understanding of child development, our teachers take great care to inspire natural learning in a relaxed and peaceful setting.
Through structured and unstructured activity, the development of hand-eye coordination, attention span, awareness of patterns, and appreciation for the beauty of language foster the child’s natural capacities for literacy, numeracy, and imaginative spatial and scientific thinking.
A mixed-age environment fosters social learning, as the younger children are inspired to grow and stretch themselves to meet their older friends, and the older children find themselves acting as guides and caretakers for the littler ones. The combination of a nurturing environment, predictable rhythm, and mindful teaching support each child in building their solid foundation for future academic success, an intact sense of wonder, and a lifelong love of learning.
Morning or full day program, serving children 4 – 6 years old by September
5-Day Program
Monday – Friday
Half Day: 8:30am – 1pm
Full Day: 8:30am – 3pm
Beforecare & Aftercare
Beforecare and Aftercare provide a weekly rhythm of opportunities for resting, creative play, nourishment, and active play for children in preschool through grade 6. Children are provided with a quiet space in which to rest, have a snack, play, and work on seasonal crafts—both inside and outside.
Monday – Friday (on most days when school is in session)
8 - 8:30am
3pm – 5:30pm
Parent & Child Classes
Parent & Child classes are an opportunity to connect with other parents/caregivers of young children, discuss child development and parenting issues, and learn how to bring the magic of a Waldorf early childhood classroom into your own home. For children ages 0-3. Sessions consist of 8-10 once-per-week classes and are offered in the fall, winter and spring.
Fall, Winter, and Spring Sessions
Thursday and Friday classes available
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