We warmly invite you to Portland Waldorf School Parent Child classes for a series of friendly and supportive mornings with your young child.
Click here to complete the application process.
Click here to download the Parent Child brochure.
We currently have space in our parent child classes.
Once a week classes begin in September and continue into June.
Holidays and vacations follow the school calendar. Ongoing enrollment continues throughout the year as space allows.
The annual session costs $1100 for the year, with a 2% discount for full payment prior to August 15, 2011. You can also choose to pay in 10 monthly payments of $110.
Please let us know if you are interested in joining for half the year.
Any families joining mid session will be charged a prorated fee.
Please email if you have any questions.
Monday or Thursday
Older Children (2 to 3.5 years old)
9-11:30 am
Tuesday or Friday
Younger Children (1 to 2.5 years old)
9-11:30 am
Parents can
- Understand child development through observation
- Learn about and care for our senses
- Create healthy rhythms and discipline
- Relate to their children through play, song, story, and handwork.
Our Parent-Child classes provide a gentle and nurturing setting for families to come together once a week and explore ways to protect the grace, magic and wonder of the first three years of childhood. The morning is filled with activities such as bread making, circle rhymes, verses, songs, a puppet story and indoor and outdoor play. Everyone shares in a delicious, organic fresh snack. Our classes embrace the participants in an atmosphere that is timeless, full and nourishing through a conscious awareness for the well being and care of the children and through acceptance and respect for each other.
Each fall and spring session includes an in-depth Saturday parent meeting that will contain discussions on various parenting and child development topics such as play, discipline, sleep, nutrition, media, rhythm and routines. Parents are given materials to read, observational tasks to engage in and encouraged to share their insights, request topics and ask questions.
We look forward to you and your child joining us and beginning this journey with us.
Foundations of Waldorf Education
All classes at Portland Waldorf School (Parent-Child through 12th grade) are based on the teaching and writings of Rudolf Steiner and his understanding of human development. While it is the adult nature to experience the world through the intellect, it is the young child’s nature to experience, explore and come to know the world through the senses and meaningful physical activity. This class recognizes and addresses both of these realities.
