At Portland Waldorf School we have three mixed-age Kindergartens (Lily, Rose & Trillium) that serve children aged four (by December 1) to six years old.
Monday through Friday, 8:30 am - 1:00 pm including lunch.
Afternoon Care 1:00-5:30 pm.
Each class has up to 18 children taught by a lead teacher and an assistant.
The Kindergarten teacher strives to provide a beautiful, well-ordered nurturing environment that offers the children a daily, weekly, and seasonal rhythm.
Program Elements
- Creative playtime
- Watercolor wet-on-wet painting
- Drawing, beeswax modeling, crafts
- Cooking
- Eurythmy (a special form of movement)
- Music, with an emphasis on singing and hearing pure tones
- Delightful rhymes to fingerplays
- Movement games
- Storytime - fairytales, nature stories, simple puppet shows and plays
- Festivals and celebrations
- Sewing, finger crocheting and finger knitting
- Caring for our environment, inside and out
- Visiting geese and ducks in the library park
- And so much more...
