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 (Ages 2-3)
3 Days: Monday - Wednesday
Half Day: 8:45am - 12:45pm
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. Serving children at least 2 years old by September.
Preschool (Ages 3-4)
5 Days: Monday - Friday
3 Days: Monday - Wednesday
2 Days: Thursday - Friday
Each of these options can be either half or full day:
Half Day: 8:30am – 1pm
Whole Day: 8:30am – 3pm
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. Serving children at least 3 years old by September.
Kindergarten (Ages 4-6)
5 Days: Monday – Friday
Half Day: 8:30am – 1pm
Full Day: 8:30am – 3pm
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.
Serving children 4–6 years old by September.
Beforecare & Aftercare
Monday – Friday
8 - 8:30am and 3 – 5:30pm
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. Offered on most days that school is in session.
Parent & Child Classes (Ages 0-3)
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.
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