Kindergarten at Waldorf Academy is a 5-day program with the option of half or full days.  To qualify, children must turn 4 or 5 years by August 31st.

Our play-based, experiential programs develop capacities for creative thinking and problem-solving through exploratory play and guided activities.  Our aesthetically rich classrooms are furnished with simple, natural materials and hand-crafted toys which allow the children to build imaginative scenarios and maximize their creative capacities.  Children engage in activities that feed their pictorial imaginations and build their language library.

Surrounded with warmth and beauty, children participate in daily and weekly rhythms, outdoor play and seasonal crafts that support self-regulation, physical development and healthy social interaction, laying the best foundation for later academic success.  Emphasis is placed on the development of requisite skills and capacities that promote readiness for first grade.
A Sample Day in Kindergarten

A strong and consistent rhythm carries the day and the week in Kindergarten, which contributes directly to the child’s physical, emotional, and intellectual well-being and development.

• Morning Language Arts Circle: The morning circle is comprised of classic fairy tales, folk legends, poetry, nature stories, finger plays and creative movement. Themes change seasonally.
• Main Activity: A broad range of artistic and practical activities gives the children a clear perception of work processes and processes in nature. For example by baking bread, the child participates through the complete activity of grinding the wheat berries, sifting and mixing ingredients, shaping the bread loaves, smelling the baking bread, and finally, enjoying the fruit of their labor by eating the bread for snack. The world is good!
• Free Play: During free play, the children have the opportunity to develop their social skills. The children are free to choose their activities and their playmates. Free play may include dressing up, playing with puppets, building with logs, “cooking” in the play kitchen, or playing house. All activities are initiated by the children themselves.
• Snack and Clean-up Time: The school provides a snack of fruits, vegetables, whole grain breads, homemade cookies, hot cereal and granola. The food and beverages are mostly organic and free of additives and preservatives. At the conclusion of snack, the children and teachers work together to clean up and care for their environment.
• Outdoor Free Play: Our playground includes natural climbing logs, sandbox, swings, and a climber and slide combination. Through active outdoor play, the children joyfully develop and test their physical skills.
• Lunch and Nap Time: Children bring their lunches from home and eat them in a home-like atmosphere at a table set with a seasonal centerpiece, placemats and napkins. Following lunch and clean-up, the children have a nap or rest period with a story, followed by indoor or outdoor free play until the end of the day.