Our kindergarten students spend their days preparing for the academic learning that will start in 1st grade in a nurturing, home-like environment. Each day has a strong rhythm which is kept throughout the year. The dependable nature of the child’s day lays the foundation for feelings of safety, warmth, and readiness to engage with their surroundings.

Cooking soup and baking bread are group activities that build a sense of teamwork and collaboration within the class in a real way - the soup and bread are enjoyed together as a class, and are a tangible prize for the work the students contribute.

Our students are presented with social and emotional lessons meant to prepare them for a life of working with others, physical activities that strengthen their growing bodies, games that prepare their minds for academic learning, and open ended, imaginative play that allows the student to live as the child they are. And at the heart of our Waldorf kindergarten is a nurturing teacher and a gentle environment.