Erin Byrne, Forest Kindergarten Teacher
What draws you to the Waldorf approach to education? And in particular, to leading the…
St. Patrick’s Day Foot Painting and Foot Bath
by Ona Wetherall, Early Childhood Section Leader The Rosebud Cottage welcomed spring through color and…
Education of the Will
Written by Ona Wetherall, Early Childhood Section Leader One of the common threads in Waldorf…
Building Foundations in Early Childhood
by Ona Wetherall Our youngest students’ curriculum is designed to support children’s instincts to be…
Nurturing the Young Child’s Creative Forces
by: Molly Brett In Waldorf Early Childhood education, we work to foster and strengthen the…
Why Play-Based Learning is Best in Pre-K and Kindergarten
Historically, early childhood education was developed for nurturing and cultivating a child’s natural propensity to…
Play is crucial to a child’s development and well being.
PLAY IS THE LENS THROUGH WHICH CHILDREN EXPERIENCE THEIR WORLD AND THE WORLD OF OTHERS
The Benefits of Play-Based Education
Play-based education provides children with the opportunity to develop social, emotional, physical and creative skills…
Children and Chores
As part of our Mindful Parenting Series, a never ending favorite topic – Children and…
When is the Right Time to Read, Spell and Write?
There is a widely-held belief that if we just start teaching children to write, read,…
Want to get your kids into college? Let them play
The beauty of a play-based curriculum is that very young children can routinely observe and…
Let ‘Em Out! The Many Benefits of Outdoor Play In Kindergarten
For the typical American kindergartner, unstructured free play during the school day consists of 20…
