Kindergarten Walking Stick Project
Ahhh, the spring energy in the kindergarten! Our older children are SO ready to become…
A week in the life of a Kindergartener at KWS:
Harvesting violets and turning them into syrup… visiting the cows at Seven Stars Farm… noticing…
Of all the simple, powerful tools in a Waldorf kindergarten, puppetry holds a very special place.
Of all the simple, powerful tools in a Waldorf kindergarten, puppetry holds a very special…
Ciara, Ona, and Josephine O’Hara Featured in Lilipoh!
In this month’s digital Lilipoh, we’re celebrating family and growth! KWS graduate Ciara O’Hara ’24…
Sprites Night
Around the fire we gathered, awaiting our spirit guide to lead us through the portal…
Window in Early Childhood – inspired notes from the Rosebud Cottage Classroom by Ona O’Hara:
We had such a beautiful last week and I brought some new circle elements working…
Rosebud and Kindergarten Bread Bun Recipe
by Ona Wetherall O’Hara, Early Childhood Leader, Rosebud Lead Teacher, KWS Parent of 3 One…
A Kindergarten visit to Seven Stars Farm
What better way to spend a morning than to visit our incredible neighbors across the…
Literacy and Numeracy in Early Childhood at KWS
by Ona W. O’Hara, Winter 2025 Early Childhood Leader, Rosebud Lead Teacher, Parent of 3 The…
The Way we Rise is the Way we Raise, Part 2:
If We’re Hard on Ourselves, We’re Hard on Our Kids by Ona Wetherall O’HaraEarly Childhood…
Winter Full Moon & Stars at Rosebud Cottage
The Rosebud Cottage classroom with Miss Ona Wetherall O’Hara created beautiful watercolor paintings of this…
Our cherished Martinmas tradition: Lantern Walk
The Lantern Walk is a cherished tradition in Waldorf education, taking place at a time…
How we Rise is How we Raise
by Ona Wetherhall O’Hara, October 2024 Thoughts on the importance of modeling, the strength of…
Lantern Walks: a festival of compassion
by KWS Kindergarten Teachers “I go with my little lantern,my lantern goes with me.In heaven…
Waldorf Education, Stolen Focus, and the Crisis of Attention
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.
The Benefits of Play-Based Education
Children and Chores
When is the Right Time to Read, Spell and Write?
Want to get your kids into college? Let them play
