We believe in fostering curiosity, love, respect & reverence to the world of nature, and to each other.

Our program consists of up to 12 children, ages two years and five months, to five years old. We feel that each child has a unique gift to bring to the world. We nurture each child in a beautiful and warm home-like environment where things happen in a predictable, regular manner. Which allows children to unfold in a relaxed way. In a world that is often too hurried along we strive to protect childhood.

We encourage imaginative play by offering natural, simple, and beautiful playthings that allow freedom for the child’s imagination.  During playtime, the children transform the room using many simple toys, play stands, blocks, clothes, and dress-up materials. Through their imaginative and creative forces, the children imitate the world around them. The activity of play encourages communication, socialization, and collaboration. The group consciousness builds upon these interactions, allowing for increased growth and development with all children.

Together we participate in holistic meaningful tasks enriched with the daily rhythms of farm life.  This might include tending to the bunnies, chickens, and ducks to gardening, baking, and caring for our space and the world around us. Children are enriched through engaging in many artistic activities including fiber arts with fiber sourced on the farm, watercolor painting, crayoning, modeling with beeswax and clay, handwork, nature crafts, seasonal activities, as well as movement and music. Frequent puppet shows and telling of nature stories and fairy tales nourish the child’s imagination, enhancing free-play activities. Children are free to explore the natural world, run, play, dig, and eat in the food forest. We go outside every day rain or shine! We celebrate seasonal and traditional festivals as a class, and together with our community.

Our Daily Rhythm

Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday

  • 9:00 Welcome, Greet the Farm Animals
  • 9:15 Creative Project
  • 9:30 Free Play Indoors
  • 10:15 Clean up, Set table for snack
  • 10:20 Circle
  • 10:45 Healthy, organic snack provided
  • 11:10 Free Exploration Outdoors
  • 12:15 Clean up
  • 12:30 Lunch
  • 1:10 Story or Puppet Show
  • 1:30 Parent pick up

Weekly Rhythm

We offer a rotation of special activities during our weekly rhythm:

  • Tuesday is Baking Day, bread or muffins
  • Wednesday is Stone Soup Day
  • Thursday is Art Day

Circle Time

In a Waldorf preschool, music and movement happen throughout the day but there is also a special gathering each morning called circle time. A circle time is just a time of the day when you sing songs together, recite verses, use movement, and do fingerplays.

Storytelling

In a Waldorf classroom, often stories are told rather than read from a book. While telling a story that the teacher has memorized, a relationship is established between the child and the adult, a relationship of the heart. Introducing subjects through stories engages children’s imaginations and strengthens their inner picturing capabilities–their ability to create a picture in their “mind’s eye,” an essential skill for creative thinking later in life.

Outside Play

Everyday children are free to explore, to run, climb, swing, dig, play, and get dirty.   We let nature provide the toys – bark from trees, pieces of moss, and coloured leaves.  We have a large sand box, slides, hammocks, swings, hidden fairy houses, and plenty of animals to love!  We go outside every day rain or shine!

Creative Play

Play is at the heart of our program. Children may choose to explore dramatic play, building activities and art. We offer simple, open ended toys made of natural materials such as wooden blocks, silks, shells, and stones. When play is allowed to be child driven, children learn how to work in groups, to share, negotiate, resolve conflicts, practice decision making skills, and learn self-advocacy skills.

Seasonal Rhythm

Establishing a seasonal rhythm gives young children a feeling of place in the world and gives them some sense of the passing of time, which is very abstract for young children. More than it is celebrating a saint or a story from human history, it’s about celebrating the message and intended meaning as family or community. We love to gather with our little friends and their families to celebrate with food, gifts, stories, and songs.