Montessori, waldorf and reggio emilia

Windsong preschool is a home-based, waldorf program for three to five-year-olds. That focus in montessori schools to let children learn at their own pace works in conjunction with how classrooms are arranged: children are groups of three ages (six to nine, nine to 12, for example). Wooden toys and blocks, colorful silks, and other natural playthings enrich our nursery and kindergarten classrooms. For children who are 4.5-6 years old by september 1. Classes meet each day from 8:20-12:30, with optional early drop-off at 8:00 a.M. Aftercare is available until 3:00 or 6:00 p.M.

Teachers foster the idea of individuals becoming a true group, developing skills in communication and empathy, and learning to see and understand one another's strengths and challenges. If you have an imaginative, free-spirited young child in your family, a waldorf preschool may gel with his personality. Offering half-day classes in the morning and afternoon and an option for extended day aftercare, creekside kinderclass nourishes the heads, hearts, and hands of young children and families.

The iaswece council members (early Holistic PreSchool educators and trainers from 32 countries) prepared this statement describing what we consider to be the essential characteristics of a waldorf kindergarten. We also have to consider that child needs plenty of time for exploring the outer world, meeting others, meeting himself, developing all the senses, especially the senses of touch, life, movement, and balance.

Children hear and repeat complex sentence structures and rich vocabulary, building strong oral literacy skills which lay the foundation for future reading and writing. Waldorf educators strive to create such conscious, collaborative communities around the children in their care and their activity as a part of a worldwide impulse. Nursery students at wsl enjoy outdoor time, whether it's exploring the nearby pond and conservation land or developing new friendships in our play yards.

Throughout the day, teachers carefully attend to each child, while creating a healthy social community for the class. This focus helps to develop the skills and capacity children need as they move forward in life and develop into successful young adults. The nursery and kindergarten children are immersed in the wonder of the natural world for 2 to 3 hours per day in all seasons.