This is a newly created Waldorf-inspired partner to our Elementary Program. The "Journey Junior" program has a strong seasonal emphasis including time outdoors, nature exploration, gardening, cooking, building, festivals, and creative activities such as art, crafting, storytelling and music. A short choice time is offered to explore hands-on math, language arts, or science materials in the Montessori tradition, or with a Waldorf-inspired introduction to the letters, and for those who are ready, writing. Lisa will provide a music and movement class once a week during this time as well.
The children benefit from shared experiences with the older elementary children at our morning gathering circle of songs and games, all-school lunch blessing, and on occasions when the older children are invited to share special time with the children, perhaps reading, buildin, creating with art materials, gardening or cooking. Academics are not the focus here, rather, it is presercving the dream world of childhood and nurturing the children's imagination and connection to the Earth.
Enrollment Options: Monday and/or Wednesday.
