ROOTS

​Mixed - Age Kindergarten
 3 - 5 year old by September 1st

“Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.”
​—Moliere.

Farm & Forest Kindergarten

Waldorf holistic education engage "head, heart, and hands—or thinking, feeling, and doing". It challenges children to gradually develop their awakening capacities to think clearly, to feel fully and to act freely.

Play is the work of the child at this stage in their development and how the child learn. Waldorf Philosophy is based on the deep understanding of child development. 

Through Nature, we foster learning opportunities and create caring enrichment environments that nourish the senses and foster a real deeper connection to the land. wonder, compassion and and gratitude for the natural world. 
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​We foster relationships based on love, respect, and care for each child as unique in body, soul, and spirit.

Formal reading, writing, and math academic instruction begin in 1st grade in Waldorf Early Childhood Programs. 
ROOTS 2020-2021

1 Lead Teacher & 1 Assistant
 12 students per class
1:6 Teacher to Student Ratio

3-day option
Tuesday through Thursday 
4-day option
Monday through Thursday

9:00 - 12:30 pm 
  • Children experience the richness of slow living while nourishing the senses and the goodness and richness of life. 
  • Children engage in real-life activities that help them to be grounded in the world they live while building important skills for life. 
  • Practical tasks such as food preparation, handwork projects, gardening, and building shelters develop movement, balance, touch, and sense of life.​​
  • ​Like-minded parents through our school festivals, potlucks and annual fair
  • Community service opportunities and community outreach events to help our greater community.
  • Enjoy guest speakers and parenting workshops
  • ​​​Farm to table hot meals every day made from scratch with the help of our children!​
  • Because children love to eat what they grow and cook, all our meals are made with local, organic, non-GMO ingredients free of chemicals, dyes, antibiotics, pesticides and hormones.
  • Our main source of fresh ingredients is our own school community garden. What we cannot grow and harvest ourselves, we source from local CSAs and local farms. ​​
  • The children are outside everyday, rain or shine.
  • Hiking, tree-climbing, running, playing in the mud, exploring and sandbox and other unstructured play in nature help children to build essential mental, physical and emotional critical skills ​engaging in imaginative play, observation and nature exploration. 
  • The Rosewood Woodlands are enchanting, with trails for nature walks, magical woodlands to explore and a healthy creek to splash!
  • ​​​​Rhymes, stories, clapping, and counting games with nature finds enhance the child’s capacity to listen while encouraging a love of language, literacy and math foundational skills.
  • Finger plays and handwork develop motor skills and improve coordination–skills for later writing.
  • We use natural material as wool, beeswax, wood, cotton and more for playing and making crafts to nourish the senses.
  • ​The Rosewood playground and farmyard and its sustainable living practices add a rich dimension to our program.
  • Children interact and explore as they we care for our sweet farm animals and garden. Children add balance to the goodness that is created here for them to connect, to explore and enjoy!