Inspiring Life-long Learning for Over 25 Years
Our early childhood children are enjoying the time we all share together on the playground in the morning and afternoon. Click any image to begin the slideshow (and view larger images.) [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="22" gal_title="20160930ECPlayground"]
In conjunction with, and to enhance their exploration of botany, the fifth and sixth graders took a field trip to the Chicago Botanic Garden this past week. The study of botany begins with the power of observation--the basis for all…
1st Grade: Chalkboard Drawing Little snail, Dreaming you go, Weather and rose is all you know. Weather and rose Is all you see, Drinking the dewdrops' Mystery. ~Langston Hughes 1st Grade: Watercolor Painting Yellow streaming out into the sky. In…
1st and 2nd Grades: Cooking Class The first and second graders enjoyed cooking class this week, making use of our new "teaching island" outside the kitchen. They loved preparing their birthday celebration meal, which consisted of lemon-herb bread and homemade ice…
The flip side of the chalkboard drawings you saw here last week, these were rendered by our fourth graders, re-created from the teacher's chalkboard drawings. The images came first to the children through storytelling. The children listened as their teacher brought…
Harvest Festival 2016 Saturday, October 1st, 1:00—5:00 p.m. fall into fun! Come Celebrate autumn and enjoy the gifts of the harvest with the whole family with pony rides, live music, food, games, apple cider, blacksmith demonstrations, crafts and more! Admission,…
Chalkboard drawings are a part of Waldorf Education that not everyone is aware of, and even fewer get to see for themselves. They are a cornerstone of Waldorf classrooms, and are an integral part of the way lessons are brought…
Welcome first graders! Our Rose Ceremony on the first day of school. A tradition of Waldorf schools around the world, the incoming first graders were welcomed to their new world by the eighth graders on the first day of school.…
A tradition of Waldorf schools around the world, the incoming first graders are welcomed to their new world by the eighth graders on the first day of school. This simple ceremony is a marker of an important transition for the…
