Programs & Curriculum
Programs Offered
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Parent Child Circles
Parents and their young children, babies and toddlers, meet one morning a week to enjoy songs, verses, a snack, handwork, and indoor/outdoor play. Simple handwork projects are offered to parents. Circles meet the needs of babies, toddlers, and very young children to about age 3 ½ years. Meets Monday's and Friday's 9:00 a.m. -11:00 a.m.
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Tea ‘n’ Puppets © After-School Program
Parents and children from ages 3-8 gather for an enchanting afternoon of tea, home-baked snacks, handcrafts and a nourishing puppet story.
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Nursery/Preschool
Children ages 3-4 may participate. Child must be fully potty-trained.
Class times are Tuesday, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 8:45 a.m. until 1 p.m.
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Kindergarten (Mixed Age)
Children ages 4-6 may participate. Child must be 4 by June 1. Class times are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
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Early Childhood Extended Day Program
Enrolled kindergarten and nursery children may participate. The program provides quality afternoon care consistent with the principles of Waldorf education. An annual 3 or 5 day option is available. Class times are 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. No drop-in care provided.
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Grade School
Grades 1st – 5th
Subsequent grades will be added each year through 2011 when an eighth grade
class will complete our elementary and middle school. Child must be 6 by June
1 to enter 1st grade. Class times are Monday through Friday from 8:30
a.m. to 2:50 p.m. (2 p.m. 1st & 2nd grades), except Thursdays when dismissal
is at 1:00 p.m. for faculty meeting.
Curriculum
The Sarasota Waldorf School educates the whole child with a curriculum designed to help each child develop clarity of thought, balance in feeling and initiative in action. With over 150 established schools in North America and over 1000 worldwide, Waldorf schools are committed to the intrinsic principles of education developed by Dr. Rudolf Steiner, an Austrian educator and philosopher who founded the first Waldorf School in Stuttgart, Germany in 1919. These principles hold that childhood is sacred; children learn easily and naturally when a curriculum meets their specific developmental needs; children’s imaginations must be nurtured and protected from the encroachment of materialism and media; and that education must address the whole child—the physical, social, emotional, artistic and spiritual capacities.
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