Class News - Spring 2010
Butterfly & Bluebird
Early Childhood Programs
In the Waldorf Kindergarten curriculum, the young child is
carried by a well-arranged daily and weekly rhythm.
Alternating in-breaths; such as during story, ritual activity
and teacher-led activities, with out-breaths; free play, rest,
outdoor play, and socializing at lunch), fortifies the child’s
forces.
Within the rhythm, the activities create measurable
benefits to the child's senses including that of a sense of
purpose. Bread day has a calming effect on children as they
mold the warm dough with their hands to create a delicious
bun for their morning meal. Chopping vegetables brought
from home on soup day requires good dexterity and engages
children in preparing one soup to feed everyone. Painting
day offers the child a chance to absorb the moods of color.
Yellow can dance, blue creates wonder, green can soothe
and red is often commanding. The substance of our daily
story opens the door of imagination, and later finds its way
into the child’s play. Circle is a time of singing, moving to
rhymes, making gestures - big and small, loud and soft, and
of embarking on story journeys.
Amidst the form of a consistent daily and weekly rhythm
young children can emerge freely and competently, as they
stream forth into the world.
Laura Williams & Sandi Rossi
Butterfly & Bluebird Class Teachers
Patrick Alvarez & Nancy Fulham
Butterfly & Bluebird Assistants |
