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Our Mission is to inspire and provoke children's imagination and to guide children to discover the world through free play, sensorial play, outdoor play, and social play. Our children will strive to become lifelong learners who question everything and are hungry for knowledge about their world.

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WALDORF
By Rudolph Steiner
Beliefs: Built on the spiritual belief of Anthroposophy which Steiner believed was the goal of education.

In the Classroom: Rudolph Steiner believes that knowledge is acquired by fantasy and imaginative play.

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MONTESSORI
- By: Maria Montessori
- Beliefs: It is a view of the child as one who is naturally eager for knowledge and capable of initiating learning in a supportive, thoughtfully prepared learning environment.

- In the Classroom: Maria Montessori students work with special toys designed to be manipulated and investigated till the children has mastered the lesson within.

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Offering before and after school care (up to 3rd grade): $7.50/hour

Half-day schooling (Five Days): $6,581

Full-day schooling (Five Days): $8,138

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- 6:00 -> Before Care begins
- 6:15 -> Child chosen activities.

- 8:00 -> Teachers prep and Before care loading buses.
- 8:15 -> Children Arrive and Free play
- 9:30 -> Teacher sings a song signaling clean up.

- Circle time begins when everything is clean.
- 10:00 -> Outside Free Play
- 11:15 -> Return inside and clean hands.
- 11:30 -> Lunch together.
- Following lunch, two children a day help clean while others get ready for outside play.
- 12:30 -> Children lay down for quiet reading, puzzles or rest.
- 2:00 -> Wake-up Fairy tells them to pick up their rest items.
- 2:15 -> Teacher-driven activities at centers or Free play.
- 3:30 -> Parents pick up and Extended hours begin.
- 3:45 -> Child chosen Centers.
- 5:30 -> Parents pick up after-care children.

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Teachers are trained so that they can deal with the administrative part as well as teaching the students

*They are self-administered* -> the decisions are made by the faculty(teachers) which allows for the child-centered feel that goes along with this type of schooling

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Hands-on things (both artificial and natural materials)

Math (counting, finding patterns, sorting, matching,

Science (experimenting/trial-and-error),

Social studies (introducing the globe and maps)

Reading / Writing (repetition and pencil grip (fine motor activities))

Arts and Crafts always available and on display.

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Open access to observing children (from a separate room)

“Family days”

Awards night/an art night

Provide options to use the same methods at home.

Parents encourage children to seek answers.

Parents/Guardians ask questions to both teachers and children; no secrets between the two.

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Guide the children; be a role model.

The teacher is like the third parent.

Asking questions to provoke the children to expand on the subject.

Observing and reflecting on how the children have done throughout the day/time period.

Teachers stay at the children’s level at all times; everything is the child's level.

To provide things that are the child’s level.

Incorporate what they have learned in their training.

Teacher personal discretion.

Provoke desire in children.

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Both Waldorf and Montessori school teachers need to go through training:

- The three phases of Waldorf training

- Requirements of a BA or BS to be a teacher (or if no college credentials you can go for an associate credential, for infant and toddler, and early childhood levels) for the Montessori requirements.

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The classroom is their home away from home.

Their desire is how far they will go.

To ask questions and inquire about anything.

Socialize through play and learning together.

Always speak their mind; never keep questions/information hidden.

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To have children learn through what they like.

Children learn social skills by playing and learning together.

The children learn through imagination and play.

The children will become lifelong learners.

Children will be inquisitive and given access to any information they want to learn.

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1. Center for Anthroposophy co. “Waldorf Teacher Training.” Center for Anthroposophy, 2018, www.centerforanthroposophy.org/about/teacher-training/

2. American Montessori Society. “Become a Montessori Teacher or Administrator.” American Montessori Society : Education That Transforms Lives, 2018, https://amshq.org/Teacher-Resources/Become-an-AMS-Montessori-Teacher-or-Administrator