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Mountain Laurel Waldorf School strives to build the foundation of a free human being.
Guided by the educational philosophy of Rudolf Steiner, our teachers inspire independent and insightful thinking; empathy for all beings; and a love of meaningful work.
Waldorf Education offers a time-tested curriculum with a rich blend of academics and arts.
The curriculum and methods respond to the needs of the child at each stage of development and promote creativity, critical thinking and a lifelong love for learning.
Waldorf Education provides a strong foundation in literature, foreign language, history, geography, music, fine and practical arts, mathematics, and science the subjects today's child needs as a foundation for tomorrow's complex and challenging civilization.
Grades: $19,500
Early Childhood 5 full days: $17,950
Also offering 3, 4 or 5 half days
Admissions Director
Patricia Dewitte-Kuyl
School Notes
Waldorf Education offers a time-tested curriculum with a rich
blend of academics and arts. The curriculum and methods respond to
the needs of the child at each stage of development and promote
creativity, critical thinking and a lifelong love for learning.
Waldorf Education provides a strong foundation in literature,
foreign language, history, geography, music, fine and practical
arts, mathematics, and science the subjects today's child needs as
a foundation for tomorrow's complex and challenging
civilization.
Some important aspects of Waldorf Education are:Imitation,
Imagination and Play. Imitation is the special characteristic of
the young child in the first 7 years. Our Early Childhood program
provides the young child with activities worthy of imitation:
domestic, practical and artistic activities in a secure, home-like
environment. The teacher nurtures the child's imagination through
stories and free play with natural, unformed toys. Waldorf
kindergartens do not teach reading or other academics: they nourish
the child through a range of activities that build confidence and
skills for future academic success and for life. The Class Teacher
stays with the same class of children through eight years of
elementary school (grades 1-8), teaching all the main subjects. For
the teacher, this means time to really know the children and help
them unfold their gifts, as well as the enormous challenge of
working with a new curriculum each year. The child finds stability
and continuing guidance in working with the same class teacher and
being with the same students.
In Grades 1-8, the core curriculum is taught in blocks of 3-4
weeks, during Main Lesson period at the beginning of the morning.
The teacher integrates movement and the arts in a cross-curricular
approach to the subject matter, choosing the material, presentation
and activities carefully, with attention to the variety of learning
styles and individual needs of the students in the class.
The Arts are not 'extras' at a Waldorf School, but are an
integral part of the everyday curriculum, and of each subject
studied. Drama, painting, music, drawing, modeling, etc. are
integrated into the academic curriculum, including mathematics and
the sciences. The Waldorf method of education through the arts
awakens imagination and creative powers, bringing vitality and
wholeness to learning.
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