Winter/Spring 2023
The session will begin in February, and class are full. Registration will open mid-summer for the Fall/Winter 2023 session. Join our Early Childhood News list to receive registration information as soon as it becomes available.
Parent-Child Program Information
Winter/Spring 2023 Session Information
Our Parent-Child program supports and empowers parents and caregivers during the early years. These classes offer a simple, accessible, playful and artistic vision for nurturing the growing family. Through a practice of quiet observation, as well as shared conversation in a safe, accepting space, adults can begin to slow down and strengthen their sense of reverence, understanding, and trust in the innate competence of the young child in accomplishing the developmental tasks inherent to each age and stage.
WSP and our Parent-Child Program welcome families of all identities and backgrounds with open arms and hearts.
For the Winter/Spring 2023 session, the WSP Parent-Child Program has three components serving families with children 0-3 years:
- Warm Beginnings Parent-Infant Circles
- Mornings Together Parent-Toddler Classes
- Friday Morning Series Nature & Nurture Family Connections
We are planning to proceed with indoor classes for Warm Beginnings and Mornings Together. Nature and Nurture Family Connections will be outdoors. Indoor classes will be held in well-ventilated spaces. Indoor masking continues to be strongly recommended by the CDC for anyone aged 2 years and older. If you have had a close contact with someone who has COVID-19 in the last 10 days, you must wear a mask. WSP reserves the right to require participants aged 2 years and older to mask depending upon the local situation at the time. Anybody who is symptomatic of any contagious disease should refrain from coming to campus.
Warm Beginnings – Class is full for Winter/Spring 2023.
Classes for families with infants birth*-11 months/not-yet-walking and a parent or caregiver
Bring your infant and join in creating a safe, nurturing, community space with other families. Strengthen confidence in your own capacities and those of your baby, and deepen your understanding of the magical unfolding that takes place in the first year of life, in some of the following ways:
- Cultivate a practice of sustained peaceful observation time to connect with your baby and strengthen a sense of reverence and understanding of their innate competence in accomplishing the developmental tasks inherent to each age and stage.
- Learn and share seasonal songs/fingerplays/rhymes together with your baby.
- Enjoy warm drinks and nourishing snacks.
- Share joys and struggles in conversation, guided by a trained Waldorf Early Childhood educator (who is also a parent).
- Experience an introduction to the foundational senses of touch, self-movement, balance, and well-being, and the ways in which predictable rhythms, freedom of movement/play, healthy sleep, warmth, and nourishment support these senses in the life of the young child.
Winter/Spring 2022 Warm Beginnings Classes with Anita Cohn
Class will be a 10-week session and begin the week of February 27th. They meet from 9:30 – 11:00 am on Mondays for infants 0 – 11 months old and not yet walking
Tuition includes:
- One weekly in-person class for infant(s) and their parent(s) or caregiver.
- One monthly Wednesday evening online session for parents with Teacher Jane for check-in, conversation, and community. (optional)
- All materials.
Warm Beginnings classes meet on our Los Altos campus at 11311 Mora Drive.
Mornings Together – Classes are full for Winter/Spring 2023.
Classes for toddlers aged 12 to 36 months and a parent or caregiver
Mornings Together classes offer a gentle introduction to Waldorf Education for little ones and their families. We will focus on the “Three Rs” – Rhythm, Reverence, and Repetition – which so perfectly nourish and support the needs of the young child. Each morning will be a joyful journey through outdoor and indoor play and exploration, preparation and sharing of food around the table, and seasonal songs, stories, and crafts. Parents will build a practice of sustained peaceful observation time each week, and share conversations on topics such as sleeping and waking, eating, communication, holding healthy boundaries and nurturing ourselves as adults along the way.
Winter/Spring 2023 Mornings Together Classes with Jane Philipson
Classes are 10-, 11-, or 12-week sessions, depending upon scheduled school holidays, and begin the week of February 27th.
Choose one class:
- For toddlers aged 12 – 36 months on the first day of class: Tuesdays – Fridays from 9:00 – 11:00 am
Tuition includes:
- One weekly in-person class for one toddler and one parent or caregiver.
- One monthly Wednesday evening online session for parents with Teacher Jane for check-in, conversation, and community. (optional)
- All materials.
Mornings Together classes meet on our Los Altos campus at 11311 Mora Drive.
Nature and Nurture Family Connections – Class is full for Winter/Spring 2023.
for parents/caregivers and their children 0-36 months
Winter/Spring 2023 Session with Claire Roberts
Join us on a meander in nature with other parents and their little wanderers. The focus of our time together will be how we can nourish ourselves as well as our connection to our youngsters and each other. Come share, connect, and be in community, while recharging in nature. We will gather each week at a local nature preserve or open space to explore, discover, and support one another in our parenting journeys. This program is especially designed for parents/caregivers and their children, with their littles ages 0*-36 months in mind.
Six Friday mornings from 9:30 – 11:15 am: March 17,24,31; April 28; May 5, 12.
Tuition is for one family with up to two adults.
Location for the first gathering will be shared via email in advance.
Registration Information and Policies
Policies and registration links can be found here.
*Expectant families are always welcome to join.
Nursery & Kindergarten
The distinguishing characteristics that I notice about Waldorf students are their creative thinking, their self-confidence, and their love of learning — qualities that make learning refreshing.