The Waldorf School of Philadelphia offers early childhood programs for children ages 18 months to 6 years of age in a nurturing, playful, home-like environment in which young children can thrive. Daily activities provide a comforting and reliable rhythm, including bread making and baking, watercolor painting, beeswax modeling, and puppet plays. Songs, nature walks, and stories honor the natural world and changing seasons.

Our programs include:

• Songs and nursery rhymes to cultivate an intimacy with language
• Oral stories, puppet shows, and dramatic play to strengthen the memory, imagination, comprehension and vocabulary
• Games and rhythmic activities to enhance balance and gross motor development
• Practical work to develop coordination and concentration
• Artistic activities to develop the senses and fine motor skills
• Free play to strengthen imagination, social skills, problem solving, executive functions and more
• Outdoor free play to build a joyful connection to the natural world and to develop and test physical abilities