This nourishes their growing awareness in a safe and secure space and prepares them to move on to the more academic content of the grades. The school offers several sessions of weekly programs for parents and children up through age three. These sessions normally run for 2 hours at a time over the course of 6 weeks. Sessions typically include such activities as story-telling, watercolor painting, baking, handwork activity, circle movement in verse and song, puppet shows, a healthful snack, and free play with toys made of natural materials. Sessions begin at various times during the year.
Parents enjoy talking and sharing while children play in a peaceful, child-friendly atmosphere.
The Special Events page provides more detail on these programs. Parent Infant Classes Six week sessions for parents and their babies from birth to one year. Play, more than anything else, forms the foundation for a child's creativity. Through play a young child develops relationships with people and all aspects of the outer world and sets the stage for future emotional and intellectual development. The inner forces of imagination, creativity and flexibility which are born out of play become the capabilities for later learning in school and career.