Healdsburg • Petaluma • Santa Rosa • Sebastopol
Healdsburg |
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Blackberry Cottage
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Completed British Columbia Teaching Credential Completed California Coast LifeWays Early Childhood Certification 14 years teaching experience (including 2 years teaching kindergarten in Peru) Lic.# 4930085488 |
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| Wonder • Play • Create. Tucked away from the hustle and bustle of the adult world, Blackberry Cottage offers a warm and nurturing space where children can accomplish their most important task: to simply be children. Our mornings are filled with joyful activities: singing, circle games, stories, Spanish, baking free indoor and outdoor play and exploration, gardening, nature hikes/field days, painting, clay, and eurythmy. We enjoy seasonal celebrations with families. Nourishing organic lunch and snack provided. Ages 2-6 years. Tues-Thur 9:00-1:00Back to top |
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Petaluma |
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Open Arms Play Garden707-762-6935 |
Both teachers hold a 4 year waldorf teacher certificate from the center for educational renewal at Summerfield Waldorf School and Farm in California. Lic. # 493006986 |
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| We cherish early childhood and provide a stress free loving home environment that supports: imaginative play, self-initiated movement and the unfolding of each unique child. We provide home cooked meals, large outdoor space with animals and garden. Open year round we celebrate the seasons in song, movement, craft and stories. | ||||||
Santa Rosa |
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Little Poppies Playgarden707-360-8880 www.littlepoppiesplaygarden.com |
Completed foundation year at Center for Educational Renewal (one of 4 year program) |
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| At Little Poppies Playgarden children are nurtured in a warm secure in-home setting where rhythm, play, imagination, nature and nutrition are valued. Little Poppies welcomes children ages 3-6 to come experience the joy and wonders of childhood while playing in a Waldorf home. Children thrive and are nurtured by the familiarity of rhythm. At Little Poppies Playgarden our daily activities, stories, and the songs we sing are guided by the rhythms of the seasons. We offer a 3 day a week program: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 8:45-1:00. Children play with natural and imaginative toys, care for the chickens, garden, bake and together help prepare our organic snack and lunch. All of these is held with love, warmth and humor.Kosima Grundy was raised in a Waldorf/Anthroposophical home and attended a Waldorf school. She understands through her own life and experiences as a mother of two how important the early childhood years are. | ||||||
Willow Garden Preschool and Urban FarmBetsy Thagard and Brenna Smith |
Teacher Betsy is a certified Lifeways teacher and holds a California Clear Multi-subject Teaching Credential and taught for four years as a Public Waldorf Teacher at Stone Bridge School in Napa, California. Teacher Brenna Smith completed her teacher training at the Bay Area Center for Waldorf Teacher Training and worked as Nursery Assistant and Kindergarten Aftercare Teacher at the East Bay Waldorf School. Lic. #493009007 |
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| Willow Garden is inspired by the Waldorf philosophy. Our children thrive in a home environment where daily rhythm and routine provide the structure for exploring the world with imagination and creativity. We spend most of our day outside — caring for small farm animals, picking strawberries and tomatoes in the garden, going on nature walks, singing, painting, dancing and listening to stories.
Willow Garden offers nursery, preschool and kindergarten programs. Ages 1.5 through 6. Monday thru Thursday, 8:45 to 1:00, with aftercare available. |
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Sebastopol |
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Apple Garden707-823-0270 |
Lead Teacher Completed and holds a lifeways training certificate and 1.5 years of course work offered at RSC including foundation year and early childhood courses. Teacher has 25 years of early childhood teaching experience Lic. # 490111947 |
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| 8:45 – 12:45, Monday – Thursday, 1-5 years. Apple Garden is located in a beautiful country setting. We provide a loving, supportive environment where your child’s imagination, healthy development and well being is nurtured. Our rhythm is guided by the seasons of the year and includes cooking, baking, songs, stories, puppetry and movement. Outside we enjoy gardening and caring for the animals, orchard walks and adventures. | ||||||
Dandelion Playgarden707-823-9646
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Lead Teacher has Completed the following: |
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| A home based morning program dedicated to the healthy development of the young child in a warm and loving environment with emphasis on creativity, imagination, and positive social interactions.The aim is to have the child’s natural joy in activity be nurtured as a basis for joyful participation in adult life. The child’s reverence for life is acknowledged and her/his place in life is honored. Our hope is your child will be filled with love, beauty and enthusiasm. 12 children, M-Th, 9-1pm, Sept – JuneBack to top |
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Mothering Arts707-321-0981 |
LifeWays early childhood training completed in 2007 Foundation year at Rudolf Steiner college 2008 Waldorf teacher training at Center for Educational Renewal graduated with certificate 2012 |
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| Mothering Arts is a group for mothers and babies up to one year. New groups gather each season and last for ten weeks. During our circle we sing together, play gentle games with baby, learn ways to care for ourselves as new mothers from local wise woman and elders, write in our journals, and enjoy a nourishing snack together. Kerry Ingram is a mother, a trained Waldorf teacher, a LifeWays representative site, and recently completed a postpartum doula training.Back to top |
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The Mighty Oak707-291-5911 |
Teacher holds a California Multiple Subjects Teaching Credential and completed a 4 year Waldorf teacher training program at the Centre for Educational Renewal at Summerfield waldorf school and Farm, with early childhood practicum focus. Teacher has experience teaching preschool through 8th grade. Lic. # 493008626 |
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| A place where the young child is nurtured through play, nature, simple daily rhythm, circle times which engage their fine and gross motor skills along with verbal, seasonal stories and so much more. Children take part in organic gardening and meal preparation, seasonal crafts, and shared snack and lunch. Children are gently guided to feel self confident, learn what it means to be kind and make friends, feel safe and full of joy. Monday-Friday, 8:45-1. I hold a Waldorf Teacher Certificate through Summerfield’s 4 year teacher training. My mentors were mostly in the kindergarten class. I hold a CA Teachers Credential and have decades of teaching experience! | ||||||
Seedlings Playgarden707-823-5917 |
B.A. in Psychology
Multiple Subjects California Teaching Credential – 1 year
Early Childhood Education Training – ongoing
LifeWays certified – 1 year training
Lic. # 493006997 |
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| We are gently tucked into the nurturing folds of a family home where children are inspired to grow and learn, through imaginative play and healthy relationships while being held by a loving teacher. We are a “home away from home” with a daily and seasonal rhythm that includes healthy whole food and daily outside play. An appreciation of the magical world of nature that surrounds us is nurtured in the children as we spend one morning each week in the wild spaces of nearby Ragle Park. Our daily “work” along with singing, painting, and dancing, round out our experiences through a developmental approach. Ages 2 1/2 – kindergarten. Monday – Thursday 9-1. | ||||||