Kindergarten with Ms. Katie (2026/2027)

Class Description

Welcome to our Cottage Rose Kindergarten!

Hello Families!  I love golden sunshine, magical forests and joyful meadows. All of nature has a feeling like a wonderful secret waiting to be found. It is in this feeling that I live and thrive, and I love to bring this feeling to the children! A world of wonder, goodness and beauty. It can be found not only in forests, meadows, streams and nature but everywhere you look. And it is good even for us to keep finding it when the world seems so lost in strife. Along with a nurturing daily and seasonal rhythm, we will find this wonder, magic and beauty wherever we go over the course of our year or two together ~ and we will have help from some special little friends!

In our time together in our Cottage Rose Kindergarten you will get our Weekly Guide which is a lesson plan that will include the following elements and can be found in the Portal:

Videos for the Children with accompanying PDFs for the parent, as needed:

~Seasonal Circle Journey that includes songs, verses and nourishing developmental movement.

~Puppet Show and/or Story

~Movement 

~A flexible rotation of Drawing and Beeswax Modeling

~Cooking or Baking Time 

~Handwork or craft

~Painting

~Nature Spy and Nature Stroll

(Parents will still need to help the children in the above activities but the videos are geared toward the child!)

For the Parent:

~Daily, weekly and seasonal rhythm guidance including information on Festivals and birthdays

~Steiner Meditation from Calendar of the Soul

~Book Club Chapters or Article on Early Childhood and/or Waldorf Pedagogy

~PDFs or audios to accompany the activities above for the children.

Weekly Zoom Class with Children at 11:30am PST on Wednesdays:

Our weekly class with the children will be about 20-30 minutes and will start with an opening verse and song segment which will flow into an activity or story.  We will then have a little sharing time when students can show any art, handwork or favorite toys if they’d like.  And then we’ll flow into a closing song.  

Weekly Family Zoom Gathering at 12:30pm PST on Wednesdays:

For our family zoom gathering, we will come together in a supportive environment along with families in our Golden Poppy Parent Child class.  First we’ll have a general check-in and then I will present a topic from a recent article or chapter in our Book Club where we can discuss, share and ask questions about the reading, upcoming Festivals and anything relating to our Weekly Guide. This is a wonderful time of community building and support, so hopefully you can all join in!

And, of course, at any time, the children are welcome to pop-in and say hi and maybe show us a favorite toy or art or handwork.  

I look forward to working and playing with you, your child and your family!

With Gratitude and Blessings,

Ms. Katie