Parent Child Class with Ms. Katie (2026/2027)
Class Description
WELCOME TO OUR GOLDEN POPPY PARENT-CHILD CLASS!
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 together ~ and we will have help from some special little friends!
Our Golden Poppy Parent Child class is tailored to support and educate the parent, who can use the materials ‘as they are’ with their child, or learn from and recreate them if they choose. The activities are designed as parent-and-child together, as the child will generally want to imitate and be with the parent in all life’s rhythms including those in our class!
This wonder-filled curriculum is prepared for you and can all be found in one place: Each Friday, you will get our Weekly Guide, which is a lesson plan for the upcoming week that can be found in the Portal and connects you with the following elements:
~Seasonal Circle Video and PDF that includes finger plays, songs, verses, and parent/child lap games that integrate nourishing developmental movement and repetition for the young child.
~Movement/Game PDF with Audio, as needed
~Lullaby Audio and PDF
~Puppet Show Video and PDF
~A flexible rotation of Art - Painting, Drawing, and Beeswax Modeling - Videos and PDFs
~Handwork or craft PDF
~Recipe for Cooking/Baking PDF
~Nature Spy Video
~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.
Weekly Village Gathering at 12:30 pm PST on Wednesdays:
For our weekly Zoom, we will come together in a supportive environment along with families in our Cottage Rose Kindergarten. 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!
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
