Kindergarten

Live Oak’s Kindergarten offers a warm, imaginative environment where children grow through meaningful play, artistic work, storytelling, and regular time outdoors. In this two-year program, children build confidence, social awareness, and readiness for the grades while developing a deep connection to the natural world.

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Call: (530) 878-8720
Email: admissions@liveoakwaldorf.org

Multi-Age Classroom

Children learn and play in a multi-age transitional classroom to cultivate confidence, leadership, and a more complex skill set before 1st grade. The younger ones can be inspired by the older ones’ expertise in the yard or the room, and the older ones are available to encourage and support their younger peers.

Imaginative, Practical, and Artistic Work

The Kindergarten offers a nurturing environment in which the young child enters into imaginative and dynamic play. Children from the Preschool are ready for artistic activities including drawing, watercolor painting, baking, handwork, seasonal crafts, woodworking, and beeswax modeling.

Outdoor Play

Outdoor play includes hiking, gardening, tree climbing, and experiencing all the elements and expansiveness that nature and the seasons offer.

Circle Time and Story

Circle Time is based on a rich storytelling curriculum of fairy tales, puppet plays, and dramatic renditions of stories.

Nature Day

The children also participate in “Nature Day” where they enjoy 1 day a week outdoors with their class. With backpacks packed and a sense of adventure, they spend the day exploring the trails and fully immersed in the natural environment available on our forty-acre campus.

Social Health and Inclusion

We strive to meet the needs of the whole child as a thinking, feeling, and moving being upon the earth and recognize them as a group. We place a strong focus on social health and inclusion. Waldorf education is a social education.

Guided by Experienced Teachers

Led by our experienced Waldorf teachers, our Kindergarten Program offers parents support in child development and education while preparing for entry into the elementary grades.

Learn More

More information about the Waldorf early childhood educational approach is available from the Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America.

FAQ

Is Kindergarten a one-year or two-year program?
Live Oak Waldorf School offers a two-year Kindergarten program.

What ages are served in Kindergarten?
Children between the ages of 4 years and 9 months (by Sept. 1st of the school year) – 6 years.

What are the hours and schedule?
Kindergarten is a 5-day program from 8:15 AM – 12:45 PM.

Is after-school care available?
Yes, after-school care is available.

What is Nature Day?
Children enjoy 1 day a week outdoors with their class, exploring trails and immersed in the natural environment available on our forty-acre campus.

How do tours work?
Private tours are available year round. Submit an inquiry to receive next steps for scheduling, or contact Admissions to coordinate a visit.

What happens after we submit an inquiry?
After you submit an inquiry, we will invite you (via email) to create a user account with Ravenna to apply through the Parent Portal.

How is the admissions decision made?
The teacher will notify the family after the interview of their enrollment decision; upon acceptance, the student may enroll for a trial period of up to six weeks.

Contact Admissions

Submit an Inquiry
Visit & Tours

Call: (530) 878-8720

Email: admissions@liveoakwaldorf.org