Richmond Waldorf School Day of Play 2012
• What offers children opportunities for physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development?
• What promotes motor skills, fosters the imagination, and strengthens concentration?
• What provides for the acquisition of language skills, number skills, and problem solving skills?
Pure and simple play: You and your children are invited to join the RWS Early Childhood Faculty on the Richmond Waldorf School playground to explore the fine art of free play during Play Day at Richmond Waldorf School on April 28th from 10am-12pm!
Did you know that there is a “fine art” to play? The Richmond Waldorf School wants to share it with you in this fun, interactive session.
In “Play: Making Sense of the World” Deborah Baharloo, Waldorf kindergarten teacher explains how unstructured, unadulterated play helps children acquire language, mathematical, and problem-solving skills. Different age groups play in various ways; for example four-and-five year olds delve into imaginative play and begin to grow their social and emotional capacities as they take on more authoritative roles through play. For more information, read the entire article on page six of the Spring 2008 Waldorf School Richmond VA Newsletter.
There are a few more great dates to note if you’re looking into educational options for your children:
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-Open House March 31, 2012, 10am-12pm
-Observation Day April 4 or May 9 at 8:30am RSVP requested
The Richmond Waldorf School “believes that education nurtures young learners to become individuals whole in body, intellect, and spirit.” The school is a true “alternative choice in the greater Richmond community” and differentiates itself through hands-on learning and engaging all senses for grades Pre-K through Grade 8.
Principles of the school include:
• To think clearly and independently and to question the status quo;
• To learn out of their own experiences and not to be satisfied with second- or third-hand knowledge;
• To study and work not in order to pass an exam or get a good grade, but to satisfy their own desire for learning;
• To have a sense of their own dignity as human beings; and
• To have a sense of belonging to the world and of being needed in the world.
One illustration on The Waldorf School’s 1st grade classroom blackboard on the left is how children are introduced to formal mathematics through an unfolding narrative in which individual characters represent the four basic math processes of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. This creative approach to education is just one example of how children learn in many different ways. For more information on where Waldorf School students are admitted upon graduation and other information about the school, click here.
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