Summergarden Grades Camp 2023

We've added two more weeks in June!

We are now offering 6 weeks of camp for rising 2nd through 6th grade students. We have two more weeks in June with two more exciting themes: Music & Song (June 19-23) and Circus Arts (June 26-30). Register today!

There are few spots left in the four week July session.

Join us for Fiber Arts, Weaving & Basketry, Jewelry Making, and Landscape Painting!

3rd Grade Shelter Projects

From 3rd Grade Teacher Robin Schulz:

When children are near the ages of eight or nine, you will often see them on the playground or in their back yards building themselves a fort, a tree house, or some kind of sanctuary. As they begin to go into their nine year change, they start to feel separated from the world around them. They begin to long for a special place of their own.

This longing opens them up to discovery! The children in our class were encouraged to discover what kind of dwellings had been built by others around the world and to wonder about what kind of a shelter they themselves might like to live in - the cave dwellings of Turkey? A tulle house? Perhaps something on stilts? They begin by looking at lots of books and pictures. Once they find a shelter they are interested in, we figure out the location by learning to use an atlas. We look at temperature and climate - is it wet or dry? Hot or cold? How does that affect what kind of a shelter one would build? We learn about the people who live there, the plants and natural resources...and the whole world opens up!

The children in our class were asked to use materials as close to the real shelter as possiible. Some models were built with real willow frames; some used mud or clay to hold their bricks together. Some sawed small logs for their log cabins or fashioned small bricks for their pueblos. Some children dug holes to mimic underground food storage, and some dug tunnels - like the typical entrance of an igloo.

On a Saturday morning, after everyone had completed their models, we all gathered in our classroom with parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and family friends. The children stood proudly next to their models and each one took turns sharing. Each student had taken the learning to heart, and they spoke so beautifully about what they had discovered! Afterwards, they were asked to choose which shelter they would want to live in and why. It was so interesting to hear their thoughts! They truly taught us all so much! 

We will be winding up our shelter work by building a Wickiup in the lower school play ground with the guidance of Mr. Forrest next month! We hope to leave something for all the children to enjoy!

Healing Through Art Online Taster Day 

April 29th (9am-1:15pm) – Please join us for one or more of our online Taster Days if you are interested in enrolling in the new cohort of the Healing Through Art program. These online classes will allow you to experience our way of working and our approach to artistic therapies. Click this link to learn more and to register.

Your Star Child 

May 10, 17, 24 & 31, 2023 (10am-11:30am) – Inspirations from Anthroposophy for Expectant Parents, with Kate Hammond. Learn how to gently welcome your child into the world as a spiritual being, both before birth and in the first months of life. Click this link to learn more and to register.

Visiting Day

May 13, 2023 (10am-1pm) – Interested in learning more about becoming a Waldorf teacher? Join the BACWTT faculty for an introduction to our Teacher Training and Foundation Studies Programs. This is a free, in-person event but registration is required. Click this link to learn more and to register.