AGE GUIDELINES FOR 2024-2025

Parent-Child classes for 12 - 36 months of age. *children should be comfortably walking.

Three- or Four-Day Preschool for 2 1/2 -4 year olds: Must be 2 years old before June 30.

Four- or Five-Half Day Outdoor Kindergarten for 4-6 year olds: Must be 4 years old before September 1st.

1st Grade for 6-7 year olds in a mixed-age classroom: Must be 6 years old before September 1st.

2nd Grade for 7-8 year olds in a mixed-age classroom: Must be 7 years old before September 1st.

3rd Grade for 8-9 year olds in a mixed-age classroom: Must be 8 years old before September 1st.

4th Grade for 9-10 year olds in a mixed-age classroom: Must be 9 years old before September 1st.

5th Grade for 10-11 year olds in a mixed-age classroom: Must be 10 years old before September 1st.

The Waldorf curriculum is designed to meet the children at their developmental age level. It is important your child enter the grade level best suited to their whole being. On occasion we will consider and place children into an older or younger class. Placement is determined on a case-by-case basis, taking into account the child's social, emotional and academic maturity.

Additional assessments may be requested to help determine the best placement. In some cases, children entering from other schooling systems may be asked to "repeat" a grade. In our experience, the children rarely find this repetitive, as the Waldorf curriculum is diverse and varied, presenting material in ways children have not experienced before. They are also challenged in picking up new language, movement and craft classes.