New Year, New Habits: How We're Building Healthy Ones

The beginning of the school year is always a time for remembering and rebuilding healthy school rhythms and routines.

Elementary School, Middle SchoolMeredith Floyd-PrestonSeptember 27, 2021child-centered, childhood development, waldorf, writing, habit building, habits, healthy habits, building habits, will, development of the will, will development, learning how to learn, back-to-school

Writing Across All Subjects Helps Deepen Understanding

Writing helps students grapple with, understand, and remember complex concepts in a wide range of academic subjects.

Elementary School, Middle SchoolChelsea Slaven-DavisSeptember 20, 2021child-centered, childhood development, waldorf, writing

How to Robot Proof Your Child's Future

As artificial intelligence creates economic disruption, what skills will students need to be successful in the future?

Being able to see the big picture and do complex systems thinking. Emotional intelligence, including empathy and intuition. The ability to dream up creative new ideas. The ability to build, test, and refine your ideas. And most importantly, the ability to learn new things and adapt to new situations.

Parenting, Elementary School, Early Education, Middle SchoolChelsea Slaven-DavisAugust 26, 2021child-centered, child development, childhood development, early childhood, waldorf

Learning is Multi-Sensory. Teaching Should Be Too.

Children learn in many different ways. That’s why it is so important for teachers to bring concepts through multiple senses. At Cedarwood, we teach science through stories, as well as outdoors in nature and in the lab. We move, build, and even bake & eat our math. We teach literature through theater. We sing our history and languages.

Parenting, Elementary School, Early Education, Middle SchoolChelsea Slaven-DavisAugust 10, 2021early childhood, waldorf, multi-sensory learning, whole child, wholistic learning, wholistic education, literacy

A Child-Centered Education, Where Children Feel Seen

One of the best scientific predictors for how a child turns out, in terms of happiness, academic success, and meaningful relationships, is whether adults in their life consistently show up for them. Our teachers strive to see and recognize each of their students, greeting them each morning individually, and working with them over multiple years to build on their unique strengths and meet their individual challenges so that they can thrive.

Parenting, Elementary School, Early Education, Middle SchoolChelsea Slaven-DavisJuly 13, 2021child-centered, child development, childhood development, early childhood, waldorf

Music Program: End-of-Year Sharing

Final performances of the 2020-21 school year from grades 4-8!

Middle School, Elementary SchoolDiana BrightJune 9, 2021music program, glee club, choir, performance, performances, music, orchestra, orchestra program, Cabalatta Glee Club, Friday Philharmonic

Class of 2029: Rainbow Bridge Ceremony

This special tradition at Cedarwood is a way for rising first graders to summon the courage and strength they’ve been building in kindergarten and cross over the bridge into the elementary school.

Community Events, Early Education, Elementary SchoolChelsea Slaven-DavisJune 4, 2021waldorf, rainbow bridge, rainbow bridge ceremony, bridge crossing ceremony, first grade, rising first grade, kindergarten

Cedarwood: Head, Heart & Hands

Our incredible team of subject teachers and student ambassadors share what school is like when the whole child is engaged each day, head, heart & hands!

Middle School, Elementary School, Languages, TechnologyChelsea Slaven-DavisMay 12, 2021waldorf, waldorf community, waldorf school

The Mission of Waldorf Education

Cedarwood’s Pedagogical Director, Chiaki Uchiyama, provides an in-depth look at how Waldorf education serves not just our children, but all of humanity.

Parenting, Elementary School, Early Education, Middle SchoolChiaki UchiyamaApril 9, 2021mission of waldorf, waldorf education, mission of waldorf education, anthroposophy, rudolf steiner, childhood development, child development, waldorf teacher, teacher, education, chiaki uchiyama, waldorf pedagogy

Cedarwood Connected Learning: A Year of Resiliency & Growth

We checked in with teachers, staff, parents & students to see how the past year of learning, connecting and growing together at Cedarwood has gone!

Technology, Middle School, Elementary School, Early Education, AnnouncementsChelsea Slaven-DavisMarch 17, 2021cedarwood connected learning, connected learning, distance learning, online learning, online school, pandemic, COVID-19, community, waldorf, waldorf community, waldorf school

Cedarwood Connected Learning: (Almost) a Year In

Now that we are almost to a full year of distance learning — and halfway through our 2020-21 school year of Connected Learning 2.0 — we thought we’d check in with a few teachers throughout the school and see how things are going!

Community Events, Elementary School, Middle School, TechnologyChelsea Slaven-DavisFebruary 3, 2021waldorf, distance learning, cedarwood connected learning, pandemic

New this Year: Spanish & Japanese Clubs

Cedarwood started offering optional virtual clubs on Fridays for students in the grades this fall. This month, we’re excited to share a little bit about our Spanish and Japanese Clubs!

Elementary School, Middle SchoolMichelle JarvisFebruary 1, 2021Cedarwood Waldorf Schoolclubs, extracurricular, extracurricular activities, spanish, japanese, spanish club, japanese club, languages, language program

Songs for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Many of our classes at Cedarwood have been working on singing and playing new songs in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Black History Month.

Elementary School, Middle School, FestivalsDiana BrightJanuary 15, 2021music, singing, MLK, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, MLK Day, Black History Month

Meet our Class of 2029 First Grade Teacher!

Cedarwood is very pleased to announce that Donna Blaser will be our grade one class teacher next year.

Elementary SchoolDonna BlaserJanuary 14, 2021waldorf, first grade, first grade teacher, Waldorf teacher, Class of 2029 teacher, grades

New this Year: Social Justice & Service Clubs

Cedarwood started offering optional virtual clubs on Fridays for students in the grades this fall. We’re excited to share a little bit about these new clubs with you, starting with our Social Justice and Service Clubs!

Elementary School, Middle SchoolHeather PearlJanuary 14, 2021Cedarwood Waldorf Schoolclubs, social justice, social justice club, service, service club, virtual club, middle school, middle school clubs, extracurricular, extracurricular activities

Ideas to Keep Your Children Moving Through the Winter

In an effort to give caregivers more tools to keep children moving through the winter, our Movement teacher, Heather Pearl, has put together a list of equipment to inspire active play at home!

Elementary School, ParentingHeather PearlDecember 1, 2020Cedarwood Waldorf Schoollower grades, movement, active play, play, waldorf movement, PE

Online Savvy & Safety for the Younger Grades: It's All About Relationships

Many of our younger students are getting a deeper, earlier internet experience than in previous years; parents and teachers alike want them to be as safe and prepared as possible.

Technology, Elementary SchoolClaire HarrisonSeptember 24, 2020Cedarwood Waldorf Schoolcyber civics, middle school, technology, waldorf middle school, internet safety, lower grades, online safety

Search for Signs of Spring

A multi-sensory treasure hunt.

Elementary School, Early EducationNancy ThompsonMay 3, 2020treasure hunt, sensory experience, spring, activity, nature activity, nature

Cedarwood Connected Learning & the Use of Technology

Suddenly, we have become completely reliant on screens and computer technology in order to work, express our thoughts and feelings, and to make our connections with others. This directly challenges the sphere of education in general, but specifically Waldorf schools worldwide, as our pedagogy is based on in-person relationships, with each other and with nature.

Strengthening a Gem of Waldorf Education: World Language Programs

World languages are vital to fulfilling the mission of Waldorf education: to educate children to reach their full potential as human beings who have the capacity to freely choose empathy and peace.

By design, Waldorf schools offer two world languages starting in Grade One. This fundamental part of the curriculum is instrumental in developing the flexibility of thinking and feeling necessary for truly empathetic communication.

Elementary School, Middle School, LanguagesMichelle JarvisJanuary 15, 2020Cedarwood Waldorf Schoolwaldorf, waldorf education, world languages, foreign language, world language teacher

Inside Cedarwood

World languages are vital to fulfilling the mission of Waldorf education: to educate children to reach their full potential as human beings who have the capacity to freely choose empathy and peace.

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