The Shining Mountain Lower School curriculum takes your child from the early age of imagination and imitation to a rich immersion in world cultures, culminating in the study of the Greeks. Watch this video to learn about the journey for grades one to five.
What is already living in them is the beauty of education.
– La Fontaine
In the early school years, children learn best when academics are conveyed through artistic media such as painting, drama, music, storytelling, and other direct experiences that stir the emotions. Every detail imaginable contributes consciously to the totality of the Waldorf learning experience: the colors in the classroom, the colored chalk drawings on the blackboard, the rhythms of the lesson and the day, and the way the teacher speaks, moves, and balances humor with seriousness.
Our approach relies upon an interdisciplinary structure within each grade and progressing through the years. Diverse modalities of teaching are integrated to ensure that students encounter a variety of learning styles. As a result, each child is able to comprehend classroom material and find positive areas of self-expression. Long before educational research confirmed the idea of “multiple intelligences,” Steiner understood the need to balance the head, heart, and hands.
