Welcome to Songbirds Playgroup!
WE'RE SORRY, SONGBIRDS PLAYGROUP IS FULL FOR THE 2024/25 SESSION
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WE'RE SORRY, SONGBIRDS PLAYGROUP IS FULL FOR THE 2024/25 SESSION 〰️
Songbirds is a small, Waldorf inspired in-home program for
2- 4 year olds, led by experienced, trained Waldorf teachers.
Cultivating Joy,
Fostering Community
During our Songbirds mornings we offer experiences that cultivate warmth, joy, and confidence through developmentally appropriate activities. Our mornings include circle games and songs, nutritious snacks that the children help make, coloring and water color painting, stories and puppet plays from around the world, and lots of free play!
Our ample outdoor space provides opportunities for sand and water play, swings and slides, gardening, digging in the dirt, and finding treasures! When the weather permits, we spend most of the day outside.
We welcome families for festival celebrations throughout the year, including Michaelmas/harvest festival, Lantern walk, Winter Spiral, Mothers’ day tea, and more. Being a smaller group, connections with other parents, sharing the joy and love of the children, and cultivating the rhythms of the year together fosters a much needed sense of community and support.
Songbirds Schedule & Cost
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Songbirds Playgroup meets Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday mornings from 9am-12pm, September 5th 2023- May 24th 2024, with dates off listed below.
HERE IS THE SCHEDULE FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON:
-August 26 - Family gathering for all families - Open house 10:30-11am
-September 5- First day!
-September 28- Harvest/Michaelmas festival (all families)
-October 13-16 - Fall break: NO SONGBIRDS
-October 31- Halloween party! (children only)
-November 2- Parent Meeting 6pm
-November 11- Lantern walk (all families)
-November 18- Parent/Teacher conferences
-November 20-24 - Holiday Break: NO SONGBIRDS
-December 10 - Winter Spiral (all families)
-Dec 22- Jan 8- Winter Break: NO SONGBIRDS
-February 8- Parent Evening
-February 13- Valentines party (children only)
-February 19-23- Feb Break: NO SONGBIRDS
-March 23- Parent/Teacher Conferences
-April 1-5 - Spring break
-April 20- Parent Evening
-May 10 - Mother’s Day Tea
-May 24- Last day of Songbirds!
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We follow the same rhythm each time we meet, creating a sense of security and confidence in the children to know and expect what their day will be like.
A sample of our morning rhythm is:
9:00 Arrival, coloring or morning walk
9:30-10:15 Creative Play/Crafts
10:15- 10:30 Seasonal movement circle/songs
10:30- 11 Hearty snack
11 - 11:45 Potty, creative pla
11:45- 12 Puppet play or story, goodbye and pick up**Your child has the option to stay until 12:30 to eat a packed lunch from home if this better suits your schedule.
12-1 Lunch/Pickup
1-2:30 Rest time
2:30-3 Snack, play, and pickup
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The cost of Songbirds is:
Half day: (9am-12pm) $50 per child per day
Full day (9am- 3pm) $100 per child per day
There is a one time $25 material fee to provide crayons, paints, etc.
Who We Are
Laurie Clark has had the privilege of being a Waldorf Early Childhood teacher for over forty years.
Laurie is a mentor to teachers across the country and teaches in several Waldorf teacher training programs.
She is a conference presenter nationally and internationally and has co-authored two books with Nancy Blanning on therapeutic movement for children entitled Movement Journeys and Circle Adventures.
Clair Boswell attended the Denver Waldorf School from kindergarten through 8th grade.
After volunteering at a Waldorf initiative in Nepal, she pursued her Masters in Education and Waldorf training at Antioch University New England. Clair then took a job teaching Kindergarten at the Brooklyn Waldorf School, where she helped form the school leadership and shape the early childhood program.
Clair is Laurie’s daughter, and loves teaching with her original mentor ;)
After having her first son, Clair and her family moved back home to Denver. Her husband now teaches at the Denver Waldorf School, and they have two boys ages 6 and 3! When the family is not busy with school, they love camping, basketball, gardening, and Songbirds!
Lindsay St. Antoine has years of experience nannying and being a “mother’s helper” for several lovely families and their amazing kids.
Lindsay is so grateful for the time she’s been so fortunate to spend caring for, growing, and learning alongside newborns to pre-teens. She’s thrilled and honored to assist and sub for Laurie and Clair in the Songbirds Playgroup and has been present for two Songbirds “school years” as well as one Songbirds Summer Camp. She’s gradually learning all the Waldorf songs she can with a lot of help from the children!
The Songbirds group is a wonderful place to nurture young minds. Our child thrived both emotionally and physically. She is always excited on the days she goes to Songbirds and is happy to be with her teachers and the other children. She comes home and sings the songs she learns to her stuffed animals and has fun teaching them all the things she learned at school. We couldn't have asked for a better experience for her.