There is a strong influence of music at Mountain Sunrise Academy as all class teachers enhance learning through rhythm and song. In addition, we also have a music specialist
LEARN MOREUnique visual art skills are taught in every grade level. Incorporation of the arts is essential for the Waldorf pedagogy.
LEARN MOREMathematics in Waldorf Education are rigorous as all four math processes of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, are introduced in first grade so as to understand whole to parts.
LEARN MOREIn Waldorf education, beginning with oral storytelling, a Waldorf child listens to and summarizes oral language. Writing and reading skills are made stronger by these initial oral connections.
LEARN MOREIn Waldorf education, hands-on learning and exploration are important tools for scientific discovery. Each grade level provides opportunities for students to learn about the world around them.
LEARN MOREThrough movement, students experience geometry, spatial directions, and coordination as they work together in a group
LEARN MOREMovement is everything that we do. It sharpens our physical abilities and allows us to express ourselves in many different ways.
LEARN MOREOur handwork curriculum is broad and includes skills such as knitting, crocheting, cross stitch, hand sewing, felting, paper crafts, and machine sewing in the older grades.
LEARN MOREIn the Waldorf curriculum, history is not only taught as a specialized subject, but is thoroughly integrated with subjects as diverse as mathematics, handwork and singing.
LEARN MOREGeography is the gateway to understanding places, people, and their environments. It teaches students to recognize their place in their immediate community, as well as their role in the global community.
LEARN MOREThe teaching of foreign language is an integral part of the Waldorf curriculum. A different view of the world and a different experience of humanity is imminent in the experience of different languages, as expressed for instance in tenses, tonal elements, sounds of vowels and consonants, rhythm, vocabulary and sentence structure.
LEARN MOREPermaculture is a set of design principles centered on whole-system thinking and utilizing patterns found in nature.
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