Early Childhood Curriculum

 

Sunbridge’s Waldorf Early Childhood Teacher Education program consists of instruction in these areas:
 

• Basic Waldorf pedagogy and early child development

• Basic foundations in anthroposophy

• The arts

• Practical activities of the Waldorf kindergarten

• Professional and social aspects of early childhood education

• Inner development of the teacher

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through the following courses:

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CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT I, II, III

CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT IV: THERAPEUTIC EDUCATION IN EARLY CHILDHOOD

ANTHROPOSOPHICAL STUDIES I

ANTHROPOSOPHICAL STUDIES II: THE INNER LIFE OF THE TEACHER

PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES OF WALDORF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION​

EURYTHMY I, II

SINGING, MUSIC, AND MOVEMENT FOR THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII​

FESTIVALS AND THE CYCLE OF THE YEAR I, II​

HAND GESTURE AND MUSIC GAMES​

HANDWORK AND CRAFTS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN I, II, III, IV​

WATERCOLOR PAINTING​

RHYTHMIC GAMES AND MOVEMENT

LANGUAGE ARTS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD

STRENGTHENING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE NATURAL WORLD

​PROFESSIONAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION I, II

CREATIVE SPEECH FOR THE TEACHER I, II

SCULPTURE-CLAY MODELING

MARIONETTE PUPPETRY

​EARLY CHILDHOOD SEMINAR I, II

​EARLY CHILDHOOD INDEPENDENT PROJECT

​MENTORED TEACHING

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See our course catalog for further information. Sunbridge Institute reserves the right to make faculty or course substitutions when necessary.

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