Diwali 2021

This year, Diwali was celebrated in the classrooms at Cedarwood. Children made diyas, heard stories, shared music, and learned more about the history of this special festival.

Middle School, Elementary School, FestivalsChelsea Slaven-DavisNovember 5, 2021waldorf, waldorf school, festival life, festival, festivals, diwali

El Día de los Muertos 2021

Cedarwood's honoring of El Día de los Muertos during Spanish classes on November 1 & 2.

Middle School, Elementary School, Languages, FestivalsChelsea Slaven-DavisNovember 2, 2021waldorf, waldorf school, Día de los Muertos, dia de los muertos, day of the dead, spanish, festival life, festival, festivals

Seventh Grade: Observing the World

While developing research papers on scientists who we think have helped change the world, the seventh grade has also been talking about how scientists (and all of us) need to be observant of the world around them in order to truly see, experience, define, and know what is there.

Elementary School, Middle SchoolNatalie NormanOctober 8, 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

INIWIRMO & Curiosity Mindset

It’s impossible for us to know everything, and things are always changing. But we can learn to be curious, and know how to ask the questions that lead us to consider new ideas.

Elementary School, Middle SchoolMarlis SandwithSeptember 28, 2021child-centered, childhood development, waldorf, curiosity, curious, curiosity mindset, mindset, personal development

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

Rhythm, Rest, Protection & Time: Supporting Children with Anxiety & Nervousness

With the unexpected changes and hardships we have faced this past year, some may wonder: how can we prevent our children from feeling the stress and anxiety that this past year has caused? As with our general approach to early childhood education, the answer is quite simple: rhythm, rest, protection & time.

Parenting, Early EducationAvery GerhardtJuly 13, 2021child-centered, child development, childhood development, early childhood, waldorf, anxiety

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

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

Class of 2021: Spring Flowers

Need a little colorful boost to your day? The 8th graders recently had great fun painting spring flowers in class together.

Middle School, ArtDonna BlaserApril 23, 2021waldorf, middle school, middle school art, art, art based education, arts education, nature art

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

Class of 2021: Spring Paintings

Spring energy is in the air, and our eighth-grade recently spent a day channeling the season of spring with canvas and paints.

Middle School, ArtDonna BlaserMarch 3, 2021waldorf, middle school, middle school art, art, art based education, arts education, nature art

The Great Race: The Story of the Chinese Zodiac

A puppet play created by Cedarwood’s early childhood team in honor of the Lunar New Year.

FestivalsAliya BirdoffFebruary 16, 2021waldorf, festival, festival life, puppetry, puppet play, winter, winter festival, puppet story, lunar new year, chinese new year, new year, dragon, Chinese Zodiac

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!