Waldorf Play based Private Elementary School in Pacific Palisades
As learning unfolds, early academics are tailored to age-appropriate benchmarks.In Grades 1-5, lessons balance cognitive and emotional intelligence with physical activity, Each subject integrates academic work with fine and practical arts. The elementary years at Westside Waldorf are rooted in the ideal to honor and preserve the needs of childhood. Our rich curriculum allows students to emerge into the subjects, build strong relationships with their classmates and teachers, and most importantly, connect to themselves and to the world around them.
Our students can focus at a desk when they need to because they don’t sit at a desk all day. Movement, art, and music are integrated into all the academic subjects - allowing students to learn the best way they know how, by doing. Outdoor education starts early and includes class trips that support the curriculum. We recognize the power of the human spirit and acknowledge the uniqueness of every single child.
"The class teacher walks a path of discovery with the children and guides them into an understanding of the world of meaning, rather than the world of cause and effect."
— Colin Price
Typical Day at Westside Waldorf
8:00 - 10:00 am: Main Lesson
Deep study of an academic subject such as Math, Language Arts, Botany, Zoology, History, and Geography. The lesson comes alive through artistic, descriptive, and dramatic presentations, in 3- to 4-week blocks. Each student creates their own handwritten and illustrated Main Lesson book.
10:05 - 10:50 am: Morning Recess & Snack
10:55 - 11:35 am: Spanish or Mandarin
11:40 am - 12:20 pm: Music or Math
12:25 pm - 1:10 pm: Lunch & Recess
1:15 - 1:55 pm: Movement/Handwork/Woodwork/Strings
2:00 - 2:40 pm: Games/Gardening/Stewardship
2:40 - 3:00 pm: Stewardship/Skills
Daily schedule varies per grade 1-5
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Westside Waldorf School, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit independent school, does not discriminate due to race, religion, gender, national origin, disability, or other basis protected by law.