Special Events

The Four Temperaments

Children’s Drawings in the First Seven Years:
a Way of Perceiving Child Development

An Introduction to Wet Method Watercolor Painting

Open House

Lecture Series

Preschool Morning

Kindergarten Morning

Children’s Drawings in the First Seven Years:
a Way of Perceiving Child Development

with
Marjorie Thatcher
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
7 pm Alia Hall

All children under seven years of age draw the same motifs, regardless of their nationality. Why is this? What do these represent? These archetypal symbols are a key to understanding the development of the child, and will be illustrated by examples from children’s drawings.

Please RSVP.
For more information 360-733-3164 or www.whws.org

An Introduction to Wet Method Watercolor Painting

Monday, March 15
7 pm - 8:30 pm

Come and enjoy an evening of exploring the vibrant colors of Wet-on-Wet Watercolor Painting. Janet Lia will introduce the painting method used in the Waldorf Schools by giving a brief overview of how the painting curriculum develops as the children in the grade school grow. Then parents will be guided through a simple painting composition that will give a flavor of the possibilities that this wonderful, healing medium offers.
Absolutely no artistic skill or experience is needed and everyone will come away with a beautiful painting.

Janet Lia is a credentialed Waldorf teacher and Washington State teacher (K-12), with endorsements in Visual Arts, Social Science, and Agriculture. Additionally, Janet has completed training for Fine Arts and Bio-Dynamic Agriculture. With over 20 years teaching experience, Janet has taught a wide range of ages in public and Waldorf schools. Currently, Janet teaches art to children and adults in her Seattle studio, AWE Studio (Art With Everyone), trains Waldorf Teachers in art and Bio-Dynamic Gardening at Sound Circle Teacher Training, for Pratt Fine Center, as a Resident Artist in Seattle Public Schools, and is an endorsed Community Based Instructor with Columbia Virtual Academy.

 

 

Preschool Morning

May 8, 2010
10 - 11:30 am

Come and experience with your child the waldorf preschool. Through this hands on experience you will have the opportunity to see how your child responds in this environment.

Activities

Playtime
Finger Games
Snack
Outside Play and Q & A
Goodbye Circle

1 parent and 1 child, come prepared to
play outside.
Please RSVP to 733-3164 or enroll@whws.org

Kindergarten Morning

February 6, 2010
10 - 11:30 am

1 parent and 1 child, come prepared to
play outside.
Please RSVP to 733-3164 or enroll@whws.org

Open House

Wednesday, March 10
9:15 - 12pm

Please come and join us as we walk through the grades and feel what it is like to be a Waldorf student for a day. We will observe in the classrooms, tour the school and have a Q&A with
teachers.
This is an adult only event. Please RSVP to (360) 733-3164 or email enroll@whws.org

Lecture Series

Waldorf 101
with Joseph Doucette

January 20, 2010
7pm

What is Waldorf Education? What are its basic principles? What is so special about Waldorf that differs from any other public or private school? If you have these or other questions about Waldorf Education, please attend an evening lecture and discussion with Joseph Doucette at the Whatcom Hills Waldorf School on Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 7 PM. Joseph is a certified Waldorf Teacher and has taught elementary, middle and high school classes in Waldorf Schools since 1993. This class is a recommended pre-requisite for Waldorf 201, coming later this year.

 

 

The Four Soul Temperaments
in Education

with Joseph Doucette

May 13, 2010
7pm

What are the essential characteristics of the four soul temperaments?  How can we recognize them in our children and ourselves?  As teachers and parents, how can we use this knowledge to help us raise and educate children toward a healthy, balanced life?
 
Come to an engaging evening with Joseph Doucette to begin exploring these questions.  You’ll go home with greater insight about the children in your care and with practical tips on how to meet their inherent developmental needs.

Joseph has experienced the full range of school age children being a father of two teenage sons, a former high school math and science teacher, and having taught grades one through eight at the Whatcom Hills Waldorf School.  Joseph is currently teaching 4th Grade.

Firehouse Performing Arts Center
1314 Harris Ave in Historic Fairhaven

Please RSVP.
For more information 360-733-3164 or www.whws.org