Little Acorns Class at Corvallis Waldorf School

For quite some time now, Lucia, and Oscar and I have been going to the Corvallis Waldorf School's Little Acorns class which is a lovely parent- child class for toddlers and preschool age kids.  It's once a week for a couple of hours.  A gathering of several parent-child dyads (or more, depending on bro/sis involvement).  This summer, we had our class outdoors and it was quite fun.  Each week began with a walk to a lovely spot in the forest on the campus.  The children could pick a basket and fill it with treasures and maybe even some dandelion greens to give to the chickens at the end of the morning.

Once we arrived to our lovely spot, we sat together in an opening circle with a welcome song.  Oscar and Lucia always enjoyed receiving a lavender-infused warm washcloth for their hands and face.
After that, we all sat together to eat a healthy, snack.

After snack, there was always an activity/craft that mostly the parents worked on but the children could definitely help too.  This week we wet felted covers around bars of soap which turned into a decorative, longlasting bar of soap.  It was quick, fun, and the kids could participate in many of the steps!

These were our lovely final products!

After the activity, there was always a lovely, Waldorf style performance by our wonderful teacher, Mrs. Henry.  My favorite part and always inspired me to infuse more magic and wonder into all of our days.

 Then it was closing circle time and off to feed the chickens...

I would highly recommend this class.  There's nothing better than just spending time together with these little humans.  And on top of that, learning some nice crafts, songs and meeting lovely families.