Welcome
Mountain Grove School
Situated upon the top of a lovely little mountain, surrounded by the natural beauty of forests, gardens and open play areas, the Mountain Grove School provides a nurturing, supportive environment to grow, learn and blossom. Our goal is to encourage each child’s lifelong love of learning, to foster a keen interest in all that he or she encounters and to inspire reverence for all humanity and the world of nature.
View from Backyard Play Area
Our curriculum is based on Waldorf Education, which was founded in 1919 by Austrian philosopher, educator, and scientist Rudolf Steiner. Waldorf education balances artistic, academic and practical work educating the whole child, hand and heart as well as mind. Its innovative methodology and developmentally-oriented curriculum, permeated with the arts, addresses the child’s changing consciousness as it unfolds, stage by stage. Imagination and creativity are cultivated as well as cognitive growth and a sense of responsibility for the earth and its inhabitants.
We strive to awaken and encourage exploration. Learning becomes much more than memorizing facts – learning becomes an engaging voyage to discover the world and oneself.
For information about Waldorf education, see www.awsna.org. For information about Waldorf early childhood, see www.waldorfearlychildhood.org
Mountain Grove Programs
Mountain Grove serves homeschooling families by offering a one day mixed aged kindergarten for ages 4-6, and beginning this September we will also be offering Waldorf homeschooling consulting. Please see the links on the right side menu for more details.