Waldorf School of Orange County

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Congratulations to our amazing Director of Music Debora Wondercheck, who was a nominee in the recent OC Business Journal Awards for Women in Business. The nomination was in recognition of the effective outreach that her program, Arts & Learning Conservatory, continues to bring to thousands of children in Orange County, CA. Under her leadership, Arts & Learning Conservatory is making the arts equitable and accessible to all children, including Orange County’s most vulnerable populations. @artsandlearning #equityineducation

"It's actually our ability to embrace imperfection that will help us teach our children to have the courage to be authentic, the compassion to love themselves and others, and the sense of connection that gives true purpose and meaning to life," states @brenebrown. Perfectly said! #imperfectparenting #cultivatelove #empathy #authentic #waldorfeducation #WeAreWSOC

Old-school toys are the best toys! We have so many to choose from. Hours of fun! Come shop Company of Angels Monday - Friday 8am to 3:30pm. #artisan #handmade #shoplocal #supportsmallbusiness #waldorftoys #oldschooltoys #woodentoys #bespoke #creativetoys

Choosing a school is one of the most important decisions that a parent will make in a lifetime. Join us to ask your questions about what makes the Waldorf curriculum unique. Visit https://www.waldorfschool.com/events/ to register!

Putting pen to paper stimulates the brain like nothing else, even in this age of e-mails, texts and tweets. In fact, learning to write in cursive is shown to improve brain development in the areas of thinking, language and working memory. Cursive handwriting stimulates brain synapses and synchronicity between the left and right hemispheres, something absent from printing and typing. Source: @nytimes

Open 8am - 3:30pm. Come see us! Three dedicated parking spaces in our main lot just for Company of Angels shoppers! #artisan #handmade #shoplocal #supportsmallbusiness #entertaining #bespoke #curated #beautifultable #naturalhome

One of the tenets of Waldorf education is experiential learning. This is an active approach to a subject’s lesson; active meaning an approach to material which uses different senses, tactics, and manipulatives to stimulate multiple forms of intelligence, as defined by Harvard researcher and professor Howard Gardner. At its heart, experiential learning is a very natural and intuitive way to learn vs. the passive, lecture-and-note style of learning most children experience. S...imply look at how lifelong learning happens everyday for those not in a classroom. They learn in workplaces and at home by doing; and the learning is always directed towards something. In this way, experiential learning in the classroom means students learn through doing, such as gardening to learn botany. But it is important to note, that experiential learning goes beyond an active methodology. Experiential learning is about cultivating a keen awareness of the lesson’s meaning and relevance to the individual it is about bringing lessons from the abstract to the concrete. When a child asks, Why do I have to learn math? They are not requesting examples of how math may be relevant to a particular future job. They are asking, Why does this matter right now? How is this relevant to my immediate reality? This is why a major component of bringing successful experiential learning into a classroom involves making lessons immediately relevant to the student, so that they can respect the process of learning. Source: waldorfeducation.org #learnbydoing #experientiallearning #outdoorclassroom #waldorfeducation #WeAreWSOC See more

WSOC Grade 10 students convene in one of our outdoor classrooms (murals painted by high school students under the direction of art teacher Mr. De Benedetto); some have been friends since Playgroup! We are all greatly enjoying our time back on campus, safely and in cohorts.

So many seasonal goodies here at Company of Angels! Come shop and enjoy a warm beverage with us. New items arriving daily! #artisan #handmade #shoplocal #supportsmallbusiness #waldorftoys #ostheimer #woodentoys #bespoke #creativetoys

It’s time to return to childhood, to simplicity, to running and climbing and laughing in the sunshine, to experiencing happiness instead of being trained for a lifetime of happiness. It’s time to let children be children again. ~ LR Knost #waldorfkindergarten #outdoorclassroom #getoutside #natureinspired #waldorfeducation #WeAreWSOC #waldorfplaygroup #playbasedlearning

2020 has been the year of the unexpected. We are so grateful to our teachers and administrators, our community and our students for their willingness to quickly adapt to a new reality with online learning, outdoor classrooms, and ever-evolving protocols; also, their collective ability to find creative ways to maintain togetherness while being physically apart. Our bonds have been tested, and we are all the stronger for it. #adaptation #waldorfeducation #waldorfcommunity #WeAreWSOC #waldorfeducation #livingeducation #outdoorclassrooms

Happy Halloween from WSOC! Artist credit: Yvette Fabian, Grade 7 teacher and Sam N., Grade 8 student .

All-natural, chemical-free beeswax pillar candles, lotus flowers and tapers all available at Company of Angels. #artisan #handmade #shoplocal #supportsmallbusiness #waldorftoys #ostheimer #woodentoys #bespoke #creativetoys