Acorn Hill School Inc

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“Part 1 line 1: acorn hill is devoted to providing quality programs to meet the physical, social-emotional, and mental developmental needs of your child using integrated and age appropriate methods. Established in 1964, we have occupied our present, natural wooded site off sligo creek in silver spring, maryland since 1977.”

“PART III, LINE 4(a):ACORN HILL WALDORF KINDERGARTEN AND NURSERY IS A WALDORF PRESCHOOL LICENSED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILD CARE AND A MSDE LICENSED KINDERGARTEN BASED ON THE IDEAS OF RUDOLF STEINER, AN AUSTRIAN PHILOSOPHER AND SCIENTIST WHO WAS ACTIVE IN THE FIRST PART OF THE 20TH CENTURY. OUR PROGRAM IS PRIMARILY HELD OUTDOORS AND IT IS PLAY-ORIENTED AND EXPERIENTIAL, BASED ON THE CONVICTION THAT ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION IS BEST POSTPONED UNTIL CHILDREN ARE OLDER. WE BUILD THE FOUNDATION FOR COGNITIVE LEARNING AND CREATIVE THINKING THROUGH A VARIETY OF PLAY AND WORK ACTIVITIES. CONCENTRATION, PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT - BOTH FINE AND GROSS MOTOR - AND EYE-HAND COORDINATION ARE ALL ESSENTIAL TO READING AND WRITING. ACTIVITIES IN A WALDORF PRESCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN THAT PROMOTE THESE SKILLS INCLUDE BAKING, BRAIDING, FINGER CROCHETING, SEWING, MODELING WITH BEESWAX, CRAYONING, WATERCOLOR PAINTING, CUTTING WITH SCISSORS, AND OTHERS. DAILY CIRCLE TIME FEATURES MOVEMENT WITH POEMS, GAMES, AND SONGS THAT BUILD LANGUAGE SKILLS AND ALSO PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR MATHEMATICS SKILLS THROUGH COUNTING GAMES AND RHYMES. THROUGH OTHER PLAY AND WORK ACTIVITIES CHILDREN LEARN TO MATCH SETS,DIVIDE OBJECTS INTO GROUPS, COMPARE RELATIONSHIPS OF VOLUME AND OF SIZE, AND LEARN ONE-TO-ONE CORRESPONDENCE, ALL CONCEPTS FUNDAMENTAL TO MATHEMATICS. A FURTHER CONTRIBUTION TO LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT IS OUR PRACTICE OF TELLING STORIES WITHOUT THE USE OF PICTURE BOOKS. STORIES ARE TOLD MANY TIMES, IN THE SAME WORDS, SO THAT CHILDREN BECOME THOROUGHLY FAMILIAR WITH THEM. IN THIS WAY THEIR MEMORY IS DEVELOPED ALONG WITH A SENSE FOR THE BEAUTY AND EXPRESSIVENESS OF LANGUAGE AS IT APPEARS IN FOLK AND FAIRY TALES FROM A VARIETY OF CULTURES. SOME STORIES ARE PRESENTED AS PUPPET PLAYS. DURING THE LONG FREE PLAY PERIOD CHILDREN HAVE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO RETELL AND RE-ENACT THESE STORIES. OUR PROGRAM HAS MANY OTHER FACETS PROVIDING ELEMENTARY EXPERIENCES IN SOCIAL STUDIES, SCIENCE, ART,MUSIC, AND PHYSICAL AND OUTDOOR EDUCATION. ACORN HILL PROVIDED PROGRAMMING TO 47 CHILDREN IN THE 2024/2025 SCHOOL YEAR IN OUR BEAUTIFUL OUTDOOR SETTING. WE PREPARED 20 CHILDREN TO TRANSITION TO KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE AT OTHER SCHOOLS WITH SOLID SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND STRONG PHYSICAL SKILLS, WITH THE ABILITY TO WORK IN A CLASS COMMUNITY, AND WITH AN APPRECIATION FOR NATURE.”