Morning Garden Preschool (Ages 3 and 4)

The Morning Garden preschool program is a gentle start for children three to four years of age. Our program is intended to be a child’s first independent school experience. Morning Garden preschool is developed around daily, weekly, and seasonal rhythms with two teachers working together with a maximum of twelve children. Mulberry Waldorf School is licensed under the Child Care and Early Years Act. ​

Imaginative play in a homelike space
A great deal of importance is given to free, imaginative play. Our beautiful classroom is a homelike space, free of loud colours and clutter and where toys are simple and made of natural materials to encourage a child’s full sense of imagination to develop. It is through play that children develop capacities for the future: creativity, problem-solving, cooperation, resilience, and imagination.

​Daily rhythm
At the start of the day, children busy themselves with seasonal tasks during free play in the form of raking, gardening, building with wood, splashing in puddles, or playing in the sandpit. After a song to transition to morning circle, children go inside to enjoy a wholesome, homemade snack. After snack time, children help tidy up and have an hour of indoor play.  The morning ends with a puppet story and movement circle.

​Healthy meals
A healthy lunch of brown rice, vegetable soup, quinoa, or pasta, with added organic beans,  legumes, or beans plus fresh fruits and vegetables is served. After lunch, children who stay for the morning are picked up and children who stay for the afternoon will have a rest time before heading back outside for outdoor play.

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Small class sizes
13 Students with two teachers

​Mulberry Waldorf School is licensed under the Child Care and Early Years Act for 3 and 4 year olds.

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Weekly Care Options: 
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• Three mornings per week (Monday-Wednesday) 
• Two mornings per week (Thursday and Friday) 
• Five mornings per week (Monday-Friday)

The Morning Garden program begins at 8:45 am and ends at noon, Monday-Friday. For children who stay in the afternoon, the program ends at 3:30 pm.
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Please contact our office for a personalized tour.
We look forward to hearing from you!
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Email: administrator@mulberrywaldorfschool.ca
Phone: (613) 542-0669.

Please Note: 

​The Morning Garden program takes place in a classroom and play yard licensed under the Child Care and Early Years Act. Once children are settled into the school year, teachers will bring the children on short walks around the school perimeter.  
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We are closed for Professional Activity days, Professional Development days, two weeks over the winter holidays, two weeks over March Break, and all statutory holidays. We do not offer camp programs for Morning Garden during PD days and holidays. Our program does not operate over the summer.

​Morning Garden Parent Handbook
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Morning Garden Faculty 

Elissa Smith   (she/her)
Morning Garden Lead Teacher

Elissa has a Bachelor of Science from UBC and completed her Waldorf Early Childhood Training in 2014. She has been working with children birth to six years old and their families for 12 years. She has taught at Mulberry since 2019 as a Kindergarten Assistant and enjoys reading, knitting, being in nature and spending time with her family. Her daughter is a current Mulberry grade school student. 

Janie Jang
Morning Garden Assistant Teacher

Janie has a B.A. from Concordia University, a Culinary Certificate from Niagara on the Lake, and a diploma in Early Childhood Education from St. Lawrence College. She completed Foundations in Anthroposophy Part I through the Rudolf Steiner Centre. Janie joined the Mulberry Waldorf School faculty in 2014 and is an alumni parent.
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Julia Miranda
Morning Garden Assistant Teacher

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