“When what we introduce into the children’s world of ideas and feelings is in line with the direction of the developmental forces of a given stage of life, we strengthen the entire developing person in a way that remains a source of strength throughout that person’s life.”
—Rudolf Steiner
In 2003, a group of parents and their toddlers joined a Waldorf-based Parent/Child program at the home of our, now, Dean of Education. It was this group that planted the seeds of the growing Waldorf school we have today. Since then we have expanded our Parent/Child programs to include Sprouts, Seedlings and Blossom Bridge Classes which transitions naturally into our Parent Participation Preschool Program.

Sprouts Baby Class
Our Sprouts Baby class is designed to help support parents/caregivers at this incredible time in their baby’s life by better understanding…
Seedlings Class
Our Seedlings Parent/Child class is a 2-hour class, 1 day a week, offered all school year (36 weeks) where parents/caregivers and toddlers…


Blossoms Bridge Class
This class will have the same rhythm our Seedlings Parent/Child class, but with a transitional period, when children will slowly have time…
Class Teachers:
Francesca Preponis
Lead Teacher

Francesca feels blessed to serve as the lead teacher of Maple Village’s parent/child programs (Parent/Child and Me & My Baby classes) as well as the middle school chorus teacher.
Tanya Comerford
Assistant Teacher

Tanya Comerford is thrilled that her Waldorf journey has come full circle and brought her back to Maple Village Waldorf School, where she first began as a new mother in the Parent/Toddler…