Upcoming Events
Planting PMWS Future Forest
If you love nature and trees, then you'll really LOVE this opportunity to plant some roots and share a sustainable gift, enhancing our school campus.
Either volunteer your helping hands, donate a tree, or both!
Curriculum Curiosity: WORKSHOP SERIES
This is the beginning of sadness, I say to myself,
As I walk through the universe in my sneakers.
It is time to say good-bye to my imaginary friends,
Time to turn the first big number.
It seems only yesterday I used to believe
There was nothing under my skin but light.
If you cut me, I would shine.
But now when I fall upon the sidewalk of life, I skin my knees, I bleed.
Excerpt from “On Turning Ten” by U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins
The Waldorf curriculum supports a major developmental milestone around age 9-10 where children experience an "ego-consciousness" awakening, separating their inner life from the outer world. This shift causes increased self-awareness, questioning of authority, anxiety, and fears, as they realize they are independent beings.
Mayfest
Our celebration of Mayfest this year is fast approaching. By celebrating the passage of the seasons through art, music and story, we strengthen our connection to the rhythms of nature. At Prairie Moon Waldorf School we do not take the change of seasons for granted as our school community gathers to celebrate the splendid glories of nature. We can’t wait to welcome long-awaited Spring and we say goodbye to Winter! Please come and join us with your friends and families to celebrate this yearly event with dance, music, crafts and games.
Summer Camp Grades 4-8: Biodynamic Farm & Mural Camp
4th- 8th graders - Join us June 8-26, 2026 !
Curriculum Curiosity: Imagination as a Path to Freedom
The PMWS Faculty has created a year long workshop series and encourages parents to participate. Together we will explore the subtle body and how it relates to imagination and community. We will see the harmony between Vedic thought and the Anthroposophical concept of thinking, feeling, and willing. Kishori will lead some simple grounding movement, and Beckey will lead Yoga Nidra and discussion about the Kosha, or layers of the body.
Saturday Workshop Series: Curriculum Curiosity January
The PMWS Faculty has created a year long workshop series and encourages parents to participate. Every event will be a dive into the Waldorf curriculum for adults, nurturing the soul and educating the heart and mind.
WORKSHOP 1: A Waldorf Journey - Seeing the child through new eyes, educating with a living impulse.
Winter Light Faire 2025
Join us for our annual festival, Winter Light Faire! A magical evening for parents and children alike, we will have food, vendors and shopping, activities, and of course - lights! More information will be posted as vendors are added and activities are finalized. Keep your eye out - we can’t wait!
Silent Auction
If you're joining us in-person for the Winter Light Faire on December 13th, from 3-7pm, you will have the chance to visit our holiday gift store and other vendors offering lovely hand-made crafts, Waldorf art supplies and unique books for all ages! Online bidding goes through 7:00pm that Saturday.
Pushing Up the Sky
Join us for the 5th and 6th grade play, put on by the students of Brother Tai Amry's class!
Saturday, November 22nd 6-7 PM Pushing Up The Sky: Native American Plays for Children by Joseph Bruchac
Saturday Workshop Series: Curriculum Curiosity November
The PMWS Faculty has created a year long workshop series and encourages parents to participate. Every event will be a dive into the Waldorf curriculum for adults, nurturing the soul and educating the heart and mind.
WORKSHOP 3: November 15th with Karl Johnson - Middle School - Loving Authority
Featuring an extra meet up, November 12th, with the Parent Association at 6pm!
Check out our previous video trainings: https://www.prairiemoon.org/training-videos
Parent Association Speaker - Karl Johnson
Karl David Johnson, M.A., has been an educator for over 45 years and has taught in the Waldorf movement since 1986. He is currently serving the Mountain Song Community School as Pedagogical Director.
Dances of Universal Peace
We experience the Unity of spiritual Ideals, dancing together in a circle with live music.
Saturday Workshop Series: Curriculum Curiosity October
The PMWS Faculty has created a year long workshop series and encourages parents to participate. Every event will be a dive into the Waldorf curriculum for adults, nurturing the soul and educating the heart and mind.
WORKSHOP 2: October 25th - Early Childhood - Corresponds with Parent Association Event on October 9th with Katie Moran
Parent Association Speaker - Katie Moran
A movement and dance teacher for over 25 years, Katie is a stellar athlete, and has played a key role in Spacial Dynamics international peace festivals, “Hands in Peace.” She is a senior instructor of the Spacial Dynamics Institute, a Movement Educator at the Austin Waldorf School, and mentors nationally and internationally.
Parent Association Speaker - Shahida Spann-Ryan
Shahida (Shannon) Spann-Ryan holds a Masters Degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from Five Branches University. She is a licensed acupuncturist in Kansas (LAc) and is Diplomate in Oriental Medicine from the National Commission for Certification of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM).
Saturday Workshop Series: Curriculum Curiosity September
The PMWS Faculty has created a year long workshop series and encourages parents to participate. Every event will be a dive into the Waldorf curriculum for adults, nurturing the soul and educating the heart and mind.
WORKSHOP 1: A Waldorf Journey - Seeing the child through new eyes, educating with a living impulse.
Art in the Park
Join Prairie Moon Waldorf School’s Outreach Committee as we host a table at this fun annual event. We will be on the North Side of South Park in beautiful downtown Lawrence, KS, providing a sweet, shady spot for families to come rest, learn about Waldorf, and complete a simple craft.
Sign up to volunteer for available slots HERE.
View event on Lawrence, KS’s website here: https://www.explorelawrence.com/events/annual-events/art-in-the-park/
Sweet Peas Garden
Whether you are a parent, grandparent or a caregiver,
Prairie Moon Waldorf School can support and prepare you to welcome young children with reverence and dignity. We offer an education for a whole-hearted approach to the development of the young child.
Our work is informed by Waldorf Education and Rudolf Steiner’s Anthroposophy to build an awareness and passion for a world where childhood is joyful and honored.