Is My Child Ready? Understanding Grade One Readiness in Waldorf Education With Nancy Blanning January 14
Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America

Is My Child Ready? Understanding Grade One Readiness in Waldorf Education With Nancy Blanning January 14

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FAMILY & CAREGIVER EVENT

Rising from kindergarten into the grade school years is a big developmental step. How and when this takes place has outcomes and effects that will impact the child's next twelve years and beyond. Families and teachers want this step to be steady and confident, and not a leap forward to uncertainty, or a tippery landing. Waldorf education sees readiness as the culmination of a developmental process. Along with age, physical maturation, social and emotional development, we also consider language skills, gross and fine motor movement, and memory. The child's state of readiness arises from a collective picture of these various factors. Educators look at the whole picture to ensure that the children will thrive in the coming grade school years. Each human being is always developing and becoming. Waldorf educators look to see where the child is in this developmental adventure. The child's present and future welfare is always held at the center. This webinar will describe how and why the observations are carried out in a warm and benevolent way. 

Please remember the email address you used to sign up, as we will send a Zoom link to you on the day of the event. Please do not opt out of receiving emails from us, so that we can send you the Zoom link.

This is a live event scheduled to take place on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, at 3:30 pm HT, 5:30 pm PT, 6:30 pm MT, 7:30 pm CT, 8:30 pm ET. The event will run for one hour and fifteen minutes. All who register will receive access to the recording.

The registration fee is $10 USD. Please register online through the WECAN bookstore. We want everyone to be able to participate in this evening. If you require financial support, please contact Heather Church at hchurch@waldorfearlychildhood.org.

NOTE: If you are purchasing for a group, on the first page of the checkout, in the notes section, you must provide the email address for each person attending.

Registration for this event closes 24 hours prior to the event, on January 14, 2026, at 2:30 pm HT, 5:30 pm PT, 6:30 pm MT, 7:30 pm CT, and 8:30 pm ET.

Nancy Blanning, a Sunbridge Early Childhood Program Co-Director, has retired from nearly forty years of teaching at the Denver Waldorf School, where she served as a kindergarten teacher and educational support teacher. Nancy’s primary focus is therapeutic education, particularly on developmental movement, which supports young children’s physical incarnation and sensory development. Nancy is a frequent keynote speaker and presenter at national and international early childhood conferences and workshops, including serving as a faculty member at Denver’s Nurturing the Roots Therapeutic Course. She is currently a contributor and editor of Gateways, the publication of WECAN.

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