welcome to a year of wonder
Right now, it’s high summer at Green Gables.
The land turns green and wild, alive with butterflies and birdsong, where fairies hide in garden nooks. A Waldorf-inspired play school in Golden, Colorado.
Waldorf-inspired · Ages 2½–6 · Golden, Colorado · Since 2015
high summer · on the grounds
Nº 01 · The Almanac · high summer
Every season has its own work, colour, and wonder.
Our days and weeks follow the greater rhythm of the year. We celebrate it in our songs, our stories, and the small jobs that fill little hands.
this season at the school
What little hands are doing now
- garden harvest
- creek play
- fairy nooks
- nature art
Photographed on the grounds. The picture changes with the season, just like the school.
“Rhythm is essential to our days, weeks and year: a natural flow that carries the children along, from outward play to inward quiet.”
The Green Gables Way
Green Gables is a Waldorf-inspired play school with a mission to nurture children in the development of reverence and imagination, to wonder at beauty, and to foster their genuine interest in the world. We offer early childhood education, a preschool and kindergarten program for ages 2½–6, and summer camps for children 4 and up, serving Golden, Wheat Ridge, Arvada & the Denver area since 2015.
The school resides in a haven of trees, sculpted landscape and blooming magical beauty, home to a small farm of animals and a garden. Our days are spent almost entirely outdoors: a large soft grassy lawn, swings and rope ladders, balance beams, sand boxes and tree forts, with a beautiful indoor refuge for snack and for cold or rainy days.
Nº 02 · Explore
Four doors into our little world.
Start anywhere. Every path winds through the same green backyard.
ages 2½–6
Early Childhood
A nurturing morning with a rhythm all its own: play and work, story and song, awakening a sense of joy and awe in each child.
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ages 4+
Summer Camps
The land comes alive: gardens, fairy nooks and farm care. Our most-loved weeks, and they fill up fast.
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the cast
The Animals
Earl the turkey, Huckleberry the piglet, Maple the rabbit: a small farm of friends the children help care for every day.
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twice a year
Festivals
A maypole in ribbons come May, and a quiet spiral of light at midwinter: the year's two great celebrations.
ExploreNº 03 · The Cast
Friends, companions, and the best teachers of care.
A small working farm of named animals, the gentlest lessons a child could ask for.
Nº 04 · The Teacher
The heart of it all is Ms. Rachel.
Dear families,
I’m a nationally certified Waldorf teacher, and I come to early childhood from a nurturing, therapeutic and restorative place: an advocate for children, an avid gardener (farmer at heart), a nature lover, and a mother of three boys.
After thirty years teaching young children, the last twenty devoted entirely to Waldorf education, I still believe a morning of play and work, story and song is the finest curriculum there is. Come see it for yourself.
with love, Ms. Rachel
Nº 05 · From our families
Loved by parents.
“What fortunate children are those who can be in Rachel's school! Her gentle ways, her love of animals and nature, her imaginative art of storytelling, her kind heart and clear head offer each child a way to become the best of who they are.”
“I can't imagine a better place for my children.”
“The time outdoors, the animals, the seasonal craft projects, cooking, stories and puppet plays make a wonderfully rich curriculum. But the most wonderful thing about Green Gables is Miss Rachel.”
“From the cozy, magical setting to the kind, attuned adults, we could not ask for a better preschool experience.”
“Rachel and Nathan have created the most welcoming and playful space I've seen. I felt so comfortable dropping my child off, knowing he would be in the best care.”
“Ms. Rachel honors each child's unique spirit. Green Gables focuses on togetherness, nature, and the wondrous spirit of children.”
Now enrolling
Whatever the season, come visit.
Tours are held year-round. Come feel the rhythm of a Green Gables morning: meet Ms. Rachel, walk the gardens, say hello to Earl.
call us · 970.799.0143