Parent and Child - Registration Open
Winter and Spring 2026
Parent and Child - Registration Open
The ordinary arts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.
~ Thomas Moore
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Come and join like-minded families in a calm, joyful and supportive environment filled with playing, singing and stories.
Classes provide parents and caregivers an opportunity to connect and share the joys and challenges of parenting while children explore and play. Adults will touch on parenting subjects like child development, discipline, festivals, observation and imaginative play. We will also engage in simple hand work projects. The class will be set within a social environment of seasonal songs, stories, simple festivals and a shared snack. This morning class is for parents/caregivers with children, newborn to 4 years of age, pregnant moms and dads. 09:30 am Free Play (craft and/or story may be offered and as the children play it provides the adults time to connect, share and discuss various topics related to parenting) 10:30 am Clean-up 10:40 am Circle 10:50 am Snack 11:15 am Goodbye song Winter Session:
Spring Session:
Polaris School and Centre, 1805 de Gaspe Ave. second floor. Cost: Winter Session: $265 for 8 classes Spring Session: $396 for 12 classes Limited Spaces Available. For more information contact us at [email protected] Claire Mattar has over 40 years of experience in the field of education and brings a deep, lived connection to Waldorf pedagogy. In 2007, she completed her Teacher Training Program with Institut Pegase, an experience that further strengthened her commitment to education as both a pedagogical approach and a way of life. Claire is passionate about supporting parents in creating rhythm, balance, beauty, and simplicity within family life. She looks forward to walking alongside families in the Parent and Child program, offering guidance, warmth, and practical support as they nurture their young children. Michelle Morra has a long-standing passion for early childhood education, pregnancy, and family support. Her journey with Waldorf education began eighteen years ago when her eldest child entered kindergarten, inspiring her to bring this pedagogy into her home and later facilitate a small Waldorf nursery program and Parent and Child group. Michelle is happy to be returning to Polaris as a Parent and Child facilitator, working alongside her longtime friend, Claire Mattar. In addition to her work at Polaris, she is a prenatal educator with the Ottawa Childbirth Educators Association and a practicing doula. She enjoys spending time outdoors with her husband, five children, and two dogs, and is deeply committed to supporting families in her community. |
In the first seven years, children learn primarily through imitation. They absorb not only what they see and hear, but the very gestures, mood, and movement of the people around them. This makes the adult environment both at home and in the classroom the most formative influence in early childhood. 
Two “magic” words indicate how children enter into relationship with their environment. These words are imitation and example. The Greek philosopher Aristotle called human beings the most imitative of creatures. For no age in life is this truer than for the first age of childhood, before the change of teeth. Children imitate what happens in their physical environment. […] “Physical environment” must, however be understood in the widest sense imaginable. It includes not just what happens around children in the material sense, but everything that occurs in their environment – everything that can be perceived by their senses, that can work on the inner forces of children from the surrounding physical space. This includes all moral or immoral actions, all wise or foolish actions that children see. - Rudolf Steiner in The Education of the Child |
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