Sunflower Garden

Sunflower Garden An early childhood program at our home, inspired by the principles of Waldorf education & LifeWays early childhood teachings Lindsey Falconer

Sunflower Garden, my home-based preschool which began 12 years ago in the Zilker neighborhood in central Austin, moved to the Heritage Oaks neighborhood near Dripping Springs in 2016. We live on 2.5 peaceful acres, with meadow, prairie and woods, a garden, two gorgeous chickens and one sweet lab. My work is based on LifeWays principles and practices of nurturing care, practical life skills, imagin

ative play, beautiful arts and crafts, movement games, singing and storytelling. In all but the most extreme weather, we're outside all morning, until lunch. A deep resonance with nature and the seasons threads through all we do. I graduated from LifeWays Early Childhood and Human Development Training in September 2013. It was truly wonderful, teaching profoundly and with much laughter about children, families and life. I recommend it for all parents, no matter how old your children are! You can read more about LifeWays at http://www.lifewaysnorthamerica.org/. Through the school year I take up to six children children aged one to five each day, Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. There are half day and part time options, and a separate summer program of four to six weeks. I provide a mostly organic, gluten-free and dairy-free snack and lunch. Monthly fees this year are based on a rate of $50 per morning and $60 per full day. If you'd like to visit, please call, text or email me.

Spirals in the sunflowers!
06/16/2026

Spirals in the sunflowers!

For the last few days we've been seeing a fawn from our table. We love them so much. 💞
06/02/2026

For the last few days we've been seeing a fawn from our table. We love them so much. 💞

Trees for our spring meadows. Clay base, painted, then wool for leaves. I did the wool, with a little help from a felt...
05/16/2026

Trees for our spring meadows. Clay base, painted, then wool for leaves. I did the wool, with a little help from a felting needle.

Part two of wet felting spring meadows - adding color. Like drawing and painting, and children, each one is different a...
05/16/2026

Part two of wet felting spring meadows - adding color. Like drawing and painting, and children, each one is different and each one is beautiful.

Another Maypole friend. 💗
05/16/2026

Another Maypole friend. 💗

A Maypole friend. We made twisty twirlies for our maycrowns.
05/06/2026

A Maypole friend. We made twisty twirlies for our maycrowns.

Happy May Day! We had our Maypole Festival this afternoon. Dancing around a maypole in Spring is such a joyful thing t...
05/03/2026

Happy May Day! We had our Maypole Festival this afternoon. Dancing around a maypole in Spring is such a joyful thing to do! We were blessed by beautiful weather, and April showers bringing May flowers. The gaillardias are here in the meadow en masse now, with Western honey bees everywhere. Aka blanket flowers, firewheels, Indian blankets. They looked gorgeous in the maycrowns, along with the smaller, yellow Navajo tea flowers, prairie verbena and blue-eyed grass. Our potluck snack afterwards was a lovely time to chat with other families.

Wet felting spring meadows - step one. Wisps of multi-hued green wool and silk roving over kiwi green batting. Even th...
04/09/2026

Wet felting spring meadows - step one. Wisps of multi-hued green wool and silk roving over kiwi green batting. Even the youngest children can make beautiful wet-felted pieces. Working it with their hands, and doing that for the plus twenty minutes that it takes, are so good for strengthening will forces, and for sensory integration. Wool is natural, and using wool is archetypal. It has a deep human history. Love wet felting.

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14 Tall Oaks Trail
Austin, TX
78737

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