06/11/2024
Come one, come all! Please@join us this Thursday, June 13th for end of the year ceremony, and celebratory picnic with music, food, and our Urban Prairie community.
Urban Prairie Waldorf School
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Urban Prairie Waldorf School is a not-for-profit, independent pre-k through 8th grade school located We are intentional, accessible, and collaborative.
We are a vibrant community of educators and families is passionate about experiential education, the environment, and responsible global citizenship.
- We believe that integrating movement, art, and outdoor time into our academic program creates the most meaningful and enduring experience for students.
- Our program includes Mandarin, orchestra, and practical arts such as farming, woodworking, a
Operating as usual
06/11/2024
06/07/2024
For seven years, Ms. Erica has had the pleasure of leading “Parent Child Playgroup in the Wild” for Urban Prairie. Today marked the final outing for . While Urban Prairie is closing, its roots go deep and have inspired the nature loving playgroup community to continue on. Follow Ms. Erica for more adventures! Www.rootsway.org
Thank you to all the families past and present for the fun adventures!
04/24/2024
Join us for Urban Prairie’s final Mayfaire Festival which will include grade school performances, folk dancing and music by Jutta & the Hi-Dukes. There will be a cake walk, face painting, delicious food, and much more!
Bright and colorful spring attire is highly encouraged. Let’s make this final Mayfaire a beautiful send-off that the community will remember for years to come.
02/29/2024
Leo (turtle, grade 5) and friends visit the Prairie Roots class for some Leftover soup day veggies. We ❤️ 🐢
02/01/2024
The unseasonably warm Chicago day has melted almost all of the snow- however one remnant mound found in the open meadow was quickly transformed into a snow person by the Playgroup kiddos!
We wonder if they lasted the sunny afternoon?
01/19/2024
A good day despite the bitter cold for Winter playgroup in the Wild families- Especially when a sled is along for the journey 🛷
01/16/2024
The show must go on! The 8th grade class will finally be able to perform Alice in Wonderland this Wednesday at 6:30pm
Hope to see you!
01/10/2024
Join us this Friday, from 5:30-7pm, for Urban Prairie’s 8th Grade class play - Alice in Wonderland. All ages are welcome!
12/16/2023
Our Festival of Light today included beautiful music by all of our students, and a sing-along with all of our community. How lucky we are to be part of this place!
12/13/2023
As the nights get colder and the days shorter, what a joy it is to celebrate the light we create for ourselves and one another during the winter season. .
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The Revolution in Education
We believe in children’s innate desire and ability to learn, and we provide them with inspiring and beautiful opportunities to do just that. At Urban Prairie Waldorf School, each subject is intertwined bringing context and deep learning as artistic creativity flows into scientific thinking and science inspires art.
Today’s schools asks parents to choose between art and academics, recess and reading, creativity and analytical thinking. Those choices are disconnected from the skills needed for the future. Tomorrow requires creativity, complex problem-solving, critical thinking, emotional intelligence, and cognitive flexibility.
In order to foster those skills, Urban Prairie engages children in positive playful experiences where mistakes are embraced as a learning tool. From Early Childhood through 8th grade, students are provided with a safe space and structure for truly experiential learning. What does that look like? For our littlest students, it is as simple as allowing them the freedom to build real structures from logs and planks--this is an early experience of physics. An 8th grade lesson would be equally engaging with students taking apart engines to understand how they work, then working in small teams to rebuild them.
It’s time to rethink what is possible. It’s time for a revolution in education.
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1310 S Ashland Avenue
Chicago, IL
60608