Events for February 17 - September 30, 2023

Spring End-of-Term Festival Sharing

Threefold Auditorium 260 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United States

Join us as we experience the enhanced levels of skill attained this year by our first-year and third-year classes.

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Art of Clothing Exhibition

The Fiber Craft Studio 275 Hungry Hollow Rd, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United States

Over the course of ten classes, students in the Art of Clothing course have designed, created, and hand-sewn their own garments from cotton, wool, silk, and linen.  Come to Orchard House to admire their artistic handwork and the lovely apparel fashioned with the new skills they have acquired.

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Introduction to Waldorf Early Childhood Education

Virtual

Join us for a journey in Waldorf early childhood education! Guided by experienced educators, you'll explore child development, play, rhythms, transitions, and the teacher's inner growth. Experience activities in circle time, handwork, art, and movement. This comprehensive course, a Sunbridge summer favorite, has launched many early childhood careers

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Future Paths in Anthroposophy

Threefold Auditorium 260 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United States

Join us for a discussion on potential future pathways for the life of Anthroposophy, introduced by Ezra Sullivan.

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Plant Dye Café: Indigo, Black Walnut, and Cutch

The Fiber Craft Studio 275 Hungry Hollow Rd, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United States

Bring your fiber, textile, or clothing item to the Studio to dye. Indigo, black walnut, and cutch dye pots will be ready for you. The price is $3/ounce (8 ounces maximum for indigo). Natural fibers only, please.

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Introduction to Waldorf Early Childhood Education (In Person)

Sunbridge Institute, 285 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, 10977, United States 285 Hungry Hollow Rd, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United States

Join us for a wondrous journey in Waldorf early childhood education! Guided by experienced educators, you'll explore child development, rhythms, transitions, play, and the teacher's inner growth. Experience circle time, handwork, art, and movement in this comprehensive course, a Sunbridge summer favorite, launching many early childhood careers.

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Approaching Grade Three

Virtual

Taught remotely, this five-day course offers presentations, discussions, and practical activities to prepare for third grade. Guided by an experienced teacher, you'll learn to enliven your teaching, approach blocks meaningfully, and understand child development during the nine-year change.

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Approaching Grade Four

Virtual

Taught remotely, this five-day course focuses on preparing for the fourth grade school year with presentations, discussions, and practical activities. Guided by an experienced teacher, you'll learn to enliven your teaching and understand fourth graders deeply. Topics include language arts, geography, Norse mythology, zoology, and classroom management, supported by art and music explorations.

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Approaching Grade One

Virtual

Join this five-day remote course to prepare for teaching first grade with engaging presentations, discussions, and activities. Learn about child development, enlivening lessons, block planning, and classroom management. Topics include letters, numbers, science, social studies, art, and music. Build connections with colleagues and receive electronic resources. Suitable for those with a Waldorf education background.

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Approaching Grade Five

Virtual

Join this five-day remote course to prepare for teaching fifth grade with engaging presentations, discussions, and practical activities. Learn to enliven your teaching, approach lessons meaningfully, and understand child development at the cusp of adolescence. Key topics include language arts, ancient cultures, math, botany, geography, and the pentathlon. Build connections with colleagues and access electronic resources.

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Opening the Future: Questions of Community

Threefold Auditorium 260 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United States

Join us for a weekend of exploring the spiritual striving of youth, as well as intergenerational conversation, biography work, eurythmy, speech, biodynamics, and painting.

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The Path of the New Mysteries

Threefold Auditorium 260 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United States

Does Anthroposophy have a future? This question seems to have been very much alive for Rudolf Steiner in the weeks leading up to the Christmas Foundation Meeting. Was it this question that inspired his decision to inaugurate the esoteric work of the School for Spiritual Science? He knew that it was only through an esoteric deepening that new life could flow into the spiritual work and allow anthroposophical practice to bear fruit in the world.

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EVIL. A talk by Stephen Usher

Threefold Auditorium 260 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United States

Inspired by the Association for the Rescue of Children conference in Indiana this past March, Stephen Usher is delving into the profound challenge of evil in the fifth cultural epoch. He will explore the inner psychological aspects and larger spiritual questions about the beings that push humanity toward evil.

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Contact Us

260 Hungry Hollow Road,
Chestnut Ridge, NY 10977

Phone: 845.352.5020

Fax: 845.352.5071

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