Berkshire Waldorf School

Berkshire Waldorf School offers Parent & Child sessions for babies, toddlers, and young children with their caregivers, along with Early Childhood learning for children from 18 months through Kindergarten. Children in Early Childhood learn through imaginative play, sensory experience, and nature-based exploration, and they spend time outdoors in all seasons and indoors in natural-material classrooms. Grades 1–5 use storytelling, movement, and hands-on discovery, and Grades 6–8 study algebra, physics, world history, art, orchestra, woodworking, and gardening.

Programs

• Parent & Child — babies, toddlers, and young children with their caregivers; Early Childhood age children and their caregivers · seasonal, outdoor · Parent-Child Garden; a warm welcome to learning; offered right on the Berkshire Waldorf School grounds; led by early childhood master teacher Somer Serpe.
• Early Childhood — 18 months through Kindergarten; Toddler, Nursery & Kindergarten · outdoors in all seasons; indoors in natural-material classrooms · Children learn through imaginative play, sensory experience, and nature-based exploration.
• Grades 1–5 — Students build strong academic skills through storytelling, movement, and hands-on discovery.
• Grades 6–8 — Students study algebra, physics, world history, art, orchestra, woodworking, and gardening.
• Athletics — Grades 6–8 · Students compete in soccer, basketball, baseball, and lacrosse; grades 6–8 are required to participate in at least one sport per year.

At a glance

• Ages: 0–13 years old
• General schedule: Programs serve children from 18 months through Kindergarten. Nursery is for children 24 to 36 months by Sept 1. Nursery children typically spend two years in Nursery (ages 3–4). Kindergarten children typically spend two years in Kindergarten (ages 5–6). Applications open: November 1; Priority deadline: February 1; Rolling admission through July 1, space permitting; School year: September through early June.
• Facility hours: Monday-Friday: 8am-4pm

About the provider

Berkshire Waldorf School is celebrating 54 years of educating children and began as The Pumpkin Hollow School. Its mission is to educate children to think with clarity, feel with compassion, and act with courage and conviction. The school partners with families across Berkshire, Columbia, and northern Litchfield Counties.

Hands-on, screens-off learning. Students in Grades 6–8 are required to participate in at least one sport per year.

Last updated September 1, 2026.