Kinderforest Application

Child's Name

First Name

Last Name

Child's Birthdate

Child must be 3 years old before start date for Kinderforest, or 6.5 years old before start date for grades 1/2

Please select your desired enrollment option

Does your child live in two households?

Parent Name

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

Phone

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Phone 2

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Address

Address 1

Address 2

City

State/Province

Zip/Postal Code

Country

Parent Name 2

First Name

Last Name

Email Address 2

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Address 2

Complete if child lives in two households

Address 1

Address 2

City

State/Province

Zip/Postal Code

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Primary care physician

First Name

Last Name

Physician phone number

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Any special health considerations - allergies, dietary, medications, injuries?

List three emergency contacts with phone numbers

Are you interested in a carpool for daily transportation to and from SOLA? (An additional fee may apply)

How long has your child been using the toilet independently?

Children must have the ability to use the toilet independently or with very little assistance before joining our program.

Please briefly describe your child's ability in each of the following areas:

a. Interactions with peers b. Interactions with adults c. Ability to understand spoken directions d. Coordination (large motor skills)

Describe your child's home. How long is your journey to school? Who else lives at home? What sorts of spaces are available for your child to play in? Does your child share a room with anyone?

What sort of media is in your home? How often does your child access it? Do you use this media with your child?

We are dedicated to nurturing each child’s capacity for creative imagination and independent thinking through communion with self, others, and the natural world. We make every effort to foster each learner’s healthy emotional development and relationship with their learning environment. These efforts can be undermined by encounters with media that separate them from authentic, embodied experience and instead promote a developmentally inappropriate or consumer-driven view of the world. Our daily rhythm is informed and presented through stories, mythologies, direct human-to-human and human-to-nature communication and communion. This conveyance is meant to live, integrate and rest within the child's imagination throughout the programming week- and beyond. It is our preference that the stories and experiences of our day remain prominent within the child as they are present with us through the programming week. Please make an effort to eliminate media exposure as best you can within your family culture. If you would like to read more about the effects of media on children and young adults, please inquire with your child’s teacher for resources, or visit our website, under the ‘resources’ tab. Children are able to learn the appropriate use of electronic media as a resource and tool only when it is introduced after the child has developed a rich experiential, multi-sensory, embodied foundation of self.

Do you have a family plan to limit electronic media for your child? If so, please share

What are some activities you enjoy as a family?

How does your family resolve conflict?

Have there been any significant changes or disruptions in your child's life which could contribute to emotional upset or insecurity? How are those issues being tended for the child?

Please describe your child's birth. Please include anything about your pregnancy, birth plan, and delivery that you are comfortable sharing.

Did your child breastfeed? If so, for how long?

Please describe your child's bedtime routine. What time does it start? What techniques are helpful? What time is (s)he in bed? By what time is (s)he usually asleep?

How does your child sleep? Does your child often awake in the night? What does (s)he do if (s)he has a bad dream? Include sleep patterns, sleep talking, sleep walking, night terrors, or any other items of note.

Please describe your child's waking. What time does (s)he naturally awaken? Do you have any particular morning routines? Is your child wide awake from the start? A bit dreamy? Grumpy?

What does your child usually eat for breakfast? for morning snack? for lunch? for afternoon snack? for dinner?

Is your child able to sit and listen to stories for at least 5 minutes?

Does your child enjoy playing with other children?

Is your child able to articulate his/her needs?

Please describe your child's strengths and greatest challenges.

Does your child have any special needs, learning differences, or diagnosed/undiagnosed emotional or cognitive challenges? If so, please explain.

Does your child have any special interests?

Has your child had previous experience with - playgroups, preschool, home/day care?

Are you familiar with any of the following educational approaches/philosophies: Steiner/Waldorf education, Forest Kindergartens/the importance of free play and nature connection, limits on media and television exposure, and/or developmentally appropriate introduction of academics? If so, please give us a brief description of your understanding or experience.

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