Thank You for Coming to Our Saturday Craft Studio! Next Saturday Studio Will Be in March!!!

We hope you and your children had a lovely time at our first Saturday Craft Studio. Thank you for spreading the word, thank you for helping, and thank you for joining us!!

Our next "Crafternoon" will be in mid-March. Stay tuned for the date and the project!!

Free Puppet Show for Children in Our School and in Our Greater Community!

Please join New Amsterdam teachers in welcoming children from our greater community to a puppet show at our school on Sunday, February 22nd

10:30am showing for Children 3 & 4 Years Old

11:30am showing for Children 5 & 6 Years Old

Share the event with friends, family and neighbors! 

Lecture at Brooklyn Waldorf with Nancy Blanning ~ Wednesday, February 25th, 6:30pm

Please join speaker Nancy Blanning at the Brooklyn Waldorf School Wednesday, Feb 25th, 6:30pm

"My Mother-In_Law Insists on Buying My Child a (Fill In the Blank) No Matter What I Say"

Simplicity Parenting Group Workshop, Monday Evenings beginning February 23rd

Simplicity Parenting Group

Upcoming Workshop

Mondays in February & March 2015

Simplicity Parenting is a supportive, systematic approach for creating more calm, connection and cooperation in families by decreasing sources of cumulative stress. The model operates out of the understanding that parents are the best experts on their own families. Parents and caretakers are provided with an accessible, empowering framework and practical solutions for establishing a values-led lifestyle that supports healthy social-emotional development & strong family bonds.

Workshop will meet Monday evenings for approximately 2 hours (time tbd) February 23rd-March 30th

For information and registration, please email meryam.schneider@me.com

Cost*
$150 per person (+$30 materials fee)
$275 per couple (+50 materials fee)
*All Proceeds will go to Benefit new Amsterdam School

Location
133 Norfolk Street
NYC 10002

Saturday Studios at new Amsterdam School, 1-3pm 62 Ave B

Join us on Saturday Afternoon for our Saturday Studios Craft Program!

Saturday, March 28th, 1-4pm
So sorry this event is Cancelled
Stay tuned for a new date!

62 Avenue B

Parents and Children over the Age of 6* are welcome to join our next Saturday Studio Crafting Workshop where we will try our hands working with LEATHER!

Join First Grade teacher Jamie Loftus for a Leather Workshop

Learn to print, cut, dye, punch and design leather to create a key rings, bracelets or belts.

We look forward to seeing you!

*Due to the nature of the materials required to work with leather, this craft is not appropriate for children under 6 years old. We hope children under six will join us at a future date for soft crafts!

Parents and Children over the age of 5 are welcome to join us to make Valentine Crafts with New Amsterdam handwork teacher Anne Elliott on Saturday, February 7th, 1-3pm.

Saturday Studios are open to the public.
There will be a small materials fee for this session.

For more information Please RSVP to: kaarin.vonherrlich@newamsterdamchildhood.org

We hope to see you there!

Holy Mamas : Holy Papas Wednesday, January 28th, 9:30 - 11:30 am

Join Jerilyn Brownstein for Holy Mama :: Holy Papa

A workshop to support, honor and inspire the inner life of mothers and fathers

A holy mama/papa is aware that parenting is an initiation into wholeness.  Meeting, accepting and learning to work with all the parts of our self we meet in being parents -- we become healthy, whole, holy.

The workshop sets the stage for a monthly group of parents interested in growing themselves while they grow their families.

date: Wed. Jan 28th, 9:30 - 11:30

place: New Amsterdam School 1 ave B

fee: workshop cost $85

monthly group - determined by number of individuals committed.

Dawning of the Year Festival : Saturday, January 31st, 62 Avenue B

Please join us for this wonderful festival as we celebrate the days beginning to grow longer 

and we welcome the returning light

We ask that classes please join us at the following times:

• Bridge 9:30 -10:30 am
• 3 Day Nursery 10:45-noon
• Willow Kindergarten 12:15 
• Juniper Kindergarten 12:15
• First Grade 12:15

Come and enjoy candle making, a puppet show and a light meal.

We look forward to seeing you there!