Enrollment Procedures
We are currently full in our Preschool, Toddler, and Infant programs with a waitlist. We encourage all interested families to join our waitlist as soon as possible. Spots are typically available in May of each year. Once your child has a spot, you are welcome to schedule a walk through to see the facility and meet staff. Your child will be considered enrolled once all paperwork is filled out and the registration fee has been paid.
- Yearly enrollment/supply fee of $150 – due when signing up or each September.
- A signed statement that the Parent Handbook has been read
- An agreement to attend required parent-caregiver meetings
- Medical alert form and history
- Emergency cards
- Immunization record or waiver
- Any required school transportation forms
- Any other required forms for the child’s file
Infants and Toddlers Admissions
- Schedule of meals and feeding
- Types of food introduced and timetable for new foods
- Toileting and diapering procedures
- Sleep and nap schedule
- The child’s way of communicating and being comforted
- Developmental and health history
Pricing Information Through July 2023
Daycare
Full Day/Time – 5 to 9.5 hours per day
12 weeks to 18 months
Full Time – $1010.00
Part Day – $30.00
Full Day – $55.00
Toddler Room – 18 months until they move to preschool room
Full Time – $978.00
Part Day – $30.00
Full Day – $58.00
Preschool Room – Age 3 by September 1st – Kindergarten
Full Time – $886.00
*Part Day – $28.50
*Full Day – $52.00
1st grade to 12 years
Full Time – $812.00
*Part Day – $30.00
*Full Day – $52.00
Full time and part time rates are based on a full year schedule. Palmer LifeWays offers care 7:00am to 5:30pm year-round. The monthly rates are not prorated based on the number of days in each month, but are averaged out for the year.
*Daily rates and half-time rates are not valid for morning programs (preschool and summer camps). Preschool and summer camps are included in full-time tuition.
Preschool
2,3, and 5-day preschool is tuition based. Preschool is 8:30 to 12:30 daily. The total cost for 35 weeks for the 2022-2023 school year is :
5 Day – $4681.25
3 Day – $2808.75
2 Day – $1872.50
For monthly and semester rates for preschool, please see the preschool contract.
Preschool dates are August 29th, 2022 – May 19th, 2023. There is no preschool on the follow dates:
- Christmas Break (2 weeks) – December 26th, 2022– January 6th, 2023
- Spring Break – March 11th to 17th, 2023
- Birchtree In-Service Dates
Parent Resource Library
Title | Author |
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365 Foods that Kids love to Eat | Ellison, Sheila; Craig, Judith |
Painting with Children | Muller, Brunhild |
365 TV-Free Activities | Bennett, Steve and Ruth |
A Day Full of Song | Lonsky, Karen |
A Day Full of Song | Lonsky, Karen |
A Journey Through Waldorf Homeschooling Kindergarten | Nielsen, Melisa |
A Real Boy | Adams, Christina |
Alaska Gardening (Vol 1 & 2) | Leiser, Wayne |
Another Offering | Parker, Tina |
Art of Education | Williams, Lawrence |
Before the Journey | Nielson, Melisa |
Between Form and Freedom | Staley, Betty |
Beyond the Rainbow Bridge | Patterson, Barbara |
Birth of Venus | Whitehead, Alan |
Brothers and Sisters | Konig, Karl |
Chalkboard Drawings | Parks, Renee |
Child's Play 1 & 2 | Haren, Wilvan; Kischnick, Ruldof |
Childhood Falls Silent | Patzlaff, Rainer |
Children's Party Book | Thomas, Anne and Peter |
Chinese Jump Rope | Johnson, Anne |
Choosing, planting, cultivating herbs | Back, Philippa |
Chorus of Colors | Whitehead, Alan |
Coaching Team Sports in Waldorf School | Stark, Dean |
Controlling Garden Weeds | Barbara Pleasant |
Cradle of a Healthy Life | Stee Mans, Johanna |
Creating Connection | Weber, Lewis |
Creative Play for Your Baby | Clouder, Christopher and Nicol, Janni |
Creative Play for Your Toddler | Clouder, Christopher and Nicol, Janni |
Difficult Child (The) | Turecki, Stanley |
Doctor Mom's | Duerr, Kathy |
Food Allergies Made Simple | Austin, Phylis; Thrash M.D., Agatha; Thrash M.D., Calvin |
Gardening in Alaska | Leiser, Wayne |
Gardening with Young Children | Lockie, Beatrys |
Genius of Natural Play | Goddard-Blythe, Sally |
Ghosts from the Nursery | Katt-Morse, Robin |
Glaciers x 3 | Smith, Alexis |
Good to Great & Social Sectors | Collins, Jim |
Grail of Beauty | Whitehead, Alan |
Growing an In-Sync Child | Kranowitz, Carol |
Hathor the Moon Cow | Whitehead, Alan |
Healing Stories for Challenging Behavior | Perrow, Susan |
Healthy Cooking for Kids | Null, Shelby |
Heaven on Earth | Oppenheimer, Sharif |
Helping Children Overcome Fear | Evans, Russell |
HerbCraft | Schafer, Violet |
Home Away from Home | Aldinger, Cynthia |
home Away from Home | Aldinger, Cynthia |
House Keeping x 2 | Robinson, Marilynne |
Human Being and the Animal World | Wilkinson, Roy |
Journey of the "I" into LIFE | Lectures from 2012 |
Kids Knitting | Falick, Melanie |
Learning about the World Through Modeling | Auer, Arthur |
Learning about the World Through Modeling Sculptural Ideas for School & Home | Auer, Arthur |
Life is the Curriculum | Aldinger, Cynthia |
Life is the Curriculum | Aldinger, Cynthia |
Machine Embroidery for Special Occasions | Hinds, Joan |
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Chidlren | Riggs, Ransom |
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Chidlren | Riggs, Ransom |
Mommy Brain | Ellison, Katherine |
More Polar Magic | Cornwell, Nancy |
Movement for the Young Child | Bryer, Estelle |
Nature Corner | Van Leeuwen, M. |
Naturopathy | Mitchell, Stewart |
Navigating the Terrain of Childhood | Petrash, Jack |
Nokken, A Garden for Children | Heckman, Helle |
Nurturing Potential | Boogerd, Cornelis |
One Potato, Two Potato | Knapp, Mary and Herbert |
Organizational Integrity | Finser Ph.D, Torin M. |
Painting in Waldorf Education | Bruin, Dick; Lichthart, Altie |
123 Magic | Phelan, Thomas |
Parenting as People | Kane, Franklin |
Perennial Plant List | Greenery, Dearmoun |
Peter Rabbit Natural Food Codebook | Dobrin, Arnold |
Piaget Sampler | Campbell, Sarah |
Rainbow Puppet Theater Book | Bryer, Estelle |
Renewal Magazine | Fall/Winter 2006 |
Renewal Magazine | Spring/Summer 2007 |
Renewal Magazine | Spring/Summer 2009 |
Research Bulletin | Spring 2007 |
Resources for Educators | Spring 2014 |
Revewal Magazine | Fall/Winter 2005 |
Rhythm and Movement | Findlay, Elsa |
Rudolf Steiner, Journey of a Grail Knight | Whitehead, Alan |
School Rediness Today | Geotheanum Wecan |
School Rediness Today | Geotheanum Wecan |
See What I Saw | |
Seven Times the Sun | Darian, Shea |
Sign Language and Hearing Children | Rogers, Janelle |
Simple Foods for the Pack | Kinmont, Vikki |
Simplicity Parenting | John Payne, Kim |
Skill with People | Giblin, Les |
Slow Parenting | Heckman |
Slow Parenting | Heckman |
Slow Parenting | Heckman |
Smart Medicine for a Healthier Child | Zand, Janet |
String Games | Darsie, Richard |
Super-cute Doorstops | Hardy, Emma |
The Child Birth to Three in Waldorf Education and Child Care | Patzlaff, Rainer; McKeen, Claudia; Mackensen, Inavon; Grah-Wittich, Claudia |
The Creative Family | Amanda Blake Soule |
The Developing Child: The First Seven Years | |
The Fairy- Land of Science | Buckley Annabella |
The Festival of Stones | Pown, Reg |
The Foundations of Haman Experience | Steiner, Rudolf |
The Golden Path | Whitehead, Alan |
The Incredible Clay Book | Haab, Sherri; Torres, Laura |
The Logic of Action | Hawkins, Frances |
The Mothers Almanac | Kelly, Marguerite |
The Organic Gardens Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control | Ellis, Barbara; Bradley, Fern Marshall |
The Out-of-Sync Child | Kranowitz, Carol |
The Spiritual Tasks of the Homemaker x 2 | Schmidt-Brabant, Manfred |
The Waldorf Kindergarten Suzcle Book | Hildreth, Lisa |
The Winter Solstice | Matthews, John |
The Young Child in the World Today | |
Theosophy | Steiner, Rudolf |
Touchstones Vol 2 | Nodelman, Perry |
Toymaking with Children | Jaffke, Freya |
Trailing Clouds of Glory | L'Engle, Madeline |
Understanding Children's Drawings | Malchiodi, Cathy, Williams, Lawrence |
Understanding Young Children | Steiner, Rudolf |
Understanding your Child's Temperament | Williams, Lawrence |
Vaccine guide | Neustaeoter, Randall |
Vegitarian Mother and Baby Book | Ellict, Rose |
Waldorf Reading for Homeschoolers | Dewey M.S., Barbara S. |
What is a Waldorf Kindergarten | What to do when your child is bored |
What is Waldorf Education | Sagarin Phd, Stephen Keith |
What to do When your Child is Bored | Williams, Lawrence |
Wildflowers Hang the Alaska Hwy | Pratt, Verna B |
Wonder of Lullabies (CD) | Schunenmann, Mary |
Working with Anxious, Nervous, and Depressed Children | Kohler, Henning |
Your are Your Child's First Teacher | Baldwin-Dancy, Rahima |
Your Eight Year Old | Bates-Ames, Louise |
Your Five Year Old | Bates-Ames, Louise |
Your Four Year Old | Bates-Ames, Louise |
Your One Year Old | Bates-Ames, Louise |
Your Reincarnating Child | Childs, Gilbert and Sylvia |
Your Seven Year Old | Bates-Ames, Louise |
your Six Year Old | Bates-Ames, Louise |
Your Three Year Old | Bates-Ames, Louise |
Your Two Year Old | Bates-Ames, Louise |