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Monday 8:45am - 3:15pm Tuesday 8:45am - 3:15pm Wednesday 8:45am - 3:15pm Thursday 8:45am - 3:15pm

Willow Tree/Friends of Willow Tree

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Willow Tree/Friends of Willow Tree

We are an enrichment program that uses Waldorf methods of education for TK/Kindergarten - 8th grade.

Willow Tree is a Waldorf-Inspired program located in Fallbrook, CA. Willow Tree is a place where children experience the joy of learning in an environment rich in challenging academic programs and active community involvement. While upholding high standards for personal responsibility, students are encouraged to explore the world around them and to have the courage to take risks. The Willow Tree c

ommunity nurtures each child’s innate inquisitiveness and ingenuity, while ensuring that their confidence keeps pace with their capabilities.

06/12/2026

As the curtain gently falls on the 2025–2026 school year, our hearts are full of gratitude. Thank you to each family who has entrusted us with the privilege of walking alongside your children on their educational journey.

With the close of every school year comes a season of both farewell and anticipation. We lovingly send some families on to new adventures, while looking forward to welcoming many of you back again in the autumn.

May your summer be filled with sunshine, wonder, unhurried days, and joyful moments together. We look forward to seeing familiar faces return and watching your children step through our doors once more at the end of August, ready for a new year of growth, discovery, and community.

Wishing you all a beautiful and restorative summer. 🌿☀️🍃

— The Willow Tree Faculty & Staff 🌳

05/31/2026

🌿 Join the Willow Tree Family 🌿

Willow Tree, a Waldorf-inspired enrichment center, is seeking a passionate and dedicated Upper Grades Teacher to join our community for the 2026–2027 school year.

This unique opportunity allows a teacher to journey with the same class through the upper grades, beginning with our current 5th-grade class and continuing through 6th grade. We are seeking an educator who brings warmth, confidence, strong classroom leadership, personal accountability, and a deep commitment to supporting children during these transformative years.

At Willow Tree, we partner with homeschooling families to provide a rich, developmentally appropriate education rooted in connection, community, and wonder. Our teachers serve not only as guides for their students but also as mentors and collaborators with parents, helping to cultivate a thriving and supportive learning community.

✨ What We Offer:
• Competitive salary
• Small class sizes
• Monday–Thursday student schedule
• Paid prep time (20 hours/week)
• Health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
• Paid time off and sick leave
• CalSavers retirement program
• $1,500 annual professional development stipend
• Tuition remission

✨ Qualifications:
• Bachelor's Degree
• California Teaching Credential and/or Waldorf Teaching Certificate
• CPR Certification

📅 Start Date: July 2026 (Summer Training)

To Apply:
• Letter of Interest/Cover Letter
• Resume
• Three Letters of Reference

If you are called to meaningful work with children, value strong relationships with families, and wish to be part of a collaborative and nurturing educational community, we would love to hear from you.

Please share with the educators in your life who may be looking for their next teaching home. 🌱

05/11/2026

From our hearts to yours, we wish you and your loved ones a beautiful and joy-filled Mother’s Day! 🌿✨🌸

05/07/2026

✨ Friends of Willow Tree is Growing! ✨

We are currently hiring for the following positions:

🌿 Handwork Teacher
🪵 Woodwork Teacher
🍎 Learning Coach / Teaching Assistant

Come join a warm, creative, and dynamic team at our Waldorf-inspired enrichment center serving TK/K–8th grade students. We are seeking passionate individuals who value meaningful learning, creativity, connection, and nurturing the whole child.

If you love working with children in a collaborative and inspiring environment, we would love to hear from you!

✨ Visit our website for full position details and application information.

https://friendsofwillowtree.org/career-opportunities

05/02/2026

✨️🌸MAY DAY🌸✨️

May Day in our Waldorf community is a joyful celebration of spring, renewal, and the rhythms of the earth. As flowers bloom and the days grow longer, we gather to mark this seasonal turning point with song, movement, and time-honored traditions like the Maypole dance and the weaving of flower crowns.

These celebrations are more than just beautiful moments; they are an essential part of Waldorf education. Festivals like May Day help children experience the year as a living cycle, fostering a deep connection to nature, community, and a sense of belonging in the world. Through shared ritual and celebration, children feel held in something larger than themselves, strengthening both their social bonds and their inner sense of rhythm and security.

May Day reminds us to pause, to celebrate beauty, and to welcome the abundance of the season together. 🌸✨

04/29/2026

In Third Grade, students took an exciting step into independent research with their very first reports and projects, each child exploring a different dwelling from around the world. From yurts to adobe homes, stilt houses to loghouses, hales to igloos, each project opened a window into the ways people have shaped shelter in relationship with climate, landscape, culture, and community.

Through studying dwellings, students begin to understand that a home is more than a structure, it reflects human ingenuity, necessity, tradition, and connection to place. In Waldorf Third Grade, this work is especially meaningful, as the curriculum meets the child at a developmental stage where they are exploring practical life, the work of human hands, and how people meet earthly needs. Learning about dwellings helps ground children in questions of shelter, belonging, and the many ways people live throughout the world.

We are so proud of the care, curiosity, and creativity each student brought to their first research project. What a joy to see every child become both a learner and a teacher, sharing their unique dwelling with the class and helping weave together a richer understanding of our human family. 🌍🏡

04/22/2026

Today we honor the Earth not as something apart from us, but as the living ground that holds and nourishes all life. In the Waldorf spirit, Earth Day invites reverence for the rhythms of nature, gratitude for the beauty in seed, soil, rain, and sunlight, and care for the quiet work of tending what grows.

May we meet this day with wonder in our hearts, hands ready for meaningful work, and renewed devotion to protecting the natural world for the children who walk after us.

Plant something. Mend something. Walk slowly beneath the trees. Listen to birdsong. Give thanks.

The Earth teaches in every season.

Happy Earth Day 🌿✨

04/17/2026

✨️🌸Silent Auction Art Pieces🌸✨️

Each year, the children of every grade come together in a spirit of creativity and collaboration to craft unique works of art for our beloved Art & Garden Festival. Guided by imagination, care, and the beauty of the natural world, this year’s offerings are truly something to behold.

TK & Kindergarten: Naturally dyed, handwoven tapestry
First Grade: Mushroom table and chairs set
Second Grade: Skate deck adorned with student artwork
Third Grade: Greenhouse and above-ground planter
Fourth Grade: Gnome and fairy house
Fifth Grade: Botanical chandelier with flameless candles
Sixth Grade: Sacred geometry wall hanging in yarn
Seventh & Eighth Grade: Metal garden statue

We warmly invite you to join us in person on Saturday, April 18th from 10am–2pm. Come wander, wonder, and bid on these beautiful expressions of the children’s work.

04/15/2026

🌿🎨 The Art & Garden Festival is just days away!

A few amazing parents came together this morning to create the signage for Saturday’s big event, and we couldn’t be more excited for what’s in store this year. Each grade level will have its own booth, plus there will be auction and raffle items—and plenty of delicious food to enjoy!

Join us this Saturday from 10–2. Be sure to wear sturdy shoes, as the event will be held on a field.

We can’t wait to see you and your family there! 💚

6893 W. Lilac Rd. Bonsall, Ca 92003

04/09/2026

🎉 Join Us for a Fun-Filled Community Event! 🎉

Bring the whole family for a day of creativity, entertainment, and connection! Enjoy children’s crafts & activities, delicious food trucks, live music, and a silent auction—all in support of a great cause.

✨ Crafts & Activities
Kids can explore and create with play silk fabric dyeing, games, salt art, cupcake walk, bubbles, a photo booth, temporary tattoos, hair tinsel, and more!

🍴 Food Trucks
Grab a bite from Grandma Dee and Mexico City Cuisine.

🎶 Live Music
Enjoy live music by Eternal Kin.

🖼️ Silent Auction & Raffle
Featuring a beautiful collection of student-made art pieces, and garden-themed decor.

🛍️ Local Vendors
Browse unique offerings from Carole Bright Handcrafted Sewn Creations, Sequoia’s Playground Nature Play Boxes, and Soccer Rockers. Educational talks by pollinator experts Wings of Change and Soil/Amendment experts Solana Center.

💛 Thank You to Our Sponsors
Coldwell Banker Village Properties Agent Kaitlin Mitchell and Aeko’s Stones of Clarity.

🌱 Supporting a Great Cause
All proceeds benefit Willow Tree Classrooms & the Dream Fund.

🔗 Learn more: www.friendsofwillowtree.org

Address

PO Box 1505
Bonsall, CA
92003

Opening Hours

Monday	8:45am - 3:15pm
Tuesday	8:45am - 3:15pm
Wednesday	8:45am - 3:15pm
Thursday	8:45am - 3:15pm

Telephone

+17602603155

Website

http://www.friendsofwillowtree.org/

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