Steiner waldorf education

Now that 8th grade graduation is behind me, I'm starting to get all geared up for 1st grade. I've got just 3 weeks before my family and I head off for our big summer trip, so I'm wasting no time getting going on my summer prep. Years ago a former colleague of mine put together these two amazing bind

Waldorf is often a much criticised form of education. Here we take a look at why Waldorf education works.

The 4 Temperaments

Getting started with Waldorf homeschooling can be overwhelming! Here are 7 simple steps to get started and a short list of supplies.

I have exciting news today… I’m happy to announce that I am bringing back the Discovering Waldorf Education series. So many of you have requested its return as it gave us all such a beautiful, every-day, insight into the Waldorf way. The Discovering Waldorf series is a compilation of articles about the Waldorf way of […]

As a Montessori 3-6 and 6-9 trained teacher, I have a lot of respect for Waldorf education, even though I was drawn to (fell in love with!) ...

Rudolph Steiner believed it was vital that children learned through the three aspects of themselves, head, heart, and hands. Waldorf education was created with the idea that children contain these three fundamental forces in them physical, emotional, and mental. In Waldorf education, handcrafts are very important to the child’s development. I have found in our Waldorf-inspired homeschool that doing handcrafts during winter helps bring down cabin fever. We do crafts all year but these…

What is the difference between Waldorf, also often called Steiner approach, and Montessori methodology? There are lots of Waldorf and Montessori similarities and they are both among the fastest growing education systems in the world. There are a few key differences between the Waldorf and Montessori methodology that may affect which one you decide is right for your family.