Waldorf School Education

Waldorf education is based on the principles of anthroposophy (“wisdom of the human being”) by Rudolf Steiner. 

The first school was founded in 1919 in Stuttgart Germany. Steiner wanted to educate the children of the factory workers from the Waldorf Astoria Zigaretten Fabrik. The goal is to develop free, but morally responsible individuals, equipped with social competence and creative abilities.

The main method of instruction is storytelling and experimentation. Homework and test scores get less attention.

Over a twelve-year curriculum, students learn math, literature, history, science and a variety of arts and hands-on skills.

Elementary students paint, knit, weave, and sculpt. Older children make patterns, books, pottery and sculpt in stone. Everyone learns music: First, they play the flute, some learn stringed instruments, and others join the choir.

Students play non-competitive games and learn to dance. They do organic farming and learn two foreign languages.