Download the article: Waldorf and Adolescence

We all vividly remember our high school years. During this span of time our self-awareness and self questions were at a pinnacle. Out memories range from despair to elation as we review those exciting but turbulent years. There is no pathway around this stage of life we must just bear them and proceed straight ahead.

In a Waldorf high school each student is seen as an individual with unique talents needing to be honed and academic skills needing to be rigorously exercised. At the same time the students seek truth in all they encounter, be it the course work or adult interaction. They see the world as theirs and are sheltered by the tempering of hardships and disappointments which age introduces.

The following four articles present the mood of the high school classroom as well as some of the content of the lessons. It is hope that they will give you more insight as you consider the option of enrolling your son or daughter in a Waldorf high school.

Download the article in brochure format, link above.

Read the article:  Report on the Older Child in the Kindergarten

2002 WECAN Survey Results
of Established Waldorf Early Childhood Programs

Introduction

Each year the Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America asks its member early childhood programs to complete a survey on issues of general interest and concern in the movement. In recent years, we have looked at childcare, birth to three questions, collegial relationships, the differences of children in our times, the burning issues that lie within our tasks and what's missing and abundant in our work.

This past year we have sent off two mail-outs of a survey/questionnaire that have been directed toward specific questions relating to the older child in the kindergarten.
Approximately 215 questionnaires were sent out and 45 responses were received—18 from the Western region, 18 from the central region and 9 from the Eastern region. Because of the nature of the survey, the responses came from kindergartens in the Waldorf movement, which
contain older children. All of the kindergartens were working with mixed age groups except for one school. Another school had two morning mixed-age kindergartens, which funneled into an afternoon class for older children - a step taken to satisfy government regulations for public-
school grade-one­ eligible older children. Approximately 30% of the groups surveyed contained children aged 3 or 3 1/2 to 6/7 and 60% of the groups contained children aged 4 or 4 1/2 to 6/7. One group enrolled children from age 2 and older. Two Nursery programs and one Home
program also responded to the survey. 75% of the responses of those schools surveyed had aftercare programs with pick-up times ranging anywhere from 2:40 to 7 PM.
Please note that the responses recorded below are in no specific order, are recorded in the teacher's own words and are in point form to enable the best usage of paper. Many of the responses have been repeated frequently and attempts have been made to group similar answers together and to repeat them only once.

Download the article: Waldorf Education An Introduction

This is a 13 page brochure developed by the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America from an article written by Henry Barnes, a pioneer in the North American Waldorf movement.

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