Waldorf Education is a worldwide independent school movement started nearly 100 years ago in Germany. It focuses on developing students' intellectual, artistic, and practical skills in a holistic manner through different methods tailored to three developmental stages from birth to age 21. In early childhood education from ages 2-7, Waldorf schools emphasize imagination and creative play through natural toys, storytelling, and engaging activities. The curriculum focuses on ample time for play, caring environments, consistent rhythms, real-life activities, relationships based on love, and committed educators.
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Around this time, the child also begins their learning outside the home and in a preschool. We must remember that preschool should be when your child begins to love learning and trying out new things. Therefore we need to select a preschool or nursery with teaching methods that best suit your child.
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4. Waldorf Education
• is a worldwide independent school movement developed in Europe
nearly 100 years ago by Austrian philosopher, social reformer, and
visionary, Rudolf Steiner.
5. • The first Waldorf school opened in 1919 in Stuttgart, Germany. A
century later, it has become the largest independent school
movement in the world, with about 1,200 independent Waldorf
schools, 2,000 kindergartens and 646 centers for special
education located in 75 countries. Germany is the country with the
most Waldorf schools, followed by the United States.
6. • Its pedagogy strives to develop pupils' intellectual, artistic, and
practical skills in an integrated and holistic manner.
• The cultivation of pupils' imagination and creativity is a central focus.
7. The Foundations of Waldorf Education
• Waldorf Education begins with the premise that childhood is made up of
three distinct stages of roughly seven years each—
1. birth to age seven (early childhood)
2. seven to 14 (middle childhood)
3. 14 to 21 (adolescence)
• Each stage shapes the way children feel about and approach the world—
intellectually, emotionally, physically, and spiritually—which, in turn,
shapes the way they learn. Waldorf educators believe that curricula and
teaching methods should be appropriately tailored to these developmental
stages, each evolving as childhood unfolds.
8. • PRESCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN
• When children, ages 2.9 and older, step into a Waldorf preschool or
kindergarten, they enter a place of beauty and adventure.
• Furniture and toys are shaped from natural materials, and walls are
painted in the warm colors of the dawning day.
• One side of the classroom holds large tables for work time and snack
time; the other side is carpeted for imaginative play and storytelling.
9.
10. • Young children live in a world of wonder and imagination, at a time
when their proper and most effective method of learning is through
imaginative play.
• To encourage academic study at such a time would needlessly rush
children through this crucial period of life.
• In the Waldorf kindergarten, the children's days are filled with both
structured and unstructured activities that stimulate and exercise their
powers of imagination.
11.
12.
13. SIX KEY ELEMENTS OF THE WALDORF EARLY
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CURRICULUM
14. • AMPLE TIME AND SPACE
• The first essential component
of a Waldorf early childhood
education is to provide time
and space for joyful creative
play and imagination.
15. • CARING ENVIRONMENTS
• The second crucial component
of a Waldorf early childhood
education is to create caring
environments that nourish the
senses.
16. • CONSISTENT RHYTHMS
• The third essential component
of Waldorf early childhood
education is to establish
consistent rhythms that
promote health, security, and
trust.
17. • REAL-LIFE ACTIVITIES
• The fourth cornerstone of
a Waldorf early childhood
education is to engage
children in real life
activities that evoke
reverence for the wonders
of the world.
18. • RELATIONSHIPS BASED
ON LOVE
• The fifth essential
element of a Waldorf
early childhood
education is to foster
relationships based on
love, respect, and care
for each child as unique
in body, soul, and spirit.
19. • COMMITTED EDUCATORS
• The sixth vital component of a
Waldorf early childhood
education is educators who are
committed to self-
development and collaboration
in community with others.
20. Educational Principles
• Loving interest in and acceptance of each child
• Opportunities for self-initiated play.
• This is the young child’s work and makes it possible for them
to digest and understand their experiences.
• Awareness that young children learn through imitation.
• A focus on real rather than virtual experiences.
• Artistic activities such as storytelling, music, drawing and painting, rhythmic
games.
• Meaningful practical work such as cooking, baking, gardening, handwork and
domestic activity.
• Seasonal and other festivals are celebrated according to the cultural and
geographical surroundings.
