Preschool for a better world

My true belief is that a better world relies in the way we raise our children. This space summarizes my own journey: the years at the university, the countless discussions with colleagues and classmates; the great experience of being able to prove all those theories and ideas working in a preschool in a foreign country, together with my own inner development and mostly the hope for a better world that starts in those early years are today the goal of this space.

Jul 29, 2013

Waldorf education

"Receive the children in reverence, educate them in love and send them forth in freedom" Rudolf Steiner

After reading Axness´book I was really courious about this "Waldorf education" mentioned several times in there.

Rudolf Steiner (1861- 1925)

Steiner´s ideas and work are the ground of the Waldorf education but his theories were never mentioned under the years I was studing at the university, so I borrowed the only two and quite old actually, books available at the local library and started there.

I´ll use this space to collect the main ideas in those books and try to understand and maybe "see" what Waldorf is about.

In the meanwhile I found an amazing description about Waldorf education here:

http://www.globalmama.com/2009/03/19/hunting-for-a-preschool-part-2-waldorf/

Global Mama blogg shows some quick facts about Waldorf schools:

Quick Facts: - Strong emphasis on imagination, art, and crafts of all kinds - Great care is taken to create a soothing, home-like atmosphere in the classroom - Reverence for nature and celebration of the seasons is central to Waldorf education - Formal lessons in reading and writing are not given in the early childhood years

Preschool for a better world

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Jul 29, 2013

Waldorf education

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