(Adapted from Millennial Child, SteinerBooks, 1999) Date published: December 18, 2008 Author: Schwartz Eugene   Abstract Though widely studied and broadly medicated, ADHD remains an enigmatic disorder. Using the remarkable picture of the child developed by Rudolf Steiner we explore the nature of thinking, feeling, and willing. What lives in the young person with ADHD may serve...

Author: A.W. Mann Date published: Unknown Contact details: Contact tab available on Waldorf library site Published in Education as an Art Vol. 29, No. 2 – Spring/Summer 1971 Source: http://www.waldorflibrary.org/articles/29-the-value-of-art-for-the-adolescent   Before us on the screen is the figure of a Pharaoh. His body is uncomfortably still and rigid. He looks as if he...

Author: Van James Date published: Unknown Contact details: enquiries@christopherushomeschool.org   (Reprinted with kind permission from Child and Man, Vol.24, No.1, nov 1989) Have you ever heard the complaint, “Why do all the children’s paintings look the same?” If you’ve asked yourself this question after having viewed the work of students in the lower...

Author: Thomas Wildgruber Date published: February 01, 2013 Contact details: Option available to comment on article   A Review by Donna Simmons There was great excitement in the Christopherus office when a great, fat envelope from Floris Books arrived. I was in town visiting the office and Leigh and I had just sat down with some coffee to review sales reports when the mail...

Author: Eileen Hutchins Date published: Unknown Contact details: Contact tab available on Waldorf library site Originally published in Child and Man (UK), Vol 5, #2 Winter 1968   THE attitude towards music, painting and rhythmical movement as school subjects has very much changed during the last 50 years. A few decades ago these were not part of the normal curriculum but were...

Author: Ted Roberts Date Published: In Child and Man, Volume 12, #1, 1977 (UK)   The age of puberty has never provoked as much controversy as it does today; educationalists, sociologists, psychiatrists and parents are confronted with problems which become increasingly difficult almost day by day. Educationalists call for parent partici­pation, parents call for stricter guidelines...

By Dr. Regalena “Reggie” Melrose   Last year, I attended a lecture given by Dr Reggie Melrose. The lecture was on brain development and, specifically, how cutting-edge neuroscience supports Waldorf theories. She was utterly fascinating and her insight into the developing brain was truly enlightening. DONT miss this one … grab yourselves a cup of coffee and enjoy this...

by Steve Sagarin   Last year I was asked to speak at the morning assembly for a few minutes to students at the Waldorf School of Garden City. I was a student there in the late 1970s, and I taught there from the mid-80s to the late 90s.   I decided to let the students interview me. But I couldn’t have them interview me in advance, so I imagined what they might ask and...

An interview with Joseph Chilton Pearce and Casey Walker on May 20, 1998 with the production assitance of KVMR, a community-supported radio station in Nevada City. See: https://wildduckreviewarchives.wordpress.com/   Source: http://www.ratical.org/many_worlds/JCP98.html   Casey Walker: Will you begin by assessing education as we know it today? Joseph Chilton Pearce: Over...

by David Sloan – Reprinted from Renewal Magazine     During an eighth-grade parent meeting at the Waldorf School in Boulder, Colorado, parents extolled the virtues of Waldorf education: the freshness, openness and enthusiasm evident in their children; the unflagging devotion of the teachers; the artistic element weaving through every aspect of the curriculum; and the...