For the young child, engaging in imaginative problem solving is more important than finding a realistic answer. If you listen carefully to children of many ages as they work on answering their own questions, you will find that realism increases with age. “Mom, what makes the car go?” she said. In response, “Hmm… I wonder. What do you think?” Some questions...

Author: Susan R. Johnson, M.D., F.A.A.P Contact details: (916) 638–8758 www.youandyourchildshealth.org   I didn’t learn about the importance of visual tracking and eye convergence during medical school, pediatric residency or my fellowship in behavioral and developmental pediatrics. During that time, I did what I thought was a thorough eye exam. Yet, my studies in Extra...

Author: Karen Smith Date published: Unknown Contact details: Contact tab available on Waldorf library site   Before I chose this topic for my paper, I felt that the time I spent outside with my class the previous year was aimless. I spent a great deal of time preparing for the activities to fill our time inside the class, but outside interests were always an afterthought. I...

Author:  A. Renwick Sheen Date published: Unknown Contact details: Contact tab available on Waldorf library site Published in Child and Man, Vol.1, #6 (England)     THE incarnation of a human soul on to the earth is not a sudden act, but a process that takes place very gradually. The physical birth of the baby is only the first stage of this process which is brought to...

Author: henitsirk Date published: June 20, 2008 · 1:41 pm Contact details: henitsirk@gmail.com or you can comment on the article   SillyBilly has had a permanent tooth erupting for the last few weeks. It was there, coming up quite shyly behind his slightly loose milk tooth, right in the bottom front. Today the dentist pulled that little shy milk tooth, plus the two next to...

by Astrid Sunt   The human being goes through one of life’s big transformational processes during his seventh year. It is well known that, from a physiological standpoint, it takes seven years to renew all the cells in the body. That means that the seven year-old you have in front of you is not the same child from a physical perspective that was carried under his mother’s...

by Sarah Baldwin Date published: June 6th, 2011   Soon after I discovered Waldorf education, I had a conversation with a friend whose daughter, like my son, was approaching kindergarten age. We lived in Los Angeles, where getting one’s child into the “right” kindergarten had as much significance as getting accepted to Harvard or Yale. “Have you considered the Waldorf...

Author: Donna Simmons Date published: June 07, 2010 Contact details: enquiries@christopherushomeschool.org   It’s that time of year again…parents agonizing about whether their six year old should start first grade or stay in kindergarten….Such a big decision!   Steiner’s entire picture of the development of the human being rests on an understanding...

Author: Alicia Benoit-Clark Date published: Unknown Contact details: enquiries@christopherushomeschool.org   Studies indicate that children who start school too soon can experience a number of difficulties. Researchers James Uphoff and June Gilmore found that children who started first grade under six years three months tended to have greater difficulties than older children...

Author: Caroline von Heydebrand Date published: Unknown , Published in Anthroposophy, #1, Volume 3, 1928 (England) Contact details: Contact tab available on the Waldorf library site   In the new teachings which Rudolf Steiner gave to those concerned with the education of children, he showed that teachers really have to administer a kind of general Therapy. He taught them to...