On a golden, play-filled, end of summer day my daughter turned nine. Packing the picnic things ready for home I became aware of her running at the edge of the park. A game of hide and seek I think, her lengthening shadow flitting between the trees. The still green leaves seem to hold their breath, reminded by early evening's crimson tones that a change of season is at hand. I feel it too.
Leading Children Back to the Future in the Waldorf Classroom
This piece was written by Jack Petrash, a respected author and highly entertaining speaker on Waldorf education. Petrash founded the Nova Institute as a resource and support for those seeking to use Waldorf methods in public and mainstream settings. He is currently in grade 5 of his fourth go-around as a class teacher at the Washington Waldorf School, MD.
How should we educate for the future?
How do we educate our children to take their place in the economies of the 21st century given that we can't anticipate what the economy will look like at the end of next week? That is the question asked by Sir Ken Robinson of the Royal Society for the Arts in this 11 minute, animated film.To learn how Waldorf education addresses these issues today, read by Leading Children Back to the Future by long-time Waldorf teacher and author, Jack Petrash.