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Art and Waldorf Education
As a child art surrounded me. I grew up a child attending a Waldorf school. Art was part of my everyday. It was something to enjoy, something to participate in, and a way to connect with whatever I was learning. Ask many Waldorf students and they’ll tell you the way they learned to remember something such as times tables or the days of the week has a connection with colors, a song, or movement. What was Steiner’s intention in creating so much room for art in Waldorf Education? How do our brains make connections through art? Why is it beneficial to provide space for art in a child’s education?…
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Anthroposophy and Waldorf Education, what’s the association?
One of the most common curiosities about Waldorf Education is it’s association with Anthroposophy. What is Anthroposophy? What is the Anthroposophical influence on Waldorf education? There are some that believe that a Waldorf School is a religious school. While a Waldorf education does account for all parts of a child’s development including spiritual, it isn’t a religious form of education. If you graduate from a Catholic School, you know what Catholicism is. My sisters and I went to a Waldorf school for eight years and when writing this post I asked both my sisters what Anthroposophy is and they literally had no idea. I thought this was an important…
