How will you encourage students to learn?

Growing children think, feel and act in the way that growing children do, not like adults. The big idea behind Waldorf education is to reflect the growing child’s state of thinking, feeling and acting in the curriculum and teaching methods. In that way, each child feels appreciated and achieves whatever he or she is truly capable of achieving every moment of the day and throughout their education.  The children are neither prodded to achieve beyond their grasp nor unchallenged to stretch.  Recent research into why so many young people are depressed, shows that when a young person cannot disengage from pursuing unreachable goals because of pressure from home and school, severe depression can be the consequence. It’s making news that working hard to attain achievable goals is not just warm and fuzzy, but effective.

By helping student to reach high for truly achievable goals, the Waldorf educational approach leads to positive success in life:

• THINK.  Waldorf education can awaken a focused mind (right brain) and an agile, creative imagination (left brain).
• PLAY. Waldorf education can nurture inner calm, resilience and relationship skills.
• DO. Waldorf education can instil discipline, self-motivation, initiative and a sense of responsibility.