Q. Dear Kytka, I have just found your web site and it is quite good. I am a trained Waldorf teacher of many years experience currently living in Oklahoma where there are no Waldorf schools. I know many parents here are interested in homeschooling their children and your site may be a very good resource. My question is: What is your relationship to AWSNA? I understand they are very careful with the word Waldorf and I wonder how they relate to your work. I’ve surfed through the questions you’ve answered and the statements you make seem to be accurate, so far. But in skimming your biography…

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The innovative Waldorf methods could provide an enriching education experience for any child, but for most families, a private Waldorf education is unaffordable. Private K-12 Waldorf schools cost an average of $8,000 to $11,000 per year. While some schools offer sliding scale tuition, the education still may be out of reach. Yet “Waldorf methods are so exciting and enlivening for all children that they shouldn’t be reserved just for those who can afford it,” says George Hoffiker, principal of the Yuba River Charter School, a Waldorf method school in Nevada City, California.

Mary Goral, a professor at Mt. Mary College in Milwaukee and director of the early childhood education program, teaches graduate students and teacher enrichment classes on Waldorf-inspired pedagogy for public schools. “I truly believe what is needed in public schools is something much more like Waldorf, something that engages the whole child — body, spirit, and soul,” says Goral.

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“I like to use the analogy of a Waldorf School as a garden and the teacher as the gardener. Our job is not to turn a cabbage into a rose or a rose into a cabbage, but to weed and mulch so the cabbage is the healthiest and best you’ve ever seen and the rose is the most beautiful and the best you’ve ever seen,” says Susan Stevenson, a teacher at Chicago Waldorf School.

“One of the chief tasks of Waldorf education is to bring life to knowledge,” said Waldorf education founder Rudolf Steiner, in “Deeper Insights into Education.” He believed teaching could never be

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History, Facts and the Basics

• Frequently Asked Questions
• Why Waldorf Works
• Waldorf Education
• History, Humanity & Handwork
• Overview of Steiner Education
• Literacy, Not Just Reading
• The Waldorf Method
• What Is a Waldorf School?
• Educating the Whole Child
• The Waldorf Way
• Waldorf Education Method
• Waldorf & Schooling
• New Directions in Waldorf Early Childhood Education, An Introduction
• Waldorf’s Approach to Teaching Math, Reading, and More – An Interview with Tracey Buchanan
• The Future of Waldorf Homeschooling
• Waldorf Education on Wikipedia

Waldorf vs. Montessori

• A Look at Waldorf vs. Montessori
• Montessori & Steiner: A Path of Reverse Symmetries
• Montessori and Waldorf: A Comparison
• Does Method Matter? Montessori vs. Waldorf
• Waldorf vs. Montessori: A Discussion
• How Does Montessori Compare With Waldorf?

Look Inside a Waldorf School

• Pre School Series: The Waldorf Method
• Two Years at a Rudolf Steiner Waldorf School
• Waldorf Saudi
• A Day at a Waldorf High School
• A Peek into a Waldorf Preschool

Why Home School?

• Socialization: Reason to Keep Your Child OUT of School
• Common Objections (myths) to Home Schooling
• Acceleration by Dr. David Elkind
• Can Waldorf Education Be Practiced in Public Schools

Why Waldorf?

• The Waldorf Approach and the Four Elements of Education
• Steiner Schools “Could Help All”
• Moral Education a la Steiner
• The Philosophy of Waldorf Education
• Good Sides To Waldorf Education
• Waldorf Education: A Growing School Movement
• Waldorf Answers
• Head, Heart, Hands: A Waldorf Family Newsletter
• Anthroposophy & Waldorf Education
• Phases and Transitions in Waldorf Education
• Educational Wonderland
• Schooling the Imagination
• Childhood in a Cocoon
• Ninety Nine and 44/100% Pure
• Educating the Whole Person For the Whole Of Life
• Multi-Culturalism in Waldorf Education
• Impact of Evil in Our Time
• Right to Childhood
• Education As An Art
• A New Educational Paradigm
• Schooling the Postmodern Child
• Whole Child Education
• Developing a Culture of Leadership Learning and Service in Waldorf Schools
• Famous Waldorf Ulumni

Standardized Testing

• Alliance for Childhood – Anti-testing
• The High Stakes of Standardized Testing
• Standardized Testing
• Critical Issues Affecting Childhood