Do machines have to teach us what it means to be human?
The year 2020, marked by the Covid-19 pandemic, led to major challenges and changes in the educational landscape. The primary task facing each school community after the lockdown was to implement the
Every year at Advent, class teachers are faced with the challenge of creating a suitable Christmas blackboard drawing for their class. While younger children prefer to discover and name the contents o
A hospital turned Waldorf school. The Markgräflerland project in Portugal
It was a very special step for our “Olive Tree School” in Figueira on the Algarve: after careful consideration and planning, we decided to expand our school from classes 1 to 6 to classes 1 to 8.
“Parent work” – from the class teacher’s perspective
What actually is “parent work”? How does it become apparent and what role does the teacher play in it? An overview of this essential task is given by a class teacher of 20 years’ standing.
Music as the mother tongue of human beings communicates beyond all conceptual languages – from the hearts of those who are singing directly to the hearts of those who listen and resonate with them. It
Great minds of the past have sought to find out what binds the world together at its core. Should we not also seek to discover what moves the world at its core; what stimulates the human being and wha
Singing in Waldorf schools in the time of coronavirus
Singing together is an ancient tradition among all peoples and on all continents. It forms part of rituals, religion and community. Today we are permanently surrounded by music. Yet despite the many a
When one walks through the corridors of our Amsterdam Waldorf school in the mornings, one can hear children’s voices singing in each one. It is one of the most exhilarating aspects of our work: that t
The creation story as a listening space for children. Audiopaedia in main lesson
From the very beginning of school, the children practise many important skills using the qualities of sound and silence – not only in music lessons, but also daily in the rhythmical part of the main l