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Also, in this episode, I talk about the question I hate most: “Am I Waldorf enough?” I talk through the assumptions that are embedded in this question and some of the reasons why they are completely misguided.
Because, newsflash, Waldorf is not about playing the flute, singing songs, or spending lots of time outside. It’s about doing those things out of an understanding of the impact that they have on students. And you can be a great Waldorf teacher, even if you don’t know how to draw a horse.
Read more of my ideas about this in this post on Waldorf at Work.
Hi.
I have found a wealth of information on this site – thank you very much.
I am, however, also looking for something specific and wonder if you can hep me find it. First, something about me.
I am a mainstream MFL teacher who recently worked for 18 months in a Steiner School. My subject was discontinued so I had to leave in July 24.
I knew nothing about Steiner education before I started but since leaving I have reflected a great deal, bought and read ‘Reclaiming Childhood’ by the Suggate’s and it has convinced me to try to incorporate and promote as many aspects of Steiner as I can in my future teaching. I strongly wish to influence and change some of the thinking I have encountered in our local nursery settings.
I’ve done a lot of research during the past few months and have prepared a few sample sessions. However, I am looking for some very practical help in two areas:
1. How to start and build up beanbag games
2. I’m hoping to access (have tried everywhere) something I observed in a class 1.
It was a verse / story which the children acted out as they spoke it. The story was about a group of people who went into a walled town and ended up inside a building where they found something in a small box. The story is then said in reverse order alongside recalling all the movements.
It was so powerful and I really want to learn this story (and others like it) and use it/them in German. I really love the structured, predictable story being combined with the movement and its reversal.
For me, this embodies something communal and powerful which is missing from all the ‘directed play’ and ‘tick-box’ attainment culture, which has overtaken our nurseries.
Thank you very much for the time you took to read this.