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    Waldorf Schools

    To become an individual healthily functioning within a society, we educate and socialize children while they are in their formative years. Unfortunately, many typical educational institutions focus solely on academic improvement and disregard the development of other aspects of a child's makeup. But there is an alternative with Waldorf schools.

    With over 800 Waldorf schools throughout the world, thousands of children have benefited from Waldorf education since the first school opened its doors in 1919. Based on teaching principles put forth by scientist Rudolf Steiner, Waldorf schools focus on the development of the child as a whole. Learning is through a series of unique activities that target the advancement of mind, body, and soul in whatever academic and non-academic subject taught.

    Waldorf schools are unlike any other private or independent school for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, elementary, middle and high school levels. In each grade, teachers instill a sense of enthusiasm for learning, allowing students to initiate and achieve greater success in their education. To facilitate the learning process, teachers use the most suitable techniques in their repetoire that consider the age of their students' physical and mental being. For example, elementary students at Waldorf Schools aged 7 to approximately 14 years old learn through artistic mediums such as drawing. Once they reach high school, the focus shifts to more direct intellectual stimulation.

    If you'd like to find out more about this subject, please visit our website on Waldorf Schools.

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