Posts by Michael Mount Waldorf School
Podcast, Episode 1: The Value of the Main Lesson
At Michael Mount, curriculum topics are taught during an extended Main Lesson for the first two hours of the morning, for a period of 3 to 4 weeks – allowing in-depth exploration of one subject at a time. The Main Lesson ties one topic to as many disciplines as possible.
Read MoreWaldorf Education is the Education of the Future
Waldorf education was built on this recognition of the importance of creativity, social responsibility, and deep respect for our humanity.
Read MoreMOVIE: WHAT IS SCHOOL?
A movie and transcript exploring the beauty and richness of a Waldorf education.
Read MoreLiving Language Literacy Development in Waldorf Early Childhood Education
Living Language Literacy Development in Waldorf Early Childhood Education, looks at how Waldorf early childhood education programs lay the foundation for language development and literacy through a rich curriculum of oral language and movement.
Read MoreFestivals – Celebrating the coming together of earthly and cosmic forces
Festivals are a celebration of the seasons of the year and connect us to the world around us. They fall in an annual rhythm that can be strengthening to the physical body of the young child.
Read MoreWhy a class play in Waldorf Schools?
For almost every grade in most Waldorf schools, there is a class play. This is an exciting event and means a great deal to everyone: the teachers, the students, the parents, the extended families of students.
Read MoreThe Journey of Advent
In the Southern Hemisphere, the festival of Advent and Christmastide takes place in the heart of Summer, when nature has fully unfolded, and everything is in abundance. The school is teeming with flowers, greenery and fruits, and the days grow steadily longer.
Read MoreSports at a Waldorf School
Sport is an essential part of the Waldorf curriculum. Yet the approach to sport is fundamentally different from the way it is taught at conventional schools.
Read MoreMontessori and Steiner: A pattern of reverse symmetries
Both paths are brilliant, full of compassion, and honouring of the child. Each path has the same obligation.
Read MoreNew life, new hope – The message of Easter
What makes Easter an exceptionally unique festival in our modern world, is that it is never a fixed date in our calendar year. Easter Sunday is always the first Sunday after the full moon following the Autumn equinox.
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