The
White Mountain Waldorf School
community invites you to explore Waldorf education
from early childhood through high school. Waldorf
education is based on the research into child
development conducted by Austrian educator and
philosopher Rudolf Steiner’ s (1861-1925).
The Waldorf approach recognizes the simple but profound insight that children learn in distinctly different ways at different stages of their development. Waldorf schools introduce and teach in ways that correspond to the developmental needs of the growing child.
Our strong academic curriculum is based on building and fostering the child’s natural capacities at each developmental stage. In classrooms full of light and life, Waldorf students learn traditional academic subjects through distinctive and time-tested teaching methods that serve their intellectual, physical, emotional and spiritual development. Engaging the hands and the heart as well as the mind cultivates a real inner enthusiasm for learning, the hallmark of a Waldorf education.
The Waldorf approach recognizes the simple but profound insight that children learn in distinctly different ways at different stages of their development. Waldorf schools introduce and teach in ways that correspond to the developmental needs of the growing child.
Our strong academic curriculum is based on building and fostering the child’s natural capacities at each developmental stage. In classrooms full of light and life, Waldorf students learn traditional academic subjects through distinctive and time-tested teaching methods that serve their intellectual, physical, emotional and spiritual development. Engaging the hands and the heart as well as the mind cultivates a real inner enthusiasm for learning, the hallmark of a Waldorf education.
Principles of the Waldorf Education
Movement
- Education is guided foremost by human developmental needs.
- The role of parents, as their child's first teacher, is of great importance. Teachers and parents work together to create continuity between the school and home environment.
- Faculty has the freedom and responsibility to decide what is best for the educational life of their students, and is the guiding force in the school.
- Freedom to teach creatively in the classroom is essential for the long-term health and effectiveness of teachers.
- It is essential for both students and teachers have enthusiasm to learn, which generates the desire to accomplish academic goals.
- An education that is practical, artistic, and academic will fully prepare students for life.