So lovely to see you back! I love your Sundays with Sarah and re watch often. My son is almost grown now - almost 16, and we've just come to the end of waldorf inspired home education in the UK. He's off to college in September. I regret very much that we didn't home educate from the start and that I didn't know about Waldorf when he was infant age. I wanted to say that what you said about the teacher staying with the children all through school really chimed with me; we found that each year my son was in school, the teachers would start the year almost disbelieving that my son needed extra help (dyslexia, hypermobility) and by the time they'd got to know him and realised yes, he did need help, he was off to the next year and a new teacher, and that whole process started again. Hence, eventually, we gave up and home educated! I hope you'll post more Sundays with Sarah soon :-)
Thank you, Jess! My plan is start posting a new video again every week now. My grown son Harper, a filmmaker, has been really helpful in getting the series going again. It's so hard as our children approach adulthood, to not have regrets about things we wish we'd done differently, isn't it? But we have to constantly remind ourselves that we did the best we could with the information we had at the time. I often say that Waldorf teachers may not be experts in every subject, but over eight years, they become an expert on the children in their class.
Your son is obviously a credit to you! And yes - you have summed it up perfectly, that's all children really need isn't it, adults who know them and love them and they'll do the rest in their own time! x
Hi! My son is almost 13 and he has Dyslexia, Dyscalculia and Dysgraphia. He is also Dyspraxic. I have been homeschooling him for four years now after he consistently fell behind year after year in public school. We haven't found anything that works for him yet and he is at like a 3rd grade math level. Is it too late to begin this teaching method with him? I have an 11 month old and 15 month old that I want to begin the process with soon too.
I'm a Waldorf kid, having attended the Marburg Germany school. You did a great job explaining it, as I've always struggled to help my American friends to understand what it was about. You actually made me understand where some parts of me were made, and why I am so lucky to have had such a great educational experience. 35 years later, most all my class is still in close contact. Virtually all of us have led successful, fulfilling lives.
Planzwrecker Smith thank you for giving your experience! My daughter is almost 2 and I heard about this for the first time today so, I started researching. I appreciate reading the experience of an a former student! 🙏🏾 Namaste.
Would this be a good choice for autistic/ special needs children? Do you allow other therapies to come in during preschool like Occupational and physical therapies?
@@Ctinari, this education is the best for autistic children. Because in this school are special groups for everyone. In german I could explain better 😅. I saw the children in a german waldorf school, the teacher work mich more than other teacher. They work with heart for every kind of children.
Hey, 16-year-old girl from China here. My parents transferred me to a Waldorf kindergarten very early on because I was struggling emotionally in traditional kindergarten (Waldorf kindergarten was a lot more expensive so that's probably why we didn't go in the first place). My Waldorf journey ended when I was 7 when I went on to study in a very academically focused traditional Chinese school. I then transferred to an American curriculum school, and now I am in a British curriculum school. But it is safe to say my years in Waldorf really surely helped me grow emotionally and to live, for lack of a better word, happily with my thoughts. I remember it was a place filled with love and support. Academically, it is hard to assess the skills I picked up along the way. This is just my personal experience, but hope this helps.
Blessings that’s good to hear because I am a new mom and I never heard of this but I love the concept and I certainly do wish I had it as childhood✨To give my daughter the best start🙏🏼
I would have LOVED this style of education as a child. I am the type of person who is passionate about all art: theatre, music, drawing, dance, painting, knitting, cross stitch, sewing- all of it! Traditional schooling cultivated crippling OCD for me and has made natural creativity difficult, as I am so terrified of failure.
Barely saw this video so sorry for such a late reply lol but yes to all of this. Regular education systems here in America don't support creative outlets very much and when they do have anything it's rarely actually enjoyable unless you get lucky with a passionate teacher.
My 2 kids who have already graduated from A Waldorf School and one in his last year in the school agrees that this is the best thing we ever did for them. And when they leave they miss mostly their teachers because they really felt they were loved and understood, really seen as an individual.
I'm a pedagogy student in Brazil , learning about Waldorf education, thanks a million I had the same teacher for 2 grades , she was an amazing teacher and really make me a better confident student , She really inspired me to learn and thrives, I wanna be a teacher that inspire my students to discover the world and learn about anything that they are curious about ✅🇧🇷💚
Sarah ma'am you are soo pleasant. The way you explain is so clear and looks from the heart. Love you. For those to remember some important points.. this is for you... As Sarah ma'am says, What makes Waldorf school different..? 1. Non-academic preschool 2. Story telling 3. Integrated arts 4. Class teacher looping 5. No textbooks. children make (illustrate) their own books.
@Riley Red Yes! Woman like this give me courage to age.. not that I have the choice... but it helps to see them so graceful, beautiful, and wise. It makes me look to the future with gladness and excitement instead of dread.
I really wish I could send my 2yr old grandson to your school. I really believe in what you’re doing. I’m looking at getting him some of your wonderful toys.
My son spent 4 years at a Steiner school and without a doubt it helped make him the beautiful man person he is today. And perents become a family too. I made so many good friends with the women at the school. I have kept all of his art.and he had so been able to make himself the life that he has wanted doing what he loves. He is very grounded.
Hello Sarah, Great videos you have, Thanks for all the information. I went to a Steiner school in Sydney Australia, I remember in the mornings we would stand at our desks with our hands across our chest and stand silently for a minute or two, i think to calm everyone down and get ready to learn. But i remember that they used to have like a poem or something that we would say during these minutes, do you know what that poem or saying would be? Also how come Eurythmy is never really talked about in videos or information for parents? Thanks keep up the great videos.
When I was a teenager I really wanted to study in a Waldorf school. My parents didn’t understand. When I had my first child I started studying Waldorf and looking for a good school for her. My husband didn’t want her to go to a Waldorf. He was afraid of her future, about her not being incorporate to the “business world”. 🙄 Now we are in Florida, my daughter has 6 yo, I don’t like the schools here and I know much more about Waldorf (R. Steiner). Have 2 other boys, 3 yo and 9 months. Crazy tô find a Waldorf school. There is none here. I’m even ready to convince my husband with all my strength that kids must go through this path. SARAH, what is your suggestion ? Im so happy that I found you! 🌷
I am thrilled to see the return of these videos. My son will be 3 in a month and we already have a rhythm in place. I am so excited to begin more preschool type Waldorf activities with him. 🌞
So glad you are back! Your voice is so pleasant to listen to. Maintaining that calm peaceful state can be hard around little children. You seem to do it very well.
I was looking for a video to help me understand certain theorists and approaches for my college work and this has been the most useful video iv watched about it and it does make me wanna learn more about these types of schools.
So nice to watch a video about Waldorf education! I went to Waldorf School from children garden to high school, such a beautiful and magical school, I feel so lucky for getting the change to experience it. And I love how you described it, it's very difficult to summarise such a big thing in a nutshell, you did it amazingly 🖤
How lucky you are, Valentina, to have been able to go to a Waldorf school through high school! I think I decided to become a Waldorf teacher after my first visit to a Waldorf school, wishing that I had had a Waldorf education. Thanks for your kind comment. That's quite an endorsement coming from someone who attended a Waldorf school for so many years!
So glad I came across you playing words with Friends! What helpful I formation for me being a new mom of a 3 month old. Thank you so much for your knowledge
Love this! I was wondering you could do a video on living Waldorf/ Waldorf homeschool in a small space? My daughter is almost 2 and we live in a small apartment, and that likely won't change any time soon. I feel like I'm always struggling to find a good rhythm and organization for different toys and activities. We've already minimized our general possessions and try to keep things simple, but it feels like a challenge to create a rhythmic space for my daughter. Any insight would be so very appreciated!
Thanks for watching and commenting, Madalyn! This is a great question, and one that I would be happy to address in a future video. Stay tuned! xo Sarah
Hi i m ami. I m a teacher in Indonesia. I m so interested when it comes abt learning new method/program/curriculm of teaching. I ve been observing cambridge, montessori, regio emilia. Honestly this waldrof is something new from me and i m so glad that i found ur video. Pls keep updating. I hope that i can learn more abt it frm u. Thanks for sharing.
When I learned about Waldorf kids having the same teacher for all those years, wherever I read about it pointed out that it's about prioritizing the relationships with classmates and the teacher over mastering a certain grade's material. In a regular model, even if they move a teacher grades, the idea is that the teacher is assigned to a grade then given students. In Waldorf, the teacher is assigned the students then passes through the grades one by one. Then the teacher decides if they want to do another round at that school or move to a new place and new Waldorf school and do a round there...
Thank you very much for the video, they are very important concepts that have helped me to have more alternatives to deal with music teaching issues. Very well explained content. Greetings from Brazil
IAM starting forest school qualification. Look at gowildeducation as she is a steiner qualified teacher as well! as well as level 1 is free online! But boom.. this is the awakening.. and you my friend could start your own group!!! As the leader yeeees
As I’m learning more about the Waldorf school system, my 5th grade class was selected to loop to 6th grade and that was public school. A lot of concepts I’m seeing in this system were used in the public school system that I attend back in the mid to late 90’s. And oddly enough, there was and still is a Waldorf school across the street of the public primary elementary school I attended.
Thank you sooo much Sarah as always you are amazing! I love your video, so educational so inspiring to understand the core of Waldorf education.. wish my kids had Waldorf Education to attend.. sadly Lebanon lacks such education system:( I am really interested to start my own Waldorf Day Care.. 😍
Sunday with Sarah We are new to homeschool and Waldorf and many of your videos have helped me gain better understanding on the philosophy but also ways of implementing it in our home.
On the main lesson book I like the concept. What if the child is not interested in that subject. Are they to tolerate it. Is that not a waste of their energy and time when they have a choice to do something that has their interest.
I'm interested in possibly enrolling my children in a Waldorf school. The tuition is a bit offputting, though. For example, a kindergartener has tuition around $7,500, while a third grader is slightly under $11,000. These numbers don't include fees. I wonder whether the tuition is similar for Waldorf elsewhere.
I would never recommend Waldorf. My younger family member lost morals, became rude, and developed disrespect to me as a result. Rudolph Steiner's belief system is so eccentric, (ego-centric!) so unsupported by evidence, so manifestly bizarre, that rational skeptics are bound to consider it delusional.
That seems incredibly cheap to me. In NYC, the Waldorf school is almost $40,000 - $51,000 a year. In Long Island, NY, Waldorf is $25,000-$30,000. I now live in TN, and we have here one of the lowest costs of living in the USA. Our private school, which is not strictly Waldorf, but does borrow aspects of it, is $13,500. If it’s 13k here, I can’t fathom where you live where it’s cheaper than that!?
@@tulayamalavenapi4028 you are commenting on tons of things and just repeating the comments. I'm confused why you say they are rude when the waldorf method focuses mostly on empathy. Every comment I see from you is super uneducated on the subject.
To whom it may concern, I am a lifetime Waldorf alum and could write a whole thesis about the beauty of Waldorf education. I want to take this time, however, to warn any parent who may be considering sending their children, that AWSNA, who owns the rights to the name Waldorf and therefore has great influence, is proactively engaged in promoting anti-racist curriculums in the respective schools. If you are not familiar with the term "anti-racist", it may seem harmless enough, but when you study the way the term is used by its advocates, what you find is that the term itself invokes divisiveness and is, dare I say, racist! that is to say, it promotes the idea that white people are the problem. This couples nicely nicely with the Neo-Marxist concepts of white male dominated capitalist society being the cause of all our problems. If you agree with those concepts you will probably like the way many Waldorf Schools today our now trending. If you believe in the power of the individual human being, however, and in human freedom, you may be disappointed. but If you are considering, I would still check it out at your respective school because it ALL depends on the teacher!
Thank you for the short info. It helps me to know resources for Waldorf education. Anybody know that, Waldorf education is good for high functioning Autistic kid? If you have experience, please share..... Thank you.🙏
Rudolph Steiner's belief system is so eccentric, (ego-centric!) so unsupported by evidence, so manifestly bizarre, that rational skeptics are bound to consider it delusional.
I’ve been doing research about schooling options for my daughter which led me to the Waldorf. I stumbled across the teacher survival guide that was published in 1992 which says “ most of that which contributes our work as teachers, preparation work, artistic work, even meditative work, is under the guardianship of Lucifer”. Can you please explain Waldorfs History and current beliefs and ties to Lucifer and witchcraft?
Don't waste your time, friend. Rudolph Steiner's belief system is so eccentric, (ego-centric!) so unsupported by evidence, so manifestly bizarre, that rational skeptics are bound to consider it delusional. I had a family member who went to a Waldorf School, and had no problem ruining my relationship with said member.
Hi Sarah! I just discovered you and wow I just love your videos. You exude such beauty, softness and intelligence. I need to learn what you do to have such perfect skin! You're glowing! Anywho, I have a 5.5 year old and a 2.5 year old. My 5.5 has always seemed 2 years ahead intellectually however I still want to respect her emotional intelligence. I am very new to Waldorf but I love what I am learning and feel it aligns with my goals. I plan to homeschool and would like to know what you would recommend. Do I continue down an age 5 path of just play even though she is already reading writing and doing math or do I move her on to elementary level bc I am having such a hard time challenging her. She loves math, science, engineering and technology even though we don't have tv or tablet time except on rare occasions or special nights. Hope you can help guide me. I'll continue watching your videos to learn more.
sorry someone have this video with subtitles in Spanish? I want to share this with mi mom (it's a teacher) but she doesn't speak English, so I would so glad if someone have this video or a similar video on Spanish, thanks anyway c:
I wish I went to a Waldorf school 😞. I would have been so much a better person. They didn’t exist where and when I went to school and even if I could have it is very expensive as they are private.
@@ellagalle I'm 15 years old and have been in waldorf education since I was 7....in the area I live in....I stood out as 'one of those kids that goes to the weird school' the system has no focus whatsoever on exams or academic lifestyle... Which is important because without qualifications you cant really get a job very easily
Rudolph Steiner's belief system is so eccentric, (ego-centric!) so unsupported by evidence, so manifestly bizarre, that rational skeptics are bound to consider it delusional. I have a younger family member who went to a Waldorf school. It ruined said member in many ways.
I've never seen that, I've seen many successful people in stem programs in college from these schools. The students always tend to do better than the average public school
Sure, and this is coming form your background in higher education or because these schools say so. You should actually look at the statistics coming from the university’s. Also take in to consideration those kids you say go off and excel In these fields had outside tutors to supplement their education.
Gee, its only $10K/ year/ child PLUS they get MY TAX DOLLARS so kids can have story time and art classes? Gee taking people's money and telling stories, sounds like another church to me.
Please read Jennifer Sapio’s article before you send your child to this school and read up on the Children of God and Scientology. Do a quick compare and contrast. This organisation has destroyed my family.
The only thing I don't like about Waldorf is it's not cruelty free. Many of the traditional materials involve animal products such as beeswax, wool, leather and silk. I love the philosophy and just swap out materials for cheaper vegan versions.
Really, the most important thing for a teacher in dealing with pre-reading age children is the correct use of air quotes. Without that the century old teaching methodology of Waldorf education crumbles. Glad I read this comment and avoided sending my four kids through Waldorf, with my oldest graduating with honors and landing a dream job at Google. Oh, wait, no I did send my kids through Waldorf school, and it was inspiring and wonderful. Haters gonna hate.
@@mattmyren2723 "Really, the most important thing for a teacher in dealing with pre-reading age children is the correct use of air quotes. Without that the century old teaching methodology of Waldorf education crumbles. Glad I read this comment and avoided sending my four kids through Waldorf..." You were going for witty but ended up strawmanning at best or being too daft to understand what I actually said at worst. "...with my oldest graduating with honors and landing a dream job at Google." Glad your kid landed his dream tech job by attending a school that treats technology as an evil hindrance on intelligence. As long as your kid didn't land this job despite the shitty school you send them to, and/or you aren't some pathologic liar, lying about your successful kid. "Oh, wait, no I did send my kids through Waldorf school, and it was inspiring and wonderful." Unfortunately for your children, it's your legal right to send your kids to whatever ridiculous excuse for a school you see fit. I don't really care. "Hater's gonna hate." I made a harmless and perceptive joke. It bore no judgment on Waldorf education, not serious judgment, anyway. You are the hater here, you thin-skinned fool. Edit: Grammar
Your methods and thus philosophy is opposite of the Prussia based educational model ref: (ruclips.net/video/HvHDcSY_yfo/видео.html) - great news. "The Prussian education system (not a Wikipedia link), still used to this day in most countries worldwide, originated in the early 18th century as a way to instill absolute obedience and uniformity in the students under the guise of education. What the students wanted and thought was irrelevant-the Prussian education system was there to teach them minimal literacy and indoctrinate them into believing in the infallibility of the supreme authority (Prussian King Fredrick William I at the time). The end result was a useful generic worker, readily replaceable and dispensable."
- continued: "Unfortunately, the dangers of the public school system go beyond attempting to mold the minds of the youth. The public school institutions in America and abroad have been infiltrated by intelligence agencies desperate to recruit the brightest minds of the future. In the book, Spy Schools: How the CIA, FBI and Foreign Intelligence Secretly Exploit America’s Universities, investigative journalist Daniel Golden details the exploitative relationship between higher education and intelligence services, both foreign and domestic. Golden examines various case studies illustrating how the Central Intelligence Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation use higher education to their advantage." source: irasocol.medium.com/the-prussian-model-and-the-failure-of-personal-ethics-83cf46602c92
So lovely to see you back! I love your Sundays with Sarah and re watch often. My son is almost grown now - almost 16, and we've just come to the end of waldorf inspired home education in the UK. He's off to college in September. I regret very much that we didn't home educate from the start and that I didn't know about Waldorf when he was infant age. I wanted to say that what you said about the teacher staying with the children all through school really chimed with me; we found that each year my son was in school, the teachers would start the year almost disbelieving that my son needed extra help (dyslexia, hypermobility) and by the time they'd got to know him and realised yes, he did need help, he was off to the next year and a new teacher, and that whole process started again. Hence, eventually, we gave up and home educated!
I hope you'll post more Sundays with Sarah soon :-)
Thank you, Jess! My plan is start posting a new video again every week now. My grown son Harper, a filmmaker, has been really helpful in getting the series going again. It's so hard as our children approach adulthood, to not have regrets about things we wish we'd done differently, isn't it? But we have to constantly remind ourselves that we did the best we could with the information we had at the time. I often say that Waldorf teachers may not be experts in every subject, but over eight years, they become an expert on the children in their class.
Your son is obviously a credit to you! And yes - you have summed it up perfectly, that's all children really need isn't it, adults who know them and love them and they'll do the rest in their own time! x
Jess K hi interested in following the Waldorf education can you please guid me like curriculum and structure you did and favorite resources ?
Hi! My son is almost 13 and he has Dyslexia, Dyscalculia and Dysgraphia. He is also Dyspraxic. I have been homeschooling him for four years now after he consistently fell behind year after year in public school. We haven't found anything that works for him yet and he is at like a 3rd grade math level. Is it too late to begin this teaching method with him? I have an 11 month old and 15 month old that I want to begin the process with soon too.
I'm a Waldorf kid, having attended the Marburg Germany school. You did a great job explaining it, as I've always struggled to help my American friends to understand what it was about. You actually made me understand where some parts of me were made, and why I am so lucky to have had such a great educational experience. 35 years later, most all my class is still in close contact. Virtually all of us have led successful, fulfilling lives.
Planzwrecker Smith thank you for giving your experience! My daughter is almost 2 and I heard about this for the first time today so, I started researching. I appreciate reading the experience of an a former student! 🙏🏾 Namaste.
Omg me too
Would this be a good choice for autistic/ special needs children? Do you allow other therapies to come in during preschool like Occupational and physical therapies?
@@Ctinari, this education is the best for autistic children. Because in this school are special groups for everyone.
In german I could explain better 😅.
I saw the children in a german waldorf school, the teacher work mich more than other teacher. They work with heart for every kind of children.
Hey, 16-year-old girl from China here. My parents transferred me to a Waldorf kindergarten very early on because I was struggling emotionally in traditional kindergarten (Waldorf kindergarten was a lot more expensive so that's probably why we didn't go in the first place). My Waldorf journey ended when I was 7 when I went on to study in a very academically focused traditional Chinese school. I then transferred to an American curriculum school, and now I am in a British curriculum school. But it is safe to say my years in Waldorf really surely helped me grow emotionally and to live, for lack of a better word, happily with my thoughts. I remember it was a place filled with love and support.
Academically, it is hard to assess the skills I picked up along the way.
This is just my personal experience, but hope this helps.
I went to Waldorf for early education and it shaped how I learned my whole life. It gave me the best foundation.
Blessings that’s good to hear because I am a new mom and I never heard of this but I love the concept and I certainly do wish I had it as childhood✨To give my daughter the best start🙏🏼
Wow! You are so lucky. My traumatic early "learning" experience cast a shadow through out the first half of my life. Totally support this education.
I would have LOVED this style of education as a child. I am the type of person who is passionate about all art: theatre, music, drawing, dance, painting, knitting, cross stitch, sewing- all of it! Traditional schooling cultivated crippling OCD for me and has made natural creativity difficult, as I am so terrified of failure.
Barely saw this video so sorry for such a late reply lol but yes to all of this. Regular education systems here in America don't support creative outlets very much and when they do have anything it's rarely actually enjoyable unless you get lucky with a passionate teacher.
My 2 kids who have already graduated from A Waldorf School and one in his last year in the school agrees that this is the best thing we ever did for them. And when they leave they miss mostly their teachers because they really felt they were loved and understood, really seen as an individual.
I'm a pedagogy student in Brazil , learning about Waldorf education,
thanks a million
I had the same teacher for 2 grades , she was an amazing teacher and really make me a better confident student ,
She really inspired me to learn and thrives,
I wanna be a teacher that inspire my students to discover the world and learn about anything that they are curious about ✅🇧🇷💚
You distilled a very complex educational/philosophical system into something "everyone" can grasp. Thank you.
Sarah ma'am you are soo pleasant. The way you explain is so clear and looks from the heart. Love you. For those to remember some important points..
this is for you... As Sarah ma'am says,
What makes Waldorf school different..?
1. Non-academic preschool 2. Story telling 3. Integrated arts 4. Class teacher looping 5. No textbooks. children make (illustrate) their own books.
Gosh, this woman is beautiful.
Hannah Thomas Oh gosh, that is so kind of you to say! I have good lighting that helps. ;)
Yes!!!!! So beautiful!!!
I thought that very same thing 🥰
Yeah i agree can she be my teacher?
@Riley Red Yes! Woman like this give me courage to age.. not that I have the choice... but it helps to see them so graceful, beautiful, and wise. It makes me look to the future with gladness and excitement instead of dread.
I really wish I could send my 2yr old grandson to your school. I really believe in what you’re doing. I’m looking at getting him some of your wonderful toys.
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@@twa4077 why?
Thank you so much for this amazing video your are the best one who explained the worldorf education ❤❤❤
My son spent 4 years at a Steiner school and without a doubt it helped make him the beautiful man person he is today. And perents become a family too. I made so many good friends with the women at the school. I have kept all of his art.and he had so been able to make himself the life that he has wanted doing what he loves. He is very grounded.
Hello Sarah, Great videos you have, Thanks for all the information. I went to a Steiner school in Sydney Australia, I remember in the mornings we would stand at our desks with our hands across our chest and stand silently for a minute or two, i think to calm everyone down and get ready to learn. But i remember that they used to have like a poem or something that we would say during these minutes, do you know what that poem or saying would be? Also how come Eurythmy is never really talked about in videos or information for parents? Thanks keep up the great videos.
When I was a teenager I really wanted to study in a Waldorf school. My parents didn’t understand.
When I had my first child I started studying Waldorf and looking for a good school for her. My husband didn’t want her to go to a Waldorf. He was afraid of her future, about her not being incorporate to the “business world”. 🙄
Now we are in Florida, my daughter has 6 yo, I don’t like the schools here and I know much more about Waldorf (R. Steiner). Have 2 other boys, 3 yo and 9 months. Crazy tô find a Waldorf school. There is none here. I’m even ready to convince my husband with all my strength that kids must go through this path.
SARAH, what is your suggestion ?
Im so happy that I found you!
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You are like an angel on earth. Thank you for sharing your rich experience and knowledge. 🙏🏼❤️❤️❤️
I love this way of teaching in harmony with nature 🌈
I am thrilled to see the return of these videos. My son will be 3 in a month and we already have a rhythm in place. I am so excited to begin more preschool type Waldorf activities with him. 🌞
That's wonderful, SassyLittleFrassie! Thanks for watching.
So glad you are back! Your voice is so pleasant to listen to. Maintaining that calm peaceful state can be hard around little children. You seem to do it very well.
Thank you, Kristin. It's good to be back! My kids can attest that my state wasn't always so calm and peaceful while they were growing up. ;)
I would love to spend time in company of this woman. She gave me good feelings & the wish to hug & cuddle her
I was looking for a video to help me understand certain theorists and approaches for my college work and this has been the most useful video iv watched about it and it does make me wanna learn more about these types of schools.
Hi Sarah, you're such a lovely person, thank you for sharing.
thank you mam i am starting my career in early childhood education its helpful for me
Thank you for posting Sarah I already watched it twice 😊 because I have learned so much through your videos! Looking forward to the future ones 🌈🌸😇
That's so lovely to hear, Luciernaga. Thanks so much for taking the time to write to let me know!
So nice to watch a video about Waldorf education! I went to Waldorf School from children garden to high school, such a beautiful and magical school, I feel so lucky for getting the change to experience it. And I love how you described it, it's very difficult to summarise such a big thing in a nutshell, you did it amazingly 🖤
How lucky you are, Valentina, to have been able to go to a Waldorf school through high school! I think I decided to become a Waldorf teacher after my first visit to a Waldorf school, wishing that I had had a Waldorf education. Thanks for your kind comment. That's quite an endorsement coming from someone who attended a Waldorf school for so many years!
I was from elemantary till High School .
So glad I came across you playing words with Friends! What helpful I formation for me being a new mom of a 3 month old. Thank you so much for your knowledge
Love this! I was wondering you could do a video on living Waldorf/ Waldorf homeschool in a small space? My daughter is almost 2 and we live in a small apartment, and that likely won't change any time soon. I feel like I'm always struggling to find a good rhythm and organization for different toys and activities. We've already minimized our general possessions and try to keep things simple, but it feels like a challenge to create a rhythmic space for my daughter. Any insight would be so very appreciated!
Thanks for watching and commenting, Madalyn! This is a great question, and one that I would be happy to address in a future video. Stay tuned! xo Sarah
hi, is there a video about this now? thanks :) i have the same concern.
Hi i m ami. I m a teacher in Indonesia. I m so interested when it comes abt learning new method/program/curriculm of teaching. I ve been observing cambridge, montessori, regio emilia. Honestly this waldrof is something new from me and i m so glad that i found ur video. Pls keep updating. I hope that i can learn more abt it frm u. Thanks for sharing.
When I learned about Waldorf kids having the same teacher for all those years, wherever I read about it pointed out that it's about prioritizing the relationships with classmates and the teacher over mastering a certain grade's material. In a regular model, even if they move a teacher grades, the idea is that the teacher is assigned to a grade then given students. In Waldorf, the teacher is assigned the students then passes through the grades one by one. Then the teacher decides if they want to do another round at that school or move to a new place and new Waldorf school and do a round there...
Wow 😳 🤩 😯 I love Waldorf as I did the training in 2000, as I couldn’t understand why I was so confused. It made sense to me.
Thank you very much for the video, they are very important concepts that have helped me to have more alternatives to deal with music teaching issues. Very well explained content.
Greetings from Brazil
Since to meet u super videos I like you way of speaking Waldorf system because of i am entering Waldorf education
So happy you are back! I love your Sundays with Sarah.
I'm so happy to BE back! Thanks for watching and commenting, Liesje.
You've sold out to me. I just wish there was a Steiner school closer to our home
you’re a pyscho. brain washed
IAM starting forest school qualification. Look at gowildeducation as she is a steiner qualified teacher as well! as well as level 1 is free online! But boom.. this is the awakening.. and you my friend could start your own group!!! As the leader yeeees
@@danieldiaz4584 okay you brain washed weirdo lol i dont even know what the fuck you’re talking about
As I’m learning more about the Waldorf school system, my 5th grade class was selected to loop to 6th grade and that was public school. A lot of concepts I’m seeing in this system were used in the public school system that I attend back in the mid to late 90’s. And oddly enough, there was and still is a Waldorf school across the street of the public primary elementary school I attended.
These schools have racist principles woven through them.
Please watch this: ruclips.net/video/WpOXitdxzk4/видео.html
Beautiful presentation
Is there a certificate program or anything that one can take to be certified as a Waldorf teacher?
So excited that you're back doing these videos! ❤️
I am too, Taryn! It's what I love doing more than anything. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment!
Wonderful information! I can’t help but notice how beautiful you are from the inside out!! Love how you carry yourself 🌸🌺 True definition of beauty!
Thank you sooo much Sarah as always you are amazing! I love your video, so educational so inspiring to understand the core of Waldorf education.. wish my kids had Waldorf Education to attend.. sadly Lebanon lacks such education system:(
I am really interested to start my own Waldorf Day Care.. 😍
What is the kind of support one may get if they want to start a Waldorf education based school
Well depends
Thank you so much for sharing with us. I found this quite helpful.
Thank you, Helen! I'm so happy to hear that you found it helpful. That's my goal!
Sunday with Sarah We are new to homeschool and Waldorf and many of your videos have helped me gain better understanding on the philosophy but also ways of implementing it in our home.
Amazing explanation
On the main lesson book I like the concept. What if the child is not interested in that subject. Are they to tolerate it. Is that not a waste of their energy and time when they have a choice to do something that has their interest.
Well you cannot not learn how to add even if you don’t like math. Doesn’t mean you have to take calculus but you need basic skills
Thank you Sarah🙏
♥️♥️♥️always love watching you Sarah;) found you two years ago & watched the HECK out of the old videos♥️♥️♥️
I was in a Waldorf school without even knowing about it until recently when I started looking into it haha
Do the children get to keep the textbooks they make?
I'm interested in possibly enrolling my children in a Waldorf school. The tuition is a bit offputting, though. For example, a kindergartener has tuition around $7,500, while a third grader is slightly under $11,000. These numbers don't include fees. I wonder whether the tuition is similar for Waldorf elsewhere.
May I ask what country this is? The nearest Waldorf school to me has fees of around $3600 for every grade. This is in Australia
@@ellagalle Hello. The tuition I mentioned is in American dollars. I'm outside of New Orleans.
I would never recommend Waldorf.
My younger family member lost morals, became rude, and developed disrespect to me as a result.
Rudolph Steiner's belief system is so eccentric, (ego-centric!) so unsupported by evidence, so manifestly bizarre, that rational skeptics are bound to consider it delusional.
That seems incredibly cheap to me. In NYC, the Waldorf school is almost $40,000 - $51,000 a year. In Long Island, NY, Waldorf is $25,000-$30,000. I now live in TN, and we have here one of the lowest costs of living in the USA. Our private school, which is not strictly Waldorf, but does borrow aspects of it, is $13,500. If it’s 13k here, I can’t fathom where you live where it’s cheaper than that!?
@@tulayamalavenapi4028 you are commenting on tons of things and just repeating the comments. I'm confused why you say they are rude when the waldorf method focuses mostly on empathy. Every comment I see from you is super uneducated on the subject.
Sarah, so glad you’re back. Thank you for this video.
Thank you, ablindgibsongirl. I'm glad to be back!
To whom it may concern,
I am a lifetime Waldorf alum and could write a whole thesis about the beauty of Waldorf education. I want to take this time, however, to warn any parent who may be considering sending their children, that AWSNA, who owns the rights to the name Waldorf and therefore has great influence, is proactively engaged in promoting anti-racist curriculums in the respective schools. If you are not familiar with the term "anti-racist", it may seem harmless enough, but when you study the way the term is used by its advocates, what you find is that the term itself invokes divisiveness and is, dare I say, racist! that is to say, it promotes the idea that white people are the problem. This couples nicely nicely with the Neo-Marxist concepts of white male dominated capitalist society being the cause of all our problems. If you agree with those concepts you will probably like the way many Waldorf Schools today our now trending. If you believe in the power of the individual human being, however, and in human freedom, you may be disappointed.
but If you are considering, I would still check it out at your respective school because it ALL depends on the teacher!
Can u please tell me about art paintings and clay modeling
Nice to see you again! Love your videos!
Thank you, Hazel RC!
Thank you for the short info. It helps me to know resources for Waldorf education. Anybody know that, Waldorf education is good for high functioning Autistic kid? If you have experience, please share..... Thank you.🙏
Rudolph Steiner's belief system is so eccentric, (ego-centric!) so unsupported by evidence, so manifestly bizarre, that rational skeptics are bound to consider it delusional.
I would have appreciated a list of these five examples enumerated in the description along with timestamps.
1. Non- Academic Preschool 0:50
2. Storytelling 2:08
3. Integrated Arts 2:52
4. Class Teacher Looping 4:45
5. Main Lesson Books 6:45
There you go! Enjoy!
If I live in Pennsylvania, How do I go about enrolling my children in a Waldorf School?
Google Waldorf Schools in Pennsylvania??
I absolutely love your shawl
I’ve been doing research about schooling options for my daughter which led me to the Waldorf. I stumbled across the teacher survival guide that was published in 1992 which says “ most of that which contributes our work as teachers, preparation work, artistic work, even meditative work, is under the guardianship of Lucifer”.
Can you please explain Waldorfs History and current beliefs and ties to Lucifer and witchcraft?
Don't waste your time, friend.
Rudolph Steiner's belief system is so eccentric, (ego-centric!) so unsupported by evidence, so manifestly bizarre, that rational skeptics are bound to consider it delusional.
I had a family member who went to a Waldorf School, and had no problem ruining my relationship with said member.
Can i waldorf homeschool?
I'm surprised you do not mention anything about anthroposophy
Hi Sarah! I just discovered you and wow I just love your videos. You exude such beauty, softness and intelligence. I need to learn what you do to have such perfect skin! You're glowing! Anywho, I have a 5.5 year old and a 2.5 year old. My 5.5 has always seemed 2 years ahead intellectually however I still want to respect her emotional intelligence. I am very new to Waldorf but I love what I am learning and feel it aligns with my goals. I plan to homeschool and would like to know what you would recommend. Do I continue down an age 5 path of just play even though she is already reading writing and doing math or do I move her on to elementary level bc I am having such a hard time challenging her. She loves math, science, engineering and technology even though we don't have tv or tablet time except on rare occasions or special nights. Hope you can help guide me. I'll continue watching your videos to learn more.
I've wanted to be a Waldorf Educator
I’m glad that I am on a Waldorf school
Thank you so much for this insightful video!
Well done.
Omg, I want to teach in a school like this!
The best preschools combine Steiner and Montessori. I went to a preschool that could be described as "if Steiner and Montessori had a baby".
So happy to see a new video! Hope your well! Blessings ♡
Fill 'em with wonder , thank you! All is well. Hope you are, too.
Thanks for the video! I've been following you quite a while. Hope all is well.
Greetings from Malaysia!
You're welcome, Lynn. Thanks for commenting, and sending greetings back to you from the other side of the world!
🤎🙏🏾 thank you kindly
Can Waldorfs survive this competitive capitalist world? Since they don't have any textbooks in maths and sciences
Love this!
So glad! Thank you, LoLoandMommyVlogs.
I dont remember ever sitting at a desk before the age of 6
I don't remember ever sitting at a desk... I still don't!
sorry someone have this video with subtitles in Spanish? I want to share this with mi mom (it's a teacher) but she doesn't speak English, so I would so glad if someone have this video or a similar video on Spanish, thanks anyway c:
Watch at 1.5x speed. She really takes a long ass time to say a simple thing.
I’m currently listening in 1.75x speed
I feel your pain
I wish I went to a Waldorf school 😞. I would have been so much a better person.
They didn’t exist where and when I went to school and even if I could have it is very expensive as they are private.
🙏👍 wonderful
Waldorf education ruined my childhood in a social sense and academic sense.
Can I ask what happened? I’m quite curious about this whole concept but your comment has me concerned suddenly
@@ellagalle I'm 15 years old and have been in waldorf education since I was 7....in the area I live in....I stood out as 'one of those kids that goes to the weird school' the system has no focus whatsoever on exams or academic lifestyle... Which is important because without qualifications you cant really get a job very easily
Rudolph Steiner's belief system is so eccentric, (ego-centric!) so unsupported by evidence, so manifestly bizarre, that rational skeptics are bound to consider it delusional.
I have a younger family member who went to a Waldorf school. It ruined said member in many ways.
How? Every student I've seen has been better than an average student.
Waldorf in a Nutshell: CULT.
👁️🎵🎵🎵
The closest one to me is 2 hours away. So hurt.
What a bunch of crap those kids are always the worst in STEM clases
I've never seen that, I've seen many successful people in stem programs in college from these schools. The students always tend to do better than the average public school
Sure, and this is coming form your background in higher education or because these schools say so. You should actually look at the statistics coming from the university’s. Also take in to consideration those kids you say go off and excel In these fields had outside tutors to supplement their education.
Gee, its only $10K/ year/ child PLUS they get MY TAX DOLLARS so kids can have story time and art classes?
Gee taking people's money and telling stories, sounds like another church to me.
Or a proven way to teach kids successfully rather than how normal American public schools "teach"
Please read Jennifer Sapio’s article before you send your child to this school and read up on the Children of God and Scientology. Do a quick compare and contrast. This organisation has destroyed my family.
Send the ink 🔗
Waldorf Education is outdated .
The only thing I don't like about Waldorf is it's not cruelty free. Many of the traditional materials involve animal products such as beeswax, wool, leather and silk. I love the philosophy and just swap out materials for cheaper vegan versions.
@Enchanted Homeschool it is still harming the animals in the process just like milk. The way we get these things are no cruelty free.
@PhDangerously Over Educated yeah bees maybe but how cows milk is mass produced is pretty tragic.
Man sounds fit for this kind of school, all right
She isn't using air quotes appropriately you can totally trust her with your kids guys. Lmao 🤦🏻♀️
@Cultivating Curiosity You must be Waldorf educated. 🤦🏻♀️
Really, the most important thing for a teacher in dealing with pre-reading age children is the correct use of air quotes. Without that the century old teaching methodology of Waldorf education crumbles. Glad I read this comment and avoided sending my four kids through Waldorf, with my oldest graduating with honors and landing a dream job at Google. Oh, wait, no I did send my kids through Waldorf school, and it was inspiring and wonderful. Haters gonna hate.
@@mattmyren2723 "Really, the most important thing for a teacher in dealing with pre-reading age children is the correct use of air quotes. Without that the century old teaching methodology of Waldorf education crumbles. Glad I read this comment and avoided sending my four kids through Waldorf..."
You were going for witty but ended up strawmanning at best or being too daft to understand what I actually said at worst.
"...with my oldest graduating with honors and landing a dream job at Google."
Glad your kid landed his dream tech job by attending a school that treats technology as an evil hindrance on intelligence. As long as your kid didn't land this job despite the shitty school you send them to, and/or you aren't some pathologic liar, lying about your successful kid.
"Oh, wait, no I did send my kids through Waldorf school, and it was inspiring and wonderful."
Unfortunately for your children, it's your legal right to send your kids to whatever ridiculous excuse for a school you see fit. I don't really care.
"Hater's gonna hate." I made a harmless and perceptive joke. It bore no judgment on Waldorf education, not serious judgment, anyway. You are the hater here, you thin-skinned fool.
Edit: Grammar
Your methods and thus philosophy is opposite of the Prussia based educational model ref: (ruclips.net/video/HvHDcSY_yfo/видео.html) - great news. "The Prussian education system (not a Wikipedia link), still used to this day in most countries worldwide, originated in the early 18th century as a way to instill absolute obedience and uniformity in the students under the guise of education. What the students wanted and thought was irrelevant-the Prussian education system was there to teach them minimal literacy and indoctrinate them into believing in the infallibility of the supreme authority (Prussian King Fredrick William I at the time). The end result was a useful generic worker, readily replaceable and dispensable."
- continued: "Unfortunately, the dangers of the public school system go beyond attempting to mold the minds of the youth. The public school institutions in America and abroad have been infiltrated by intelligence agencies desperate to recruit the brightest minds of the future. In the book, Spy Schools: How the CIA, FBI and Foreign Intelligence Secretly Exploit America’s Universities, investigative journalist Daniel Golden details the exploitative relationship between higher education and intelligence services, both foreign and domestic. Golden examines various case studies illustrating how the Central Intelligence Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation use higher education to their advantage." source: irasocol.medium.com/the-prussian-model-and-the-failure-of-personal-ethics-83cf46602c92