http://www.privateschoolsboulder.com Questions to help you decide Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:02:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.privateschoolsboulder.com/what-is-this-schools-approach-to-spirituality/comment-page-1#comment-5 Ellen Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:02:48 +0000 http://www.privateschoolsboulder.com/?p=21#comment-5 If you sit in on a class in a Waldorf school, you don’t get the impression of a religious school—what you experience is an environment of caring, respect, creativity. It’s difficult to convey the depth and richness of the unique Waldorf environment. I suggest you visit a classroom if you haven’t already done so. When I first walked into a Waldorf classroom, I immediately felt a kind of peaceful feeling. There was beautiful artwork on the large chalkboard at the front of the room, drawn the night before by the class teacher. I listened to a main lesson beginning with an engaging story that pulled me right into it. I listened as the children sang songs and said verses together. Clearly something captivating was going on here that was beyond the usual educational approach. The more I learned, the more I wished I had experienced this as a child myself. At least I could offer this to my child. If you sit in on a class in a Waldorf school, you don’t get the impression of a religious school—what you experience is an environment of caring, respect, creativity. It’s difficult to convey the depth and richness of the unique Waldorf environment. I suggest you visit a classroom if you haven’t already done so. When I first walked into a Waldorf classroom, I immediately felt a kind of peaceful feeling. There was beautiful artwork on the large chalkboard at the front of the room, drawn the night before by the class teacher. I listened to a main lesson beginning with an engaging story that pulled me right into it. I listened as the children sang songs and said verses together. Clearly something captivating was going on here that was beyond the usual educational approach. The more I learned, the more I wished I had experienced this as a child myself. At least I could offer this to my child.

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