Articles & Research

Waldorf Education

• First Grade Readiness

Parenting

• The Gift of No
• How To Nurture Storytelling
• The Disadvantages of Time Out

The importance of storytelling, of the natural rhythms of daily life, of the evolutionary changes in the child, of art as the necessary underpinning of learning, and of the aesthetic environment as a whole…
—Paul Bayers

Child Development

• Babies Deserve Some Respect
• Old-Fashioned Play Builds Serious Skills (from NPR.com)
• Strangers in Our Homes

Results of Waldorf Education

• College Acceptances for Waldorf Grades

Handwork

• Lavender dolls

Leadership and Governance

• Servant Leadership
• Lessons from Geese

Waldorf Education

• A Look at Waldorf and Montessori Education by Barbara Shell
• Is Waldorf Education Christian? by William Ward (Spring/Summer 2001)
• Steiner's Chicago Legacy Shines Brightly by Claudia M. Lenart, Conscious Choice, June 2003
• The Waldorf Way by Edgar Allen Beem The Boston Globe
• The Wisdom of Waldorf: Education for the Future by Rahima Baldwin Dancy Mothering Magazine, Issue 123, March/April 2004
• There is more to reading than meets the eye by Barbara Sokolov

Grades 1–12

• A Class as a Community by Dorothy Harrer
• Astronomy Verses for Middle Schoolers by John Trevillion
• Birthday Verses by Roberto Trostli
• Drawing: From First Grade to High School by Carl Froebe
• How Eurythmy Works in the Curriculum by Kari van Oordt
• Waldorf High School Summer Reading List

Early Childhood and Play

• The Vital Role of Play in Early Childhood by Joan Almon
• School failure may be linked to lack of play in early childhood The Alliance for Childhood, October 2006
• The importance of play in promoting healthy child development and maintaining strong child-parent bonds
• Winter Hand Gesture Game by Paulene Hanna

Waldorf Alums

There are a number of articles by and about Waldorf graduations at Why Waldorf Works.

• Learning To Learn Essays written by Waldorf graduates

Technology & Media

• Ending the Commercialization of Childhood by The Alliance for Childhood
• Taming the Media Monster by Thomas Poplawski
• TV and ADD by Foster W. Kline

Attention-Related & Learning Disorders

• On Learning Difficulties in the Early Years by Ewout Van Manen
• The Waldorf Approach to Attention-Related Disorders by Kim Payne, Arthur Zajonc, Martha Hadley

See Why Waldorf Works for many more great articles.

Home Life

• Bidding and Forbidding by Alfred Schreiber
• Chaos in Everyday Life: About Cleaning and Caringby Linda Thomas
• Confronting the Culture of Disrespect by Langdon Winner
• Feeding the Child's Soul in Nature by Su Rubinoff
• Modern Food: Is it Really Future Oriented? by Petra Kühne
• Storytelling as a Healing Art by Nancy Mellon
• The Importance of Sleep by Susan Johnson, MD
• The Importance of Warmth by Susan Johnson, MD
• The Rhythm of Life by Helle Heckmann
• The Unfolding of Sexuality by Mathias Wais
• Welcoming Babies  by Rena Osmer
• What Nourishes Our Children? by Petra Kühne