by Louise Oberholzer A fundamental principle of Waldorf education is its focus on child development. In this respect it is unique in the depth of this focus. The Waldorf educator is fascinated by child development and devotes a fair amount of time to observation of the child. The aim is to really understand the five year old or the nine…

by Louise Oberholzer   The Golden Years The Story of The King’s Children Once there was a king who had two children and he sent them on a journey to find the end of the world. To the one he gave a purple robe and wine and bread for the journey. To the other he gave only sour bread and…

by Louise Oberholzer When the child turns ten or eleven a new development takes place. She is now, for the first time able to form what Piaget called concrete operations. She can fully understand cause and effect and can make abstractions. We know when the children have not reached this point when they take us literally. When we say, for…