After a school year like no other, our children need a break from isolation, stillness and the indoors. The Waldorf School of Philadelphia summer camps will keep children safe and provide ample amounts of enriching social time with friends.
In Waldorf education, teachers share cultural myths with students in third through sixth grade as part of the language arts and history curriculum. While we typically teach our fourth-grade students about Norse mythology, as many Waldorf schools do, we are also consciously moving towards a less Euro-centric curriculum. Our fourth graders also learn the myths of the Māori people of New Zealand. The Māori originated with settlers from eastern Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several canoe voyages between 1320 and 1350.
Connection and relationships are at the heart of Waldorf education. Now is a time when isolation and divisiveness are all around us. Yet we must hold fast to stand for togetherness, keep our connections, and cultivate courage over fear and apathy. How is to be done? Waldorf education and its roots in Anthroposophy can offer guidance.
Waldorf education and its roots in Anthroposophy can offer guidance. Faculty chair, Kelly Beekman, has been taking this question to heart for our children and our community.