How do Waldorf teachers put their educational ideals into practice in the classroom? How does a teacher connect geography, art and language to enliven the souls of children? What does a child’s respect for the teacher mean for later life? These are only a few practical aspects of this initial course for Waldorf teachers, now in a new, revised edition.

During an intensive two weeks, Rudolf Steiner gave three simultaneous educational courses to those who were to be the first teachers of the original Waldorf school in Stuttgart, Germany. In this course, which integrates theory and practice, Steiner spoke of new ways to teach reading, writing, geography, geometry, language, and much more. His approach is tailored to the spiritual and physical needs of the children themselves, not to an arbitrary curriculum based solely on external results.

At a time when public education is in a state of crisis, this book describes how children around the world are being guided into adulthood with a fuller sense of themselves and with a creative approach to life and the world around them.