Read more about Steiner Waldorf in the Early Years here: https://steinerearlychildhoodaustralia.org/
The SECA Guidelines for playgroups as that Steiner Waldorf programs share certain fundamental characteristics:
- Loving interest in and acceptance of each child
- Opportunities for self-initiated play with simple play materials as the essential activity for young children.
- Awareness that young children learn through imitation, through the experience of diverse sensory impressions, and through movement.
- The surroundings offer limits, structure and protection, as well as the possibility to take risks and meet challenges.
- A focus on real rather than virtual experiences to support the child in forming a healthy relationship to the world.
- Artistic activities such as storytelling, music, drawing and painting, rhythmic games, and modelling that foster the healthy development of imagination and creativity.
- Meaningful practical work such as cooking, baking, gardening, handwork and domestic activity that provide opportunities to develop unfolding human capacities.
- Predictable rhythms through the day, week and year that provide security and a sense of the interrelationships and wholeness of life.
- Seasonal and other festivals are celebrated according to the cultural and geographical surroundings.
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