We appreciate the deep understanding of child development on which Rudolf Steiner based his educational philosophy. He spoke of three 7-year periods, each dominated by a particular way of meeting the world: birth to age 7 through willing, ages 7 to 14 through feeling, and ages 14 to 21 through thinking. The Waldorf curriculum is designed to meet the student holistically at each developmental stage along the way.    

Elementary grade teachers bring everything through imaginative stories and pictures to engage the feeling life of the students. Throughout the grades, learning is kept alive by always providing the students with an experience first before guiding them on to their own discovery of concepts. Students engage their bodies and voices daily through rhythmic movement, music, speech exercises, and oral presentations. There are no textbooks used in Waldorf schools; instead, students make their own illustrated books to record their learning. 

Waldorf education also inspires us to integrate art, beauty, reverent rituals, nature, and oral storytelling into the life of the school. Our name, Wondering Wild, was inspired by Steiner’s belief that in order for real, deep learning to occur, it must begin with wonder.