The Waldorf pedagogy is based on the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner.
Steiner was born in February 1861 in what is modern day Croatia, though his nationality was Austrian (and why wouldn't it be with a name like that). Though we now remember him mainly for his educational legacy this was only an offshoot of his main philosophical work. The Waldorf education is an attempt to bring...
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Choosing Pre-Schools
Without a doubt the period of your child's education with the most number of choices is their pre-schooling. Not only are there a high number of institutions in this sector, there are also a bewildering selection of ways with which they refer to themselves. There are crèches, day cares, pre-schools, schools, and kindergartens to name but a few. On top of this you get the educat...
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Newborn Child Care – Your Options A B C
So you have a child. A magical process happens and suddenly there you have it, a human being whom you are responsible for. They are very complex, with unique needs and unfortunately they do not come with manual. At some point you are going to have to take the plunge and hand over the care of your precious one to someone else for part of the day. When that happens will be large...
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What is a Montessori school?
Confession time. Until very recently I had no idea what a Montessori school was, and the first one I did see I thought was just a weird name for a school. When I had a child of my own it became apparent that it was more than just one school, but I still had no idea what it was actually all about.
Then you get talking to other parents and realize that 'Montessori' is one of t...
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Editorial- education Southern Peninsula
We live in an area with a vast array of different choices when it comes to our children's education. The Southern peninsula area (covering Muizenberg, St James, Kalk Bay, Fish Hoek, Simon's Town, Kommetjie, Noordhoek, and Scarborough) is home to some great education facilities, and your choices are not only going to be governed by budget. Budget is a factor, but you can also ch...
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