Understanding Waldorf Education Teaching from the Inside Out

I’ve been a Waldorf parent for 4 years but I havent been able to describe to people who ask about the Waldorf school what makes it so different and so special. Ive found Steiners work to be impenetrable. This book by Jack Petrash, however, I loved. Its written so 21st century mortals can understand it and relate to it. --- Waldorf parent, California      Youth workers and educators, as well as parents, will find some insight into communicating important lessons to children who might balk at the standard delivery of information. --- Youth Today     Jack Petrashs eloquent, wise and deeply moving book gives me a new found appreciation for Waldorf education. Even though I have been a Waldorf parent for nearly twenty-five years and a Waldorf teacher for nearly two years, I found Petrashs explanation of the curriculums threefold approach fresh and illuminating. Whether you are a parent, an educator, a policy maker, or simply a person interested in human growth and learning, read this book. --- Eric Utne, Founder of the Utne Reader      A jargon-free view of Waldorf education and its philosophy of the  importance of a three-dimensional education. Since their inception over 80 years ago, Waldorf Schools have offered a much-needed model for educational reform. The author provides a compelling, clearly written picture of the key components of a Waldorf Education, focusing especially on child learning experiences that develop thought, feeling, and intentional, purposeful activity.     Ideal for Waldorf parents and teachers, this book gives a clear, common sense understanding of this uncommon education.     Jack Petrash has been a Waldorf teacher for over 30 years, much of that time at the Washington Waldorf School in the USA, where he has taken three classes of children from Class 1 to Class 8.