Kindergarten and School Resources There are resources available that may be of assistance to both new initiatives, and existing kindergartens and schools. "We shouldn't ask: 'What does a person need to know or be able to do in order to fit into the existing social order?' Instead we should ask: 'What lives in each human being and what can be developed in him or her?' Only then will it be possible to direct the new qualities of each emerging generation into society. Society will then become, what young people, as whole human beings, make out of the existing social conditions. The new generation should not just be made to be what present society wants it to become". Rudolf Steiner

Please feel free to use any of these documents to aid any Steiner initiative.

1. Read the Overview of Steiner Education online) or
   Download and open the document in Word 6.0 / 95 (43Kb)
   You could hand this out at public meetings, etc.

2. Kim Billington has produced several articles and other resources: Contact her by e-mail at kimandcaroline@hotmail.com
   -  Steiner Education - The Waldorf Approach (2007)
   - Book review on starting a playgroup: How to get going, why things are done, and answers every question I’ve ever been asked about Playgroups
   - Creating a Steiner Playgroup
   - Chapter Books: A great resource to help you select books for your children
   - A example brochure you could use to promote a Steiner Playgroup
   - How ideas about Childhood and Education have evolved
   - Play First is a book and DVD / Video resource for kindergarten teachers, child-care providers and parents
   - Songs & Stories Together, a one hour DVD with book. A training resource for early childhood workers & playgroup leaders. $65 + postage, available from IB Publications: ibpub01@onthenet.com.au
   - The Value of a Steiner-Inspired Playgroup in our Modern World: An article to help with a submission to a local council.
   - Education for adolescents - Notes from Rudolf Steiner’s Lectures to staff at the Stuttgart Waldorf School, June 12 – 19, 1921. The school had been established for 2 years and were preparing to commence a Year 10.

3. Dr Jennifer Gidley has been working with Steiner education for almost thirty years - the first half as a Steiner school founder and teacher in NSW and the last 15 years as an academic researcher creating conceptual bridges between Steiner philosophy and pedagogy and mainstream education and contemporary academic writing.
   You can find and download some of her articles at:
   http://researchbank.rmit.edu.au/list/author_id/1311658/

4. Poems and Verses for Children by Paul King

5. Starting a Kindergarten (in PDF format) or read it on line.
   This document relates to the bureaucratic aspects of opening a Kinder, not the education. Some information relates specifically to Victoria, but similar organisations and requirements would exist in every state.

6. There is also a document to provide some help when starting a new Steiner School.

7. Frequently Asked Questions about Waldorf Education

8. Steiner, Anthroposophy and Education

9. The soul of a school - An Anecdotal and Annotated Record of a School Organisation Study Group - An interesting history of the Silver Tree Steiner School in WA

10. Insight Steiner - an article on Steiner education in the State system in Australia

11. Klemm desks - from Little Yarra Steiner School

There is a separate page containing other information About Steiner Education.

If you have any documents or information that you would like to share with others, please send me an E-mail.

Last updated on 20 December, 2010