Little attention is given to speech in the schools, yet it has
an essential formative effect on the children. Students should
develop a love for the miracle of language and learn to create
in their speech the pictures that live so vividly in them. They
need to learn to breathe fully for their health, to articulate
well and to bring presence and color into their speech. What a
wealth of culture lies in the stories, poems and dramatic works
of humanity! This, too is a part of the education of our
children. Equally important is that teachers speak in a healthy
and filled way before the children. Speech is the teacher's
primary tool, and the speech that the children hear has a
profound effect on them. Creative Speech is an integral part of
the curriculum of the Waldorf Schools worldwide. Speech artists
can advise teachers on texts which are appropriate for the
different ages and how to learn discover how the texts ask to be
spoken.