Waldorf: Education for the 21st century When approached by the
news media and asked the question, "What did Waldorf Education
do for you?," Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg replied,
"It encouraged me to always strive to become a better human
being." In Waldorf schools, children learn experientially,
creating their own handwritten and beautifully illustrated
textbooks, chronicling their educational experience through
their own eyes and hands. What begins in Kindergarten, with
children baking bread, polishing wooden toys with fragrant
beeswax, and experimenting with watercolour, evolves into a
passion for lifelong learning. In the earlier grades, mental
concepts are introduced with concrete objects, while imaginative
stories form the basis for arithmetical problems. In the
advanced grades, physics, inorganic chemistry and mathematics
are treated with visual artistry as well as precision. “Waldorf
taught me how to think for myself, to be accountable for my
actions, to be a good listener and be sensitive