This page is a selection of news articles relevant to childhood development and Waldorf education.
Press Releases
2023-2024 Why Waldorf Works Education Series
September | Middle School Meeting
November | Waldorf Approach to Nurturing the Young Child and Ellersiek Games
November/December | Bridge to the Grades for Rising Grade One (True Kindergarten) Families at 2023 Tucson Birth and Baby Fest
December | Simplicity Parenting with Emphasis on the Holidays & Parent Forum for Winter Break Ideas
January | Eurythmy for Adults
February | Bridge to Middle School for Grades 4 and 5
March | The Waldorf Approach to Reading
April | The Waldorf Approach to Science
May | The Waldorf Approach to Discipline & Parent Forum for Summer Break Ideas
Articles about Tucson Waldorf School
Tucson Waldorf School offers preview of curriculum – Arizona Daily Star, January 25, 2014
School Spotlight: Tucson Waldorf School – TucsonTopia, November 2013
Puppets helping get the word out – The Arizona Daily Star, May 2, 2013
Outstanding Fundraising Professional – Laura Alexander – Tucson Lifestyle, November 2012
The Farm Individuality in a Desert City: River Road Gardens at the Tucson Waldorf School – Waldorf Today (originally published in the quarterly membership journal of the Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association), November 2011
Farm at Base of Foothills – As Local as it Gets – Foothills News, November 3, 2010
Waldorf School educates ‘head, heart, and hands’ – Tucson Citizen, February 11, 2008
Playgarden Articles
Scientific Inquiry Among the Preschool Set – The New York Times, October 1, 2012
Play, Stress and the Learning Brain – The DANA Foundation, September 24, 2012
Why 6-year-old Girls Want to be Sexy – Waldorf Today, September 2012
How Creeping and Crawling Prepares a Child for School Life – Movement for Childhood, Summer, 2012
If We Don’t Let Our Children Play, Who Will Be the Next Steve Jobs? – Huff Post.com, October 20, 2011
Music Feeds Your Soul and Builds Your Brain – BrainAthelte.com
Education Articles
Bringing Knitting to the Primary Classroom: Supporting Learning – Sydney Rudolf Steiner College
What Learning Cursive Does for Your Brain– Psychology Today, March 14, 2013
Technology Changing How Students Learn, Teachers Say – The New York Times, November 1, 2012
Philosophizing Science: A Different Approach to American Higher Education – The Rice Standard, October 8, 2012
Teachers’ Expectations Can Influence How Students Perform – NPR, September 17, 2012
Back to School – An episode about an emerging theory on what to teach kids from the book, “How Children Succeed” by Paul Tough – This American Life, September 14, 2012
Early Music Lessons Have Longtime Benefits – New York Times, September 10, 2012
Tiny Lifesaver for a Growing Worry: EpiPens in Schools – New York Times, September 7, 2012
Teach Your Children Well: Sir Ken Robinson Calls for a Revolution in Education – Costco Connection, August 2012
The Importance of Music in Schools – Denver Post, May 1, 2010
Waldorf Education Articles
Students Drive Own Education at Waldorf School – La Crosse Tribune, November 3, 2012
CNN Report on Technology-free Education at Waldorf School of the Peninsula – CNN, March 13, 2012
This is What a School is Meant to Be – Ecuador’s Dr. Angel Castillo Visits American Waldorf Schools – Waldorf Today, January 16, 2012
NBC Nightly News – A segment on The Waldorf School of the Peninsula – NBC, November 30, 2011
Control • Halt • Delete: Why some educators and scientists believe technology is bad for brains — especially young ones – An article about The Waldorf School of the Peninsula – Colorado Springs Independent, November 24, 2011
Students Learn Unplugged at Los Altos School – An article about The Waldorf School of the Peninsula – CBS, November 10, 2011
A Silicon Valley School That Doesn’t Compute – Investigative reporter Matt Richtel researched the impact of technology in the classroom. One of the schools he visited is The Waldorf School of the Peninsula – New York Times October 22, 2011
Parenting Articles
Molly Wright: How every child can thrive by five | TED – TED, August 9, 2021
Mental Health Benefits of Nature – NAMI|California
Nature and Mental Health – Mind, 2021
Living Arts Weekly: The Power of “You May” – LifeWays of North America, May 24, 2020
No More 1950s: How Simplicity Parenting is the Way to Prepare Kids for a Complex Future – Waldorf Today, September 2012
What Ails Us? Reframing the Way We Think About Chronic Illness, Drug Addiction and Attention-Deficit Disorder – Waldorf Today, September 2012
Raising Successful Children – New York Times, August 4, 2012
Resilience – Waldorf Today, August 2012
The Hormone Surge of Middle Childhood – New York Times, December 26, 2011
No Bad Kids – Toddler Discipline Without Shame – JanetLansbury.com, April 29, 2010
Technology Articles
Surgeon General Issues New Advisory About Effects Social Media Use Has on Youth Mental Health – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, May 23, 2023
The Truth About Teens, Social Media and the Mental Health Crisis – Health News from NPR, April 25, 2023
Problematic Social Media Use in Adolescents and Young Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JMIR Publications, Vol 9, No 4 (2022): April
How True Are Our Assumptions About Screen Time? – NAEYC, October 2012
Is Technology Sapping Children’s Creativity? – The Washington Post, September 13, 2012
The Twitter Trap – New York Times, May 18, 2011
Publications, Newsletters and Blogs
Amy Crown: Fairy Tales for Brave Hearts – Living Traditional Arts by Kate Walter (former TWS teacher) on Amy Crown’s CD of read-aloud Grimm fairytales
Reflections on Parenting – Blog by Colette Green, a former Waldorf teacher
Rudolf Steiner on the Internet
Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA) Inform
Sonoran Sun Fall 2010 –Tucson Waldorf School quarterly newsletter
Sonoran Sun Spring 2011 –Tucson Waldorf School quarterly newsletter
Sonoran Sun Fall 2011 –Tucson Waldorf School quarterly newsletter
Sonoran Sun Winter 2011 –Tucson Waldorf School quarterly newsletter
Videos
Preparing for Life
Waldorf Education turns 100
Why Waldorf?
CNN Video on Waldorf education – The Waldorf Way with Dr. Sanjay Gupta