Curriculum
There are many paths one may take during the journey of life. One of the most crucial paths is the type of education parents choose for their children. This one decision will affect the child for the rest of his or her life and will influence the type of paths this same child will select once he or she matures into adulthood. Waldorf education provides an academic curriculum rich with art and sensitive to each stage of a child’s growth, which will aid the child to mature into an adult who is educated, fully human and able to wisely use his or her talents and capacities to bring about cultural renewal in modern society.
In Waldorf education, the development of the child is composed of three seven-year stages: the willing stage is from birth to seven years, the feeling stage is from seven to fourteen, and the thinking stage is from fourteen to twenty-one. The curriculum of the Waldorf School of Pittsburgh is designed as stepping-stones, each building upon the other, to assist the child as he or she walks the path to full maturity.