What can early years practitioners learn from Steiner
kindergartens?
What is distinctive about Steiner kindergarten teachers ways of
getting to know children?
As demands for accountability in Early Years settings continue
to grow, external pressure to assess children and to measure their
progress can disrupt the development of informal and intimate
relationships between teachers and children.
The contributors to this book, who include both experienced
Steiner educators and early childhood experts from other
backgrounds, have worked together to explore and understand what is
distinctive about Steiner kindergarten practice. They present a
variety of perspectives on the ways in which kindergarten teachers
practices, values and beliefs can help children to find and
construct their own identities, through play and through engagement
in the life of their community.
The authors explore key aspects of Steiner kindergarten
practice, including caring for the physical environment,
establishing rhythms and routines for children s activity, and
providing times and spaces in which teachers and children can get
to know each other. By meeting with children and teachers, through
rich accounts of day to day life in kindergartens and through
accounts of the values and principles which inform their practice,
readers will be encouraged to question and reflect on their own
approaches to observation and assessment.
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