The Colonial Study Group

Gaining wisdom from Rudolf Steiner and Waldorf Education

"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, begin it now." - Goethe

   A dream.... to bring Waldorf Education and a school to Williamsburg.

   What we can do.... is gather together an adult study group to study the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner, Anthroposophy and Waldorf education.

   We will begin it.... by meeting at Kinderhaus Toys, Village Shops at Kingsmill, 1915 Pocahontas Trail # A 8, Williamsburg. Please call 757-645-2980 for details.

   Boldness has genius.... in Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925). Steiner was an Austrian scientist, philosopher, artist, author and educator who developed and founded the first Waldorf School in 1919 in Stuttgart, Germany. Today there are well over 870 schools all over the world.

   Power and magic.... is in the curriculum. "When children relate what they learn to their own experience, they are interested and alive, and what they learn becomes their own. Waldorf schools are designed to foster this king of learning." Henry Barnes

   Let us consider how this education works. "There is no early, forced intellectualization; simple toys of natural materials are used to stimulate the child's powers of fantasy and imagination. It is a balanced education of the whole child of thinking, feeling, and willing. Teaching methods are based on the child's natural stage of learning: imitation in the early years, a beloved trusted authority figure in the middle years, and the intellectual search for truth after puberty. There is a natural unity of art, science and moral/spiritual values in the curriculum material." Lois Cusick

   Begin it now.... The Colonial Study Group will be led by two certified Waldorf Teachers, Miss Tiffeni Goesel of Williamsburg and Mrs. D'Anne Dougherty of Newport News.

   Begin it now.... A play group in the style of Waldorf will be forming this Spring. Please visit Kinderhaus Toys website for updates, more info and registration.

   Begin it now and join us in the growing of Waldorf in Williamsburg.