Municipal General Educational Institution Secondary General Education School "Samara Waldorf School"

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The first Waldorf school was established in 1919 in Stuttgart. Rudolf Steiner was not only the author
of ideas and the head of a school but he also founded a special pedagogical system, therapeutic
pedagogics and medicine, and a whole spiritual school. The main idea of Waldorf pedagogical
system is that childhood is a unique period in a human life: it’s impossible to consider this age the
same as elder one. It’s very important to give a child an opportunity of development in a natural way,
according to the age and abilities. Nowadays there are 35 Waldorf Secondary Schools and 70
Waldorf Kindergarten in Russia. In 2001 one small group of little children was established on the
basis of Samara Waldorf Secondary School. There are now about 100 children of 3 to 6 years old in
four Waldorf Kindergartens. They attend the Kindergarten for a full day stay, where they get personal
development through games and communication, according to Waldorf system. They develop new
skills through the imitation and examples of adults and this experience enriches their personality and
establishes it. The volunteers that come to be involved in this project are asked to show the diversity
of their cultures, to show children different patterns that form individuality. The volunteers help in
organising playing facilities and any forms of traditional games, dances and art. For a long time in
Russia and former Soviet Union it was absolutely impossible to implement this kind of children
education system and that brings us to the current necessity of Waldorf Kindergarten in a city like
Samara.