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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you do waldorf, you have to really believe it and stay in for the long haul. You really only start seeing the benefits towards the later grades. If you pull a 3rd grader out of Waldorf and dump them in public school they'll feel horribly behind. But I've read the entire Waldorf curriculum and it's quite comprehensive.[/quote]
Why do you believe a Waldorfed third grader would be behind in a public fourth grade?[/quote]

I am not sure from what perspective you are asking this question. But assuming that you are an outsider considering Waldorf schools, Waldorf schools don't believe in reading before age 7. Some Waldorf adherent claims that reading before age 7 is dangerous to the mind. They generally discourage academics in the younger age and spend a lot of time in more of what the outside people think of as fantasy play.

I am not how strictly Waldorf the area Waldforf schools are. You could also be asked to not own any toys not made of woods and to not own any electronic medias.

Montessori on the other hand is famous for producing precocious readers and mathematicians. And they really don't try to control the students outside the classroom as much.

Very different approach. Waldorf is much more of a philosophy (Steiner). Montessori is more of an educational approach.  [/quote]

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