The following are FAQs organized by related topics.

What is Waldorf Education?
Is Waldorf similar to Montessori?
What does it mean that a Waldorf curriculum has both a horizontal and vertical structure?
It is said that children are the central purpose in Waldorf education. What does that mean?
How is music used in the Waldorf classroom?
What is Eurhythmy?
What is the meaning of the term “rhythm” and why is it important?

What is the role and value of circle time in Waldorf education?
What is the role and value of puppetry in Waldorf education?
What is the role and value of oral storytelling in Waldorf education?
What is the role and value of fairy tales within Waldorf Education?
What is the value of painting, coloring and the role of color in Waldorf education?
What is the value of bread-baking in Waldorf education?
What is the role and value of sculpting in Waldorf education?
What is the role and value of gardening in Waldorf education?
What is the role and value of woodworking in Waldorf education?
What is the role and value of nature and the seasons in Waldorf education?
What is the role and value of knitting and other handwork in Waldorf education?

What is the curriculum like in the Mixed-Age Kindergarten?
Why is the Waldorf kindergarten focused on high-quality pretend play? What is the value of a play-based kindergarten?
What are the advantages of Mixed-Age Kindergarten?
How are reading, literacy and numbers taught in the Waldorf school?

Are Waldorf schools religious?
Does Waldorf education prepare children for the "real" world; and if so, how?
Would a child be at a disadvantage if he were transferred from a public school into a Waldorf school or out of a Waldorf school into a public school?
Why do Waldorf schools recommend the limiting of television, videos, and radio for young children? What is the Jacksonville Waldorf Initiative's stance on this?
What about computers and Waldorf Education?
What is the curriculum like in a Waldorf school, moving from pre-k up through high school?
How do SAT scores compare among Waldorf and traditionally schooled students?
How do Waldorf-schooled children perform after high school