Arts in Education

Arts in education titles explore how drawing, painting, music, movement, drama, and storytelling function as essential learning tools — not supplements — within the Waldorf curriculum. Rudolf Steiner placed artistic activity at the center of his educational philosophy, arguing that engaging the child’s feeling life through the arts cultivates capacities of thinking and will that purely intellectual instruction cannot reach. This collection gathers the practical and theoretical resources that make arts-integrated education possible.

Featured works include Thomas Wildgruber’s Painting and Drawing in Waldorf Schools, an extensively illustrated guide used in teacher training worldwide, and Julius Knierim’s writings on music education in Waldorf schools. You will find books on form drawing, watercolor painting techniques for each grade, storytelling as a pedagogical art, eurythmy in education, clay modeling, woodworking, and the educational use of drama and puppetry. Specific authors to look for include Margrit Jünemann, Van James, and Nancy Mellon.

This collection serves Waldorf teachers integrating the arts into their main lesson blocks, homeschooling parents seeking artistic activities aligned with developmental stages, and arts educators interested in holistic approaches. The Rudolf Steiner Bookstore offers titles spanning every artistic discipline taught in Waldorf schools. See the subcategories Storytelling in Education and Eurythmy in Education for focused selections.