École Rudolf Steiner de Montréal

Welcome

AN EDUCATION THAT FOLLOWS THE NATURAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN

École Rudolf Steiner de Montréal is North America’s only private French Waldorf School. It offers a unique education that follows the natural development of children. This uniqueness is attracting a new generation of parents whose goal is to nurture their children with academics that are not forced but rather evolve with their unique rhythm.

INFUSED WITH THE ARTS

What better way to learn than by doing? Subjects are unified by the invaluable integration of the arts - whether drawing, playing, manual work, singing or dancing. Educating the whole child (mind, body and spirit) is paramount. Children learn subjects through storytelling, visual stimulation, and experience. Although ERSM follows the government curriculum, its approach is unique.

I think the beauty of the Waldorf system is that they don't teach art -- it's not a subject. Art is the way by which everything is taught and learned. Art is "high play" and only through high play does real learning take place. Yes, this is the way to a real life. The rest of it is conditioning to another's employ, another's motive, another's idea of life.
- Joseph Chilton Pearce

WHERE IMAGINATION IS KEY

Imagination drives us! Imagine not forcing a child to trade in his imagination for reality at a too young age. How inspired would the child be? Encouraging children to imagine is key to stimulating them to learn, love learning and grow into individuals. At ERSM, preserving and encouraging children’s creative imagination fuels everything. It’s as important as any subject.

The human ability to imagine should not be undervalued – it is the source of genius - and its roots are to be found in the creative play of early childhood.
- Lynne Oldfield

AND VALUES ARE HOLISTIC

To be natural was once thought of as granola. Today, everything nature and natural is the new cool. Simplicity is cherished. Organic is wholesome. Shopping local is a must. ERSM is finally, right on trend! From its natural fiber toys and handcrafted furnishings and simplistic décor, to its garden playground, nature plays an intrinsic role in learning about the world. Children enjoy the outdoors every day. They visit a biodynamic local farm to learn where food comes from, and they grow and harvest their own vegetables every year.

The child meets its teacher every day.
He scrutinizes him to learn from him.

He observes the teacher liaising with other teachers.
He observes him interacting with his parents.

The child sees the work that together these adults are doing for it,
for its class, for the school community and for the community at large.

The child observes and learns.

It is up to us then to be worthy of this purest regard.
It is up to us to grow with the child and for the child.

It is up to us to create a caring and healthy community
to surround our children.