A Silicon Valley School That Doesn’t Compute By Matt Richtel, New York Times, October 22^nd 2011

Parents Urged Again to Limit TV for Youngest By Benedict Carey, New York Times, October 18^th 2011

Why Pre-school shouldn’t be like School By Alison Gopnik, Slate.com, March 16 2011

Want to get your kids into college? Let them play By Erika Christakis and Nicholas Christakis, CNN, December 29 2010

The Risk of Parenting While Plugged In By Julie Scelfo, New York Times, June 2010

The Revolt of the Bruppies By Jason Fagone, Philadelphia Magazine, June 2010

The Death of Handwriting By Philadelphia Magazine, July 2011

From Finland an Intriguing School Reform Model – New York Times, December 2011

What Americans keep ignoring about Finlands school success – The Atlantic, December 2011

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The Waldorf Way: Silicon Valley School eschews technology By Rehema Ellis, NBC News, November 30^th 2011

Changing Education Paradigms By Sir Ken Robinson, TED, October 2010

The Waldorf School of Philadelphia featured on The Teacher Says with Aditi Roy on NBC10

Modern Childhood and the Brain, Psychologist Gabrielle Principe talks to Radio Times host, Marty Moss-Coane, December 2011

Why Waldorf By Paul Zehrer, The Marin County Waldorf School

Kathy Hirsh Pasek, Cognitive Developmental Research and Education

Play based learning is the bed-rock of all Waldorf early childhood classrooms.  Since the inception of the first Waldorf school in 1919, Waldorf Education has embraced the benefits of free-play in the belief that it builds empathy and better self-control and leads to greater problem solving and learning abilities.  The authors of this article say that they see Harvard students who have trouble getting along.  They suggest that college students may be better equipped to learn and interact if they had been taught through play-based curricula as opposed to the drill ‘n kill of skill based learning which can lead to greater social isolation.

So, Want your kids to get into college?  Let them Play!  by Erika Christakis and Nicholas Christakis

Erika Christakis, MEd, MPH, is an early childhood teacher and former preschool director. Nicholas Christakis, MD, PhD, is a professor of medicine and sociology at Harvard University. Together, they serve as Masters of Pforzheimer House, one of the undergraduate residential houses at Harvard College.