Steiner and technology - a 9-year-old possibly starting

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We’re moving to a new area, and I’m interested in exploring Steiner as an antidote to mainstream schools.

But the tv / games horse has bolted the stables already! And I sort of remember Steiner is a no tech at home deal. Is this all through school thing? Or only early years?

All I will say is lack of access to tech is the least of the problems in Steiner school. Do your research - including here on Mumsnet

www.quackometer.net/blog/2013/03/bill-roache-karma-reincarnation-and-steiner-schools.html

if you want your child to believe that any problems s/he has is due to how they behaved in a past life then go ahead.....

Wow! Officially put off Steiner! The local one gets a decent ofsted, I’d hoped they’d be sort of Steiner-lite!

I know some kids that go to a Steiner school and they have phones and some tech at home

Do your research really well. The issue isn't tech.

There are some REALLY good things about the Steiner curriculum. The trouble is that they're come with the Steiner philosophy.

I went to a Steiner school. I didn't hate it at all, it was good for me in some ways too. I really enjoyed the craft side. But my children aren't in one - which is deliberate. None of my school friends have their children in the Steiner system. One former classmate did have hers in the system for a while, but she actually grew up in the system, didn't just go to school in it, so that was a different situation.

If anybody can develop a un-Steiner school - all the good creative things and remove the bad bits - they'd have hit the curriculum jackpot.

depends On the school and to an extent your teacher and the other parents in your class, how you approach your involvement in the system.

I don’t know anyone who was Steiner educated who believes they were reincarnated and most of them are fully integrated into the real world.

A lot of them had big problems after the Steiner education experience. Do your research and read all sources, then make your decision.

It depends a bit on the school. The one near us is lovely (we went to a parent and child group there). Good ofstesd report. There are some things I don't like like the banning of the colour black, teaching of reading, quite rigid in development in early years/ sweeping with one brush. I wouldn't send my children to a waldorf school though there are elements I love. However I love the stories, how beautiful and art based it is. I'd love to create a waldorf-ish school.
You would be better off looking around the school and maybe a trial day.
I think they'd expect the children to have technology as they got older, but nor as young as nine. If all he wants to talk about is Minecraft and call of duty etc he might not fit in. If he sometimes uses a family device for educational games, watching films and documentaries, typing up stories he wouldn't be totally out there / the only one.