WALDORF: "You are your child's first teacher" by Rahima Baldwin Dancy, Ed Medici, Barcelona, \u200b\u200b2007. 
Waldorf education has been (and is) a source of inspiration for parents looking for an alternative upbringing for their children. Controversial for his spiritual side with religious overtones, which are not always clearly addressed by their own teachers, and also our historical burden and prejudice in general, lead to rejection in families that could be related. Also arouses suspicion in certain sectors for their alternative management approach that active teaching methods, and the ubiquitous and central figure of the teacher, who sets an example for his disciples continued. Some also check back this teaching by its elite halo: Waldorf schools are private, often have high tariffs and many are in high income areas.
As there is no cross without a face, with these possible drawbacks, we have to celebrate the virtues of this pedagogy developed from the legacy left by the German philosopher Rudolf Steiner, who founded the first Waldorf School in 1919 snuff factory of the same name, to meet the needs of the employees had to provide a quality education for their children.
Above all, the values \u200b\u200bWaldorf childhood, a childhood long and full, in which children are covers their real needs, and develop in harmony their physical aspects, mental and emotional because of the knowledge of their different developmental stages of adults accompanying them, both parents and educators. And just for this, well worth adding his studio to our list of concerns.
From the extensive bibliography on Waldorf education, we review a book published by Ediciones Medici: "YOU ARE YOUR CHILD'S FIRST TEACHER. What can parents and their children from birth to six years. " Written by Rahima Baldwin Dancy, mother of four American, as well as a midwife and Waldorf educator, which unfolds in a volume of more than 300 pages of knowledge on early childhood and the role that parents play in educating their children, in his view the highest priority. And it does so with simplicity and clarity, leaving clear the nutritional wisdom which gives the way to go looking for solutions to real problems of living with their children.
interviewed him a few months ago in one of his stops in Spain between "Extreme Challenge" and "Extreme Challenge" and was as cordial as it appears on your wonderful program. The conversation can be read in the August issue of the youth magazine Muy Interesante Junior. At the moment Jesus Calleja is in the Himalayas with a group of aspiring adventurers without experience, will soon result in Four. All the information you hang punctually on the blog of the program: 
http://blog.cuatro.com/desafioextremo/ 
