Hi Carrie,
Just wanted to let you know that my little big man went to a steiner school. We adored it as we are a very spiritually minded and holistic family. After about 7 months though he became unbearably bored and pleaded to be sent to a normal school where he could do maths and read and write. we were teactching him these skills at home because of his request but ultimately we couldnt stimulate him enough. He has been in private school ever since. his grades are wonderful and he is a very high achiever however very emotionally immature and thats where the steiner was very character building for him. he is a very complicated little bloke and is highly strung and i think the steiner stream catered to him better but he begs to differ(he is nearly 9 now). he says now, it was just like more kinder. I can tell you loads about it if you need more information. Sophia mundi school has a good informative website about rudolph steiner and his philosophies. they are very different to montessori. There is quite a philosophical ethereal background behind rudolph. there is also a great steiner store in kew in melbourne they do ahve a web shop.Hope this helps.

Pauline