The fundamental ideal upon which Waldorf education rests is that it is the birthright of every child to develop his or her full human potential: to develop clear, creative thought and expression; blance and compassion in feeling, and conscience and initiative in action. We believe that educatjion is a process of ''bringing forth'' (from the Latin educare-to lead out), not merely putting in, and thus the Waldorf curriculum builds on the child's natural sense of wonder and love of learning. Waldorf education, to paraphrase W.B Yeats, is the lighting of a fire, not the fililng of a pail.