Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: gain an understanding of will development through the lens of the Waldorf craft curriculum in grades 1-8; experience the progression of activities in the childhood years; gain practical experience of children’s developmental stages and their relevance and adaptation to the curative educational setting; gain insight into how children learn new will activities through challenging oneself to learn new craft skill; develop practical exercise of teaching a specific student one skill over time; gain an awareness of the complexities of working with individual students with disabilities; describe aspects of the craft curriculum of the Waldorf school, lower grades and its relevance to the developmental stages of the child; explain processes underlying the will development of all children; explain some of the ways in which various craft activities can be adapted for the child with special needs; reflect on her/his own learning process in acquiring a new  manual skill; demonstrate introductory skills in one particular area of craft work as practiced in the  Waldorf curriculum lower grades; reflect on ways in which fine motor skill development accompanies the development of intellectual skills; describe some pedagogical strategies for teaching will activities to students with disabilities.