Holistic development offers a view of the child that accounts for more than mere intellectual functioning. Rudolf Steiner, who designed the Waldorf curriculum, suggests that the development of the “whole” person, especially during early childhood education, requires the recognition of a particular age-appropriate pattern of development that can be described as a four-fold human being with twelve distinct senses. The development of these senses is achieved primarily through an integrated curriculum in kindergarten education. In this way, the deep, inner life of the child meets the surrounding environment and causes the healthy unfolding of the “I”—the highest expression of a person’s soul.