In the Republic of Croatia, in addition to the regular preschool education program, various alternative programs are offered within city and municipal kindergartens or as separate, private kindergartens, playrooms and the like. One of the alternative programs offered is pedagogy according to Rudolf Steiner's guidelines, i.e. Waldorf pedagogy. Seemingly Waldorf pedagogy has some guidelines the same as those followed by a regular program, based on the National Curriculum for Early childhood education, but in their essence they differ. Rudolf Steiner based his pedagogical views on anthroposophy, which views man as an integral being who has a spirit, soul and physical body. In working with children, Waldorf educators always wonder how something affects not only the child's physical body, but also other parts of his being. This paper explored how familiar parents of preschool children are with Waldorf pedagogy and how important the basic principles of Waldorf education are to them. The study was conducted on two groups, parents of waldorf and regular programs. The results of the research showed that the majority of the total respondents heard about Waldorf, as well as Montessori pedagogy, but no statistically significant difference was found on the importance of principles in these two groups of respondents. Both groups believe that the most of the principles followed by the Waldorf program are equally important for them, there is no statistically significant difference in these two groups. For parents of children of the regular program, the kindergarten distance criterion has proven crucial for enrolling children in kindergarten. The results of the research suggest that parents should be more informed about the programs of different pedagogies through lectures, social networks and experiential workshops in order to recognize which program is most appropriate for their child.