Monday is paint day this summer. I find the most important step in this crazy Waldorf journey is all the prep work. I have always been more of a "pull stuff together at the last minute " type of person and that just doesn't work as a home schooler using Steiner's pedagogy. For me, preparing … Continue reading Preparation Pays
"In drawing and then observing coloured planes, children gain access to a quite different, more feeling-imbued dimension. A new fluidity of perception is initiated." Thomas Wildgruber, Painting and Drawing in Waldorf Schools.. .We worked on form drawing this morning. I have been focusing on developing my own connection with form drawing in my own time … Continue reading Form Drawing Friday
Our family joined forces with a few familiar and new families to create a Steiner inspired handwork co-op. With 12 families of all different handwork abilities, we parents decided to start with weaving as the theme and let each child choose where they wanted to go with the task. We made a simple looms out … Continue reading Handwork Co-op
Still working on weights, and this week's lesson wer so much fun! The children expanded on last week's experience with weighing things by hand by creating a hanging scale so they could see if each side was of equal weight based on the balance of each side of the scale. They collected materials from around … Continue reading Weight Block Continued
We started our second measurement block, weight, this week after a month away for some play with words. To start this block we reviewed linear measurement (you can find a glimpse of it HERE) and continued our story of the King who just wanted everyone to bring him things as he expected 😂. Poor king, … Continue reading Measurement Block Two
We love to play games in our homeschool, and sometimes the simplest of games are the most fun. Squares is a game that can be played anywhere you have paper and a pencil. Really, it could even be played in the dirt with rocks and a stick! All you need is to set a square … Continue reading Squares Game
Crocus, crocus, waken up! Catch a sunbeam in your cup. Hold it close, let it go. The sun will help it grow and grow. ~Traditional~ A little crocus popped up here,A little crocus popped up there.And before I knew,Not one or two,The crocuses were everywhere!~ Alan Hirsch~ These are sweet little verses to welcome the … Continue reading Crocus Crocus
We took full advantage of the spring like weather this morning and spent a good portion of our time outdoors. My youngest is working on balance as she is growing so quickly that she's become a bit clumsy! Hopping up and down the walkway alternating legs is a perfect way not only to work on … Continue reading MOVING Class Outside!
This is a fun little place value game that I adapted from one of Peggy Kaye's place value games in the book Games for Math. It is super quick to pull together and provides a very nice visual and tactile way to experience place value and the "carrying" of numbers. Each player gets a board … Continue reading Visualizing Place Value
Jumping on super quick to share this wonderful book that will complement the grade three fiber arts block! A New Coat for Anna by Harriet Ziefert is set in the aftermath of World War Two. Anna's mother does not have money to buy her a new coat, so she barters her own belongings in exchange … Continue reading A New Coat for Anna
