Main lesson blocks are a central feature of Waldorf education. Are you wondering, "what is a main lesson block?" Let me show you what Waldorf homeschooling has looked like over the years in our house with three children.
Create your own homeschool curriculum plan for main lessons with this outline of the traditional Waldorf block rotation for homeschoolers.
On Day One of lectures to the first Waldorf teachers, Rudolf Steiner outlines the Waldorf story content for each grade. Here's the list for homeschoolers.
The Waldorf curriculum for any given year is divided into units of study called main lesson blocks. These block topics are the focus of learning for anywhere from three to six weeks. Why does main lesson block learning work? Is there any evidence that this approach is effective? Yes!
Many Waldorf homeschoolers express difficulty with what is known as the Man and Animal block in 4th grade. Here is Steiner on humans & animals.
Main lesson books are where children record their learning. In the Waldorf approach, children create their own book of what they learn during each 3 to 6 week main lesson block. Check out how to make a main lesson book here. #waldorfhomeschooling #mainlessonbooks #mainlessonblocks
Q: In Waldorf education, main lesson books are used throughout the grades as part of a student’s educational experience: what are they used for? (This post is part of a series in which we answer the most common questions we receive in our inbox re: homeschooling, Waldorf curriculum/pedagogy, an
A fifth grade child is in a very interesting and important part of their development. (Exciting news! Our Botany course is now open for enrollment! Click here to learn more! ) Students in this grade aren’t yet middle schoolers, and they also don’t feel as if they belong in the same space a
The kids and I are all down with colds, but I wanted to give you a little peek at some homeschooling from the past few months. I thought ...
Create your own homeschool curriculum plan for main lessons with this outline of the traditional Waldorf block rotation for homeschoolers.
Vishnu the preserver for 5th grade India block
Q: In Waldorf education, main lesson books are used throughout the grades as part of a student’s educational experience: what are they used for? (This post is part of a series in which we answer the most common questions we receive in our inbox re: homeschooling, Waldorf curriculum/pedagogy, an
If you’re anything like me, you’ve looked at those gorgeous main lesson pages on Pinterest and shamelessly copied every detail. I absolutely confess that when I’m feeling stuck, I turn to Pinterest for a well-spring of inspiration. But the truth is, those Pinterest teachers don’t always know what spoke most to my students about our […]
The following main lesson block was inspired by the Letters Main Lesson Block in a Waldorf curriculum for grade one. Formal education in Waldorf education begins at the age of seven after the loss …
Moonshine has been thoroughly enjoying the Norse myths, and it really shows in her work. She has become such a wonderful artist-- quite...
What are the essential elements of a main lesson block? This is what the Waldorf approach looks like for homeschooling.
Main lesson blocks are a central feature of Waldorf education. Are you wondering, "what is a main lesson block?" Let me show you what Waldorf homeschooling has looked like over the years in our house with three children.
The month of December, with all of the holidays and hype, can get crazy for homeschoolers. Here's a simplified homeschooling rhythm for December.
Explore Kym32's 123 photos on Flickr!
The following main lesson block was inspired by the Letters Main Lesson Block in a Waldorf curriculum for grade one. Formal education in Waldorf education begins at the age of seven after the loss …
Q: In Waldorf education, main lesson books are used throughout the grades as part of a student’s educational experience: what are they used for? (This post is part of a series in which we answer the most common questions we receive in our inbox re: homeschooling, Waldorf curriculum/pedagogy, an
Main lesson blocks are a central feature of Waldorf education. Are you wondering, "what is a main lesson block?" Let me show you what Waldorf homeschooling has looked like over the years in our house with three children.
Moonshine has been thoroughly enjoying the Norse myths, and it really shows in her work. She has become such a wonderful artist-- quite...
The Waldorf curriculum for any given year is divided into units of study called main lesson blocks. These block topics are the focus of learning for anywhere from three to six weeks. Why does main lesson block learning work? Is there any evidence that this approach is effective? Yes!
Take a virtual tour of the Early Childhood program at Waldorf School of Garden City.
Explore Kym32's 123 photos on Flickr!
Main lesson blocks are a central feature of Waldorf education. Are you wondering, "what is a main lesson block?" Let me show you what Waldorf homeschooling has looked like over the years in our house with three children.
What are the essential elements of a main lesson block? This is what the Waldorf approach looks like for homeschooling.
Waldorf 6th grade geometry drawings and resources. This post is full of some great images of our main lesson book pages from this block.
I have been using the wonderful book Grammar-Land by M. L. Nesbitt. I bought the book, but it is available for free at Google books as well. It is a story set in the fairy land called ‘Gramma…
Q: In Waldorf education, main lesson books are used throughout the grades as part of a student’s educational experience: what are they used for? (This post is part of a series in which we answer the most common questions we receive in our inbox re: homeschooling, Waldorf curriculum/pedagogy, an
We’re having such a fun time with our current Physics block! This week’s main lessons included lots of water squirting everywhere. When you’re studying water pressure, it’s bound to happen, I suppose. I figure it’s a pretty memorable experience and completely appropriate for the topic at hand. Some students were a little disappointed that water inadvertently […]
I am a Waldorf homeschooling mother, just like YOU! This was a block I made up for First Grade (a January block) and thought it may give some of you inspiration for working science in with all the…
Moonshine has been thoroughly enjoying the Norse myths, and it really shows in her work. She has become such a wonderful artist-- quite...
Last year I started to work my way through the Waldorf Math curriculum by myself. These are the last few pages from my math "main lesson book". The first block in a Waldorf math curriculum is a Quality of Numbers block. In this block a teacher would guide students through the exploration of "one-ness", "two-ness" and the qualities of numbers up to 7, 10 or 12. Students look for examples in their lives of things that come in that number and cosmic "meanings" of those numbers are brought to the student in an age appropriate manner. I chose to explore 0 through 10 and create a Main Lesson Book page for each number. Eight is one of my favorite numbers, it feels solid and square to me despite the curves of our Arabic numeral 8. The main association I have with eight is the eight solar festivals of the Wheel of the Year. These alternate as doors and peaks of the season and mark the growing and fading of the sun's light each year. Eight is also octopuses, spiders, the compass rose and the eight notes of an octave. The numeral eight is an infinity sign turned on it's end... goes round and round and round and never stops. That's magic, too, isn't it?
Main lesson books are where children record their learning. In the Waldorf approach, children create their own book of what they learn during each 3 to 6 week main lesson block. Check out how to make a main lesson book here. #waldorfhomeschooling #mainlessonbooks #mainlessonblocks
Lots of photos of our Waldorf sixth grade mineralogy main lesson book pages. The Ring of Fire, Abraham Werner, The Rock Cycle and the poem Fire and Ice
The Waldorf curriculum for any given year is divided into units of study called main lesson blocks. These block topics are the focus of learning for anywhere from three to six weeks. Why does main lesson block learning work? Is there any evidence that this approach is effective? Yes!
Main lesson blocks are a central feature of Waldorf education. Are you wondering, "what is a main lesson block?" Let me show you what Waldorf homeschooling has looked like over the years in our house with three children.
