The traditional three R’s of education – Reading, ’Riting, and ’Rithmetic – have been the bedrock of our educational system for hundreds of years and are of course also central to the Waldorf curriculum. The question is: When should they be introduced? In Waldorf Education, children learn through play in their preschool years and do …
There are few tales in which the slaying of a dragon rescues a princess in immediate danger. The powerful archetypal story is not a fairy tale but an image in the Book of Revelation: The Woman, clothed with the Sun and about to give birth, is threatened by the Serpent waiting to devour her Child. …
Like all of Waldorf Education, the Waldorf Kindergarten is based upon the idea of the human being as a threefold being. The three elements which weave together to form the single individuality are: Thinking – which is based in the nerve-sense system; Feeling – which lives in the rhythmic interplay of heart and lung; and …
Roberto Trostli has been active in Waldorf Education since 1981 as class teacher, high school teacher, adult educator, author and lecturer. He has written many articles, several books and more than 20 class plays. For information on his class plays and copies of their scripts, please contact Roberto directly. Contact email: rtrostli@gmail.com TEACHING PHYSICS Early …
Towards the end of the Lower School years, Waldorf reports usually change format. Whereas those of the first years describe disposition, temperament, attitude, talents and challenges, Middle School reports focus more on charting specific achievements. After all, the individual situation is well known by now and has been described in detail. My experience as a …
This part looks at Waldorf reports for older children who are in some way outside the norm, and so these samples of descriptive summaries reflect diverse aspects of individual learning. The first example is for a child from a family of dyslexic learners: CLASS 4 Lettie applied herself with dedication, beginning with our block on …
Writing a class set of descriptive Waldorf reports is the school year’s ultimate challenge for class and subject teachers. Already exhausted, they undertake this magnificent task in their supposedly ‘free’ time to get everything ready by the last day of the academic year, or else in the first weeks of the holidays. As families depart …
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David Donaldson, born in England, won a scholarship to study English at Cambridge. He taught on VSO in Sri Lanka and worked with homeless people in London before taking root as a Waldorf teacher. His poems blend a deep love for language and nature with pedagogical insight, and the exemplary verses he wrote for his …
By ordering these chapters, you confirm that you are aware of the author’s terms regarding their use. To avoid legal consequences, it is essential that you abide by these terms, so be sure to read this important notice. These are A WALDORF DIARY’s Main Lesson chapters for Class 7 in chronological order: For details of …
