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Introducing A WALDORF DIARY

Created to inspire your teaching while saving preparation time, A WALDORF DIARY is unlike other teaching resources.

How is it Different?

This guide is unique because it shows in illustrated detail what a Main Lesson block looks like – day by day through seven years.

It is designed to inspire you with examples of best practice, help with explanations of various aspects of the curriculum, recommend suitable materials and support you on your teaching journey.

Who is it for?

Class teachers: Its daily lesson plan examples provide essential core material, freeing up time to focus on crafting an approach that is right for your group of children.

Newcomers: Its step-by-step guidance helps to understand Waldorf teaching and shows how to present learning content in an artistic way, setting meaningful tasks that allow your students to be creative.

Homeschoolers: Its illustrated pages show the flow of work as it progresses from day to day, with helpful examples and thoroughly researched presentation notes.

What does it do?

Each Main Lesson chapter lets you witness a wide variety of ways in which topics are presented in an experienced Waldorf teacher’s classroom – almost as if you were there yourself.

This kind of teaching will always need a certain amount (usually a lot) of preparation, but A WALDORF DIARY is as close to “open and go” as you can get, should circumstances make this necessary.

Parents and educators outside the Waldorf sphere are invited to dip in according to their interest, to see more directly what is different about this kind of education.

Why should you buy?

Regard this resource as a valuable investment in your development as an artistic educator. If you have no artistic training, its examples are likely to give you confidence and make you feel more at ease with this essential aspect of Waldorf teaching.

You will also learn to set creative tasks without engaging in them yourself, guiding children verbally to let them work ‘from within’.

A WALDORF DIARY shows how skills are developed without undue stress and pressure from year to year. Understanding this process will give you insights and ideas for your own approach – insights and ideas that are genuinely attuned to Waldorf ideals and methods.

Its chapters are essentially seminars. Each one is a course you can attend at home and at leisure as you prepare the next topic. As benchmarks for your ideas, their practical guidance and advice trains you to create inspired Main Lessons. Which is why they are a good investment in yourself.

All chapters are sold separately, at affordable prices. No need to commit to a year’s worth of material. And they come with an added free chapter of songs, poems, exercises and musical scores for your convenience.

Since this is a diary, its Main Lesson chapters are connected to the month in which they were taught, but these lesson plans can be adapted to any season and cultural setting. They can also be taught in a different sequence.

Before your first order:

By buying A WALDORF DIARY‘s chapters, you confirm that you have made yourself 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.

All sales are final. No refund is offered on downloaded files. But you can check the free chapter to see if this resource fits your needs, and share the URL of its download page with others who may be interested.

Prices are listed in US Dollars. Orders made outside the US are charged at the exchange rate of the day. The tax rate for each region is calculated automatically and added to the total at checkout.

Note: Each download link can only be clicked once. Downloads made on the phone occasionally cause a file to vanish to an unknown location. Please avoid this issue by placing your order from a desktop and pointing the download(s) to a chosen folder. When encountering a problem, follow the instructions in the link(s) below, and then use the Contact form to leave a private message. We will sort it out presently.

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Every time you rate a chapter, including the free one, you are emailed a coupon code for a 10% discount on your next order. The offered discount is limited to a basket total of USD 45.00 including taxes, so do order and rate your chosen chapters separately.

To post a rating: 1) click on the relevant chapter below, 2) select the ‘Reviews’ tab, 3) fill in the form. Once your submission has been approved, the coupon code is on its way. It does not expire and can be saved for later.

Click this page’s dropdown menu to see all chapters listed by year and in chronological order, and select any item below to read a detailed description of the product. Prices vary according to length of the Main Lesson block and the amount of illustrative materials included.