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

Dallas W

Homeschooling Parent

This is exactly what I’ve been searching for and I thought I had exhausted every option. It takes away so much stress and ensures I will be doing my children justice as their teacher. Thank you so much for sharing these valuable diaries!

May A

Homeschooling Parent

So beautifully made, and with so much love. I can emulate lessons, teach them as is, or adapt them for other topics. It’s so charming and authentic, easy to navigate and understand, and not overwhelming at all. You get to see what a Main Lesson looks like, finally.

Sarah K

Homeschooling Parent

Fantastic resource! As a homeschool parent, it is helpful to see everything laid out with such detail and explanation. I have been using a Waldorf homeschool curriculum and it does not have the level of detail provided here. I was about ready to give up on Waldorf.

Roberto Trostli

Author and Class Teacher (retired)

I am very impressed by the quantity and quality of Fabienne’s work. She has clearly thought about every detail, researched the possibilities, and then crafted materials that will be useful for any teacher to consider and to emulate.

Christina C

Waldorf-Inspired Learning Center

This is the most practical, comprehensive and robust teacher guide I have seen. It helps the teacher with an editable script to get a sense of a successful class flow. And it’s priced well for many budgets, allowing to purchase as you go.

Kerry E

Class Teacher and Mentor

I wish I’d had this last summer when we hired the teacher with no Waldorf training who was coming from a public school. Your diary reads like I’m observing quietly from the back of the room.

How is it different?

This unique illustrated guide shows how Main Lesson blocks are taught in a classroom – day by day through seven years.

Examples of best practice, explanations of various aspects of the curriculum, and suitable materials support your development as a teacher.

Who is it for?

Class teachers: Exemplary lesson plans, thoroughly researched presentation notes and helpful materials free up time for working out an approach that is just right for your group of children.

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

Homeschoolers: Illustrated pages show the flow of work as it progresses from day to day for seven age groups.

What does it do?

Each Main Lesson block guide 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 these block guides are 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?

This resource is 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.

Learn to set creative tasks without engaging in them yourself, guiding the 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 block guides are essentially seminars. Each one is a course you can attend at home and at leisure as you prepare the next topic. As a benchmark for your ideas, their practical guidance and advice can train you to create inspired Main Lessons.

And that is why they are a good investment in yourself.

All block guides are sold separately at affordable prices, and each one comes with a free supplement of songs, poems, exercises and sheet music for your convenience.

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

Melissa K

Homeschooling Parent

This was such a fun block for my 7yo! The story used is age-appropriate, the activities are all perfect and the songs/movement we did both inside and outside. Great guide for homeschoolers!

Ivana C

State Primary School Teacher

What a useful, interesting read! You can tell by their written work how much effort, joy and interest the children put into it. It seems this knowledge will stay with them forever.

Estelle V

Homeschooling Parent

You are beautifully holding the hand of any new teacher or homeschooling parent here. Every step is well presented and explained.

Gilbert Van Kerckhoven

Class Teacher (retired)

From one point of view I could say: you are putting out what I (and several colleagues) have had in mind for years. Thank you.

Ragnhild H

Art Therapist

Clear, easy to understand, with beautiful pictures of happy, creative children – an inspiration for teachers and exciting for students. I am impressed with your work!

Sara C

Subject Teacher

Thank you for this amazing project. I cannot express how useful it is for me, starting my new job as a math teacher. Thank you!

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 can be offered on downloaded files, but you can check the free chapter to see if this resource fits your needs. Feel free to 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.

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