INSPIRED BY WALDORF EDUCATION
EDUCATING THE CHILD HEAD, HEART, AND HANDS
GRADE 1
LANGUAGE ARTS
Introduction to:
• Writing
• Phonics
• Letters
• Reading
Via Creative Story Telling (adapted Grimm’s Fairy Tales)
PERFORMING ARTS
Introduction to:
• Eurythmy (creative musical movement)
• Pentatonic Flute
• Creative Story Telling
• Play acting
DOMESTIC ARTS
Finding joy and wonder in daily living tasks/life skills:
• Cooking
• Baking
• Housekeeping
• Simple Sewing
• Simple wood-work projects (toy building/toy polishing)
MATHEMATICS
• 4 processes
• Quality of #s
• Whole #s
• Counting
• 2, 3, 10 x tables
• Roman numerals
• Intro to multiplication tables
VISUAL ARTS
• Painting (Wet on wet water-coloring)
• Modeling
• Drawing
• Knitting (simple project, no purl.)
• Simple wood-work projects
NATURE EXPLORATION/SCIENCE
• Exploration, Inquiry
• Nature connection/Nature Journaling
• Experimentation (Introduction to Scientific Method)
• Simple life cycles
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Portuguese immersion – NO TAPES!!! No grammar, just speak it, sing songs, play games, read stories, participate in native festivals
Resources & Inspiration include but not limited to:
Rudolf Steiner’s work on the subjects
• Rahima Baldwin’s “You are Your Child’s First Teacher
• Roberto Trostli’s “Rhythms of Learning”
• Barbara Dewey’s “Waldorf Without Walls”
• Eric Fairman’s “A Path of Discovery”
• Melisa Nielsen’s Waldorf Essentials
YEAR-AT-A-GLANCE
GRADE 1
SEPTEMBER
Letter Introductions
Form Drawing
Michaelmas
3 weeks letter introductions
1 week Michaelmas
OCTOBER
Letter Introductions
Form Drawing
Halloween/All Souls
3 weeks letter introductions
1 week Halloween/All Souls
NOVEMBER
Letter Introductions
Form Drawing
Martinmas
Thanksgiving
2 weeks letter introductions
1 week martinmas
1 week Thanksgiving
DECEMBER
Festivals
1 week Saint Nicholas
1 week Saint Lucia
1 week Winter Solstice/Yule
1 week Christmas
JANUARY
Letter Introductions
Form Drawing, 3
Kings/12th Night
Roman Numeral Introductions
3 weeks letter introductions
1 week Roman Numerals
FEBRUARY
Roman Numerals
Letter Introductions
Form Drawing
Brigid/Candlemas
Valentine’s Day
1 week Roman numerals
3 weeks letter introductions
MARCH
Letter Introductions
Form Drawing
Number Qualities
Spring Equinox
1-week letter introductions
2 weeks number qualities
1 week Spring Equinox
APRIL
Easter
Number Qualities
Four Process Introductions
1 week Easter
2 weeks Number qualities & four process
introductions
1 week review concepts
MAY
Environmental Studies
May Day
Elemental Studies
Nature
1 week environmental studies & May Day
1 week elemental studies
2 weeks nature
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