Waldorf Homeschool "A Helping Hand: Assisting the Student"
Somewhere in the lecture cycles that Rudolf Steiner gave to the first Waldorf teachers in 1919, (Foundations of Human Experience,...
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Our article and videos highlight a variety of tips and guidelines for implementing a Waldorf Curriculum whether for homeschool, charter, or private school including what is a main lesson and main lesson block, balancing form and freedom, the importance of story in Waldorf, and the four temperaments.
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Rev Bowen
- Aug 22
- 4 min
"Sleep On It" What Does That Mean In Waldorf Education?
I find much of my experience of modern life to be what I will call "the immediate". I find that others often expect me to be immediate...
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Rev Bowen
- Aug 4
- 6 min
The Gifts of Struggle
"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy...
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Rev Bowen
- Jul 14
- 3 min
The Most Important Lesson We Teach
I am really excited to have recently completed the "Third Grade Watercolor Painting" course. While I was recording, editing, and adding...
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Rev Bowen
- Jul 1
- 6 min
Understanding the Waldorf Main Lesson: Story
This is the fifth part of a series of articles dedicated to exploring the Waldorf main lesson as a whole and its four primary component...
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Rev Bowen
- Jun 22
- 3 min
Understanding the Waldorf Main Lesson: New-Do
This is the fourth part of a series of articles dedicated to exploring the Waldorf main lesson as a whole and its four primary component...
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Rev Bowen
- Jun 15
- 9 min
Understanding the Waldorf Main Lesson: Review
This is the third part of a series of articles dedicated to exploring the Waldorf main lesson as a whole and its four primary component...
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Rev Bowen
- May 27
- 5 min
Waldorf Education - Understanding the Main Lesson:"Circle"
In the last article, we did a survey of the four primary parts of a Waldorf main lesson. We also looked at the first seven year growth...
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Rev Bowen
- Apr 15
- 10 min
Understanding the Waldorf Main Lesson and its Component Parts
In the last newsletter, we explored the seven-year growth cycles. In this newsletter, we will look at how these cycles are related to the...
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Rev Bowen
- Mar 18
- 10 min
Waldorf Main Lesson: Understanding Hands, Heart, and Head
One of the more distinctive aspects of elementary Waldorf Education is the main lesson. Most often, class teachers in grades one through...
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Rev Bowen
- Feb 12
- 7 min
The Three-Day Rhythm for Main Lessons
In Waldorf Education, grades one through eight, teachers usually design the school day with a main lesson, followed by several subject...
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Rev Bowen
- Jan 15
- 6 min
Why the Gesture is an Essential Element of Storytelling
Throughout nature, we find communication. Communication is the ability to impart or exchange information and this is done in myriad ways...
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Rev Bowen
- Jan 10
- 11 min
The Waldorf Temperaments
During the Middle Ages, scholars and doctors referred to something called "the humors" to classify four tendencies they could see in...
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Rev Bowen
- Dec 10, 2021
- 7 min
Weeding: The Waldorf Path To Dealing With Polarization
When Spring returns and the plants are growing with such tremendous forces, such urgency and vigor, I always find my thoughts...
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Rev Bowen
- Dec 10, 2021
- 9 min
"Plan and Meander"
If you are new to Waldorf education and/or you want to learn more about the deeper principles at work within it, then the following...
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Rev Bowen
- Dec 10, 2021
- 6 min
Explanation and Imagination
If you are new to Waldorf education and/or you want to learn more about the deeper principles at work within it, then the following...
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Rev Bowen
- Dec 9, 2021
- 8 min
Habits Win
The most fundamental principle of Waldorf Education is that the educator (parent and/or teacher) is informed by an insightful...
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