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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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Waldorf Homeschool Activities: Waldorf Balance Beam and Math Counting By

Looking for Waldorf homeschool activities to do with your student or child? Counting by one's, counting by two's, and so on--these can be...

FIRST GRADE

Rev Bowen

Jan 31, 20221 min read

Waldorf Homeschool Activities: Waldorf Balance Beam and Math Addition

Looking for Waldorf homeschool activities to do with your student or child? Let's bring in some math work with our balance beam! Again,...

FIRST GRADE

Rev Bowen

Jan 31, 20221 min read

Waldorf Homeschool Activities: Waldorf Balance Beam for Early Grades IV

Looking for Waldorf homeschool activities that are fun for your early grades child?We started our balance beam work, in the first video...

GRADES TIPS & ACTIVITIES

Rev Bowen

Jan 27, 20221 min read

Waldorf Homeschool Kindergarten Activities: Yarn and Finger Knitting

Waldorf homeschool kindergarten activities with yarn like finger knitting are wonderful for developing fine motor skills in the...

KINDERGARTEN TIPS & ACTIVITIES

Lynne Poirier

Jan 25, 20221 min read

Waldorf Homeschool Kindergarten Activities: Bean Bag Toss I

This Waldorf homeschool kindergarten activities like a bean bag toss helps develop coordination. Catch with your child. Model a gentle...

KINDERGARTEN TIPS & ACTIVITIES

Lynne Poirier

Jan 20, 20221 min read

Waldorf Homeschool Kindergarten Activities: Putting on a Jacket

This Waldorf homeschool kindergarten activities like putting on a jacket accompanied with a song can be fun! Putting on a Jacket. A...

KINDERGARTEN TIPS & ACTIVITIES

Lynne Poirier

Jan 20, 20221 min read

Waldorf Homeschool Activities: Balance Beam for Early Grades III

Looking for Waldorf homeschool activities that are developmentally appropriate? It is fun to work with balance as partners! In this...

FIRST GRADE

Rev Bowen

Jan 20, 20221 min read

Waldorf Homeschool Activities: Balance Beam for Early Grades II

Looking for Waldorf homeschool activities that are developmentally appropriate? In this video, we work with a bean bag while crossing the...

FIRST GRADE

Rev Bowen

Jan 20, 20221 min read

Waldorf Homeschool Activities: Balance Beam for Early Grades I

Looking for Waldorf homeschool activities that are developmentally appropriate? It is easy to make a balance beam out of common backyard...

GRADES TIPS & ACTIVITIES

Rev Bowen

Jan 11, 20221 min read

Waldorf Homeschool Kindergarten Activities: Traditional Hopscotch

This Waldorf homeschool kindergarten activities like hopscotch helps develop coordination and balance. Your child crosses her horizontal...

KINDERGARTEN TIPS & ACTIVITIES

rev047

Jan 10, 20221 min read

Journey vs. Destination

The old expression "Journey vs Destination" is an important distinction to consider when taking the path of teaching. We take a lot of...

FIRST GRADE

Rev Bowen

Dec 30, 20211 min read

Learning Stories

Should you try to memorize stories? Let's take another angle and consider learning them imaginatively. Rev Bowen from Simply Waldorf...

FIRST GRADE

Rev Bowen

Dec 24, 20211 min read

The Importance of Stories

This is just a brief explanation of how stories, which have always been at the heart of our civilizations, remain vitally important for...

GENERAL PEDAGOGICAL

Rev Bowen

Dec 10, 20211 min read

Form and Freedom

Health of any kind is a dynamic balance. Just as we need not too much and not too little of a given vitamin, we have to balance certain...

GENERAL PEDAGOGICAL

Rev Bowen

Dec 10, 20211 min read

Simply Waldorf What is a course?

Yea!! You found us. Now you might be interested in taking some of our courses. If you are wondering what a course is--and we will be...

FIRST GRADE

Rev Bowen

Dec 10, 20211 min read

Waldorf First Grade Language Arts Overview

This video describes how the Language Arts course will support your Language Arts lessons. It also describes how the language arts...

FIRST GRADE

Rev Bowen

Dec 10, 20211 min read

Main Lesson and Main Lesson Block

If you are new to Waldorf education, or just interested in learning more about it, this video briefly outlines the concepts of the daily...

FIRST GRADE

Rev Bowen

Dec 10, 20211 min read

Setting Up Home for Class

This video is primarily aimed at those who are setting up for homeschool activities. Tips include how to appropriately size a table/desk...

FIRST GRADE

Rev Bowen

Dec 9, 20211 min read