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Sophia Institute online Art of Teaching Waldorf Program

Art of Teaching Waldorf Grade 2

Additional Resources

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Curriculum overview for grade 2 - Live Education / resources
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Morning Verse for Lower Grades
Waldorf Today Gallery of Main Lesson Book Pages - Elementary School 
Gallery of Chalkboard Drawings in the Waldorf Classroom grades 1 - 8
BLACKBOARD SKETCHING book By FREDERICK WHITNEY (1908) 
How To Create, Tell, and Recall a Story
Main Lesson Book pages shared by Christopherus Homeschool Resources
Waldorf Inspirations Gallery (grades 1-8)
browse through my collection of Pinterest Boards with samples of chalkboard drawings and main lesson book pages for many blocks
*NEW* Waldorf Science Newsletter - issues available in PDF format for FREE
  • page 13 of Vol.1 has a Science Curriculum in the Waldorf School Grades 1-8 overview / one page handout, page 14 has the same for High School Grades 9-12

What's Taught? The Waldorf School Curriculum - Grade 2 by Eugene Schwartz

  • Stockmar Beeswax Block Crayons - 8 Assorted Waldorf Colors in Tin 
  • Aura Cacia Essential Oil, Brightening Sweet Orange - 2 fl. oz.
  • Waldorf Teacher Resources grade 2 - AMAZING collection of free lesson plans (called "gems")
  • How to Bind a Main Lesson Book
  • Basic Sculptural Modeling: Developing the Will By Working with Pure Forms in the First Three Grades  by Hella Loewe 
  • Misc. Additional Resources
  • Summer Reading Lists 
  • "Mango Math" lesson 
  • Grade 2 posts - Schooling from the Heart
  • String Games by Arvind Gupta (PDF)
  • Mathe-Magics main lesson block 
  • Circle Template for the Mathe-Magics block 
  • Writing Mechanics: For a great book to introduce the comma, try Orange Pear Apple Bear 
  • Suggested Course of Study for Second Grade by Waldorf Curriculum
  • FREE Resources - Arts & Handwork 
    Switzerite, Rhoda's blog
  • Chemistry Reader
  • how to clean block beeswax crayons blog post from Celebrate the Rhythm of Life 
    I use Sweet Orange essential oil and a soft cloth -- and children love this job!
  • Notes on Second Grade Grammar blog entry - Rhoda
  • Saint Patrick's lessons blog entry - Melisa Nielson
  • Learning to Crochet - journaling page by Waldorf Curriculum
  • Books for Second Grade from the Baldwin Project
  • Samples from the Second Grade Curriculum by Live Education!Animal Study and Language Skills from Teaching Fables
    Some Fables from Lessing from A Collection of Fables
    Lessons in Modeling from The Golden Legends
    Owl and Moon from Drawing Simple Animal Forms
    The Main Lesson Book from Teaching Native American Legends
    Using Nature Stories to Teach Form Drawing from Nature Stories for the Second Year
    Rumi and the Caged Bird from A Collection of Golden Legends
  • Live Education! recommends the following books to supplement the 2nd grade curriculum:Beasts and Saints by Helen Waddell
    Fables and Fairy Tales by Leo Tolstoy
    • Form Drawing 
      Music 
      Movement 
      Math 
      Language 
      Main Lesson Pages 
      Saints 
      Fables 
      Stories 
      Circle 
      Verses 
      Painting 
      Class Play 
      Parent Information 
      Blackboard Drawings 
      Remedial 
      Curriculum Overview
  • Saints block: Gmeyner, Elisabeth and Joyce Russell. ed. The Key of the Kingdom: A Book of Stories and Poems for Children. 
  • Brother Francis: The Life of Francis Assisi by Jakob Streit 
  • A Collection of Saint Stories
  • Martinmas
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