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Sophia Institute online Art of Teaching Waldorf Program

Art of Teaching Waldorf Grade 5

Additional Resources

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Waldorf fifth grade curriculum / Live Education / resources
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Morning Verse for Upper Grades 
by Rudolf Steiner

Examples of Chalkboard Drawings and Main Lesson Book Pages 
Beautiful and inspiring
  • How to Bind a Main Lesson BookWaldorf Today Gallery of Main Lesson Book Pages - Elementary School
    Gallery of Chalkboard Drawings in the Waldorf Classroom
    Main Lesson Book pages shared by Christopherus Homeschool Resources
    Waldorf Inspirations Gallery
    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 AWSNA Curriculum Chart is an INVALUABLE resource 
Highly recommended, inexpensive, concise format, yet detailed and thorough -- and it's only $8.00! If you plan on homeschooling with Waldorf, you need to get this.
The Waldorf School Curriculum - Grade 5 
Block Rotations and Course Descriptions
 by Eugene Schwartz
Grade 5 Content from Waldorf Teacher Resources 
An unbelievable resource with FREE main lesson pages and lesson plans (called "gems")
  • Class Play (The Ramayana, The Iliad)
  • Movement
    Music
    Circle
    Language
Samples from the Fifth Grade Curriculum by Live Education!
  • A Sample Block Rotation for the Year from Introduction to the Fifth YearBrahma the Creator from Ancient India
    Form Drawings Using Iranian Motifs from The Ancient Culture in Persia
    The Fertile Crescent from Ancient Mesopotamia
    The Birth of Isis and Osiris from The Culture of Ancient Egypt
    Know Thyself from Teaching Ancient Greek Mythology
    Algae and Seaweed from Botany
    Discover the Triangles from Geometry and Number

    Main Lesson Blocks - Specific Resources
    Literature
  • Poems and Speech Exercises for Grades V and VI
  • Breaking Down the Skills Needed to Write a Research Paper
  • The Bee Book 
    by Jakob Streit 
    available free from the Online Waldorf LibraryThe Living World of Plants 
    by Gerbert Grohmann 
    available free from the Online Waldorf Library
  • Botany 
    by Charles Kovacs
  • Drawing from the Book of Nature
    by Dennis Klocek
  • Botany in a Day: The Patterns Method of Plant Identification: An Herbal Field Guide to the Plant Families of North America 
    by Thomas Elpel
  • Keepers of Life: Discovering Plants through Native American Stories and Earth Activities for Children 
    by Michael Caduto
  • Seed Leaf Flower Fruit 
    by Maryjo Koch
  • "The Truth About Cauliflory: Flowers That Bloom On Tree Trunks"
    Don't miss this site! It's an absolutely fascinating look at specialization.
  • Eco-Dyeing with Flowers blog post - so pretty!
  • Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas 
    by Cheryl Bardoe 
    lesson plan ideas (PDF)
  • Great series of FREE videos on how to make your own herbal remedies in your kitchen at learningherbs.comWe also really love their cooperative board game about medicinal herbs
    Wildcraft! An Herbal Adventure Game
  • Waldorf Geometry for Homeschoolers by Barbara Dewey
  • Geometry Lessons in the Waldorf School Volume 2: Freehand Form Drawing and Basic Geometric Construction in Grades 4 and 5 by Ernst Schuberth 
    also available as a FREE download from the Online Waldorf Library here
  • Ways to Reinforce Geometric Shapes blog post
  • Agnesi to Zeno: Over 100 Vignettes from the History of Math by Sanderson Smith
  • Making Math Meaningful: A Source Book for Teaching Math in Grades One Through Five  by Jamie York (grades 1-5)
  • Making Math Meaningful: Fun with Puzzles, Games, and More! by Jamie York (grades 4-12)
  • Hands-On Math!: Ready-To-Use Games & Activities for Grades 4-8  by Frances Thompson
  • Jamie York has also published a companion book: "Fun with Puzzles, Games, and More'" which can be very enlivening too!
  • There is a book called "String, Straightedge, and Shadow: the Story of Geometry," which makes the historical link to the development of math in earlier civilizations too
  • Painting and Drawing in Waldorf Schools: Classes 1-8 
    by Thomas Wildgruber
  • Learning About the World Through Modeling: Sculptural Ideas for School and Home 
    by Arthur Auer (grades 1-8)
  • Creative Pathways: Activities that Strengthen the Child's Cognitive Forces 
    by Elizabeth Auer (grades 1-8)AVAILABLE FREE as a download from the Online Waldorf Library
  • Teaching History: Suggested Themes for the Curriculum in Waldorf Schools 
    by Christoph Lindenberg (grades 5-12)

  • General Resources
    Literature & Composition 
  • Teaching English by Roy Wilkinson (grades 1-8)
  • Persephone 5th grade class play
  • North American Geography (or your home continent)
  • Brain gym exercises
  • Study of biomes Waseca materials an introduction to the biomes with curriculum - elementary (includes free downloads)

    • Wooden Biome Puzzles -- as well as many other materials, such as early readers:
      Africa 
      Antarctica 
      Asia 
      Australia 
      Europe 
      North America 
      South America
    their canvas biome map of the world is beautiful and we used it for so many things when I had one in the classroom! to me, this is worth buying again as a homeschooler
    • for example, here was a lesson on understanding the Richter scale
  • Ancient Greece 
    by Charles Kovacs
  • D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths 
    by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
  • D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths (audio CD) 
    read by Paul Newman, Sidney Poitier, Kathleen Turner, Matthew Broderick
  • Chapter 8 of Games Children Play: How Games and Sport Help Children Develop is called "The Greek Olympics" and details how to set this event up, what games to play, and how to play them. Holding a Greek Olympics is traditional at the end of the year in Grade 5 of Waldorf schools.
  • Another Second Poetry Book ed. by John Foster 
    "Minotaur" by Robert Fisher (page 114)
  • Fun with Hieroglyphs 
    rubber stamp kit
  • Life in Ancient Egypt 
    by Adolf Erman 
    the DEFINITIVE source for factual information
  • Pyramid 
    by David Macaulay
  • Making a Chicken Mummy blog post 
  • Passing Through the Netherworld: the Meaning and Play of Senet, an Ancient Egyptian Funerary Game 
    once available from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, now "out of print"
  • Osiris and Isis article from the Online Waldorf Library
  • Mara, Daughter of the Nile 
    by Eloise Jarvis McGraw (historical fiction)
  • The Golden Goblet 
    by Eloise Jarvis McGraw (historical fiction, Newbery honor book)
  • 10 blank sheets of Egyptian papyrus

  • Ancient Phoenicia

  • Milad: The Voyage to Ophir (historical fiction) 
    Switzerite blog post
    *NOTE* as of 09/25/16 two brand-new copies of this excellent book are available on eBay, shipping from Australia
    I've also found a link to a teacher's guide (PDF)

  • Ancient India, Persia, Mesopotamia

  • Ancient Mythologies pageThe Golden Bull: A Mesopotamia Adventure 
    by Marjorie Cowley (historical fiction)

Video games / criticism / article from Waldorf Today --- Video Games Do Alter the Brain
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