Waldorf 1st grade

First grade is such a sweet, memorable year. It’s the bridge between the kindergarten and elementary years. Like the kindergarten child, the first grader still thrives on days full of play, connection, and rhythm. (For more on supporting these needs, see this post on How to Teach Kindergarten ). Yo

Now that 8th grade graduation is behind me, I'm starting to get all geared up for 1st grade. I've got just 3 weeks before my family and I head off for our big summer trip, so I'm wasting no time getting going on my summer prep. Years ago a former colleague of mine put together these two amazing bind

Learn how to successfully put on a Waldorf first grade play! Waldorf First Grade Play Success! https://www.awaldorfjourney.com/2018/03/waldorf-first-grade-play/

Waldorf ~ 1st grade ~ Math ~ Numbers: One ~ main lesson book

I can't quite believe our magical first grade year has come to a close. I can't tell you how much I have enjoyed teaching Waldorf first grade. Over the course of the past few weeks, the first graders and I have gradually prepared ourselves for second grade. We've moved into our new classroom, we sti

Waldorf Inspirations, a website designed to help inspire teachers as they go about the rewarding yet sometimes challenging task of bringing the Waldorf grades’ curriculum to their students.

On Day One of lectures to the first Waldorf teachers, Rudolf Steiner outlines the Waldorf story content for each grade. Here's the list for homeschoolers.

The end of our first year homeschooling, and what a year we had! Happy to say we fared well. Here, our weather tree is a symbol of our journey. We started in September with a bare tree on a very clean blackboard, which you can see on this blog post. Leaves were placed on this ...