Waldorf math 1st grade

Inspiration and ideas for first grade math and for your 1st grade homeschool or classroom. Included are photos of math gnomes, which are a great tool for learning the basic math processes.

Fairy tales. They are not to be read or listened to lightly, for they are essential to the young child's well-being. In a Waldorf kindergarten, there ...

Last week, I introduced the girls to the character of Gnome Share through an extensive story here . We continued through the week with vario...

Monday morning. S's out of playdough with Em, and Math gnomes with Grace (oh, how I wish I'd learned math this way when I was little!). A lovely start to our week.

Seems like lately I've been having lots of conversations with my colleagues about math. Could be because (if you ask me) January is a perfect time for a math block. The more inward, reflective quality of this time of year makes it a great time to sit down and crunch numbers. ( That's what we'r

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The very first math block of the Waldorf grade school -- the Quality of Numbers. I confess I was a little intimidated to bring the students' very first experience of math! Click through to see main lesson pages and a block outline. Waldorf First Grade | Quality of Numbers Main Lesson Pages http://www.awaldorfjourney.com/2017/11/waldorf-first-grade-quality-of-numbers-main-lesson-pages/

This past week, we introduced the Plus Gnome to the girls as we continued the story. Lucy and Phineas, led by the Ancient Wolf and Gnome Share, headed back over through the Pine Cone Forest (earth element) on the journey to get the children back home. Here are some of the activities we did this past week. As they got deeper into the forest, they suddenly heard a voice shouting, "Mine! Mine! Mine! They're all Mine!" And out came a chubby green gnome, his pockets bulging with gems. He was…

Today was our very last day of our second Math Block. We learned all out the four processes and have used all of them in all kinds of practice. We have used manipulatives, a number line, pictures, …

Waldorf Inspired Math Video Course Math can be a daunting subject area to tackle. We may have experienced our own math trauma in school which led up to grow up believing we weren’t good at ma…

The Waldorf Approach to Academics in the Grade School - A Presentation at the Cincinnati Waldorf School on November 16, 2010 by Lori Ann Kra...