Book Box #3

Curriculum Overview (Grades 1 through 8+)

Towards Creative Teaching
ed. Martyn Rawson

The Educational Tasks and Content of the
Steiner Waldorf Curriculum
ed. Martyn Rawson

Teaching as a Lively Art
Marjorie Spock

School as a Journey
Torin Finser

Waldorf Education: A Family Guide
ed. Pamela Fenner

AWSNA Curriculum Chart (large)
ed. David Mitchell




Curriculum (Grades 1 and 2)

A Path of Discovery Volume 1: Grade 1
Eric Fairman

A Path of Discovery Volume 2: Grade 2
Eric Fairman

Putting the Heart Back Into Teaching
Stanford Maher


Eugene Schwartz’s notes
• First Grade Curriculum
http://knol.google.com/k/eugene-schwartz/the-waldorf-curriculum-grade-one/110mw7eus832b/17#

• Second Grade Curriculum
http://knol.google.com/k/eugene-schwartz/the-waldorf-curriculum-grade-two/110mw7eus832b/18#


Live Education Sample Lessons
(organized by grade level)
http://www.waldorfcurriculum.com/Curric/lower_resources.html




Form Drawing

Form Drawing: Grades One through Four
Laura Embrey-Stine
Ernst Schuberth

Form Drawing for Beginners
Donna Simmons

Form Drawing
Hans Niederhäuser
Margaret Frohlich

The “Write” Approach Book 1: Form Drawing for Better Handwriting
Joen Gladich and Paula Sassi

Creative Form Drawing: Workbook 1
Rudolf Kutzli

Creative Form Drawing: Workbook 2
Rudolf Kutzli

Looking Forward: Games, rhymes and exercises to help children develop their learning abilities
Molly von Heider

Beginning with Form Drawing
Live Education!
http://www.live-education.com/Curriculum/FirstGrade




Mathematics

A Steiner-Waldorf Mathematic Resource
Eric Fairman
(best for lesson prep)

Teaching Mathematics in Rudolf Steiner Schools
Ron Jarmon
(best for assessment)

Teaching Mathematics
Roy Wilkinson

Active Arithmetic! Movement and Mathematics Teaching in the Lower Grades of a Waldorf School
Henning Andersen

Math Lessons for Elementary Grades
Dorothy Harrer

Teaching Mathematics for First and Second Grades in Waldorf Schools
Ernst Schuberth

Mathematics for Waldorf Homeschoolers Grades 1-3
Barbara Dewey
http://www.waldorfwithoutwalls.com/books/

Henri Matisse, Pianist and Checker Players, 1924
National Gallery of Art
(patterns)




Science

From Nature Stories to Natural Science
Donna Simmons

Science As Phenomena
Barbara Dewey
http://www.waldorfwithoutwalls.com/books/




Handwriting & Alphabet

Teaching Children Handwriting
Audrey McAllen

The “Write” Approach Book 2: Form Drawing for Better Handwriting
Joen Gladich and Paula Sassi

Soul Development Through Handwriting: The Waldorf Approach to the Vimala Alphabet
Jennifer Crebbin

The Wise Enchanter: A Journey through the Alphabet
Shelley Davidow
(best for presenting the alphabet the Waldorf way to a child who learned it traditionally)

Miscellany
Roy Wilkinson
(“The Alphabet” p.10)

Waldorf Reading for Homeschoolers
Barbara Dewey
http://www.waldorfwithoutwalls.com/books/
(gives a specific order to teaching the letters with Grimm’s fairy tale suggestions)

LMNOP and All the Letters A to Z
Howard Schrager

LMNOP alphabet wall cards
http://www.threesisterstoys.com/p-1011-lmnop-wall-cards.aspx
(a CD is also available)

Pigs from A to Z
Arthur Geisert




Grammar

An English Manual for the Elementary School
Dorothy Harrer

Teaching English
Roy Wilkinson




Eurythmy

Eurythmy for the Elementary Grades
Francine Adams

Leaving Room for the Angels: Eurythmy and the Art of Teaching
Reg Down

Come Unto These Yellow Sands
Molly von Heider




Teacher Resources

A Handbook for Waldorf Class Teachers
Kevin Avison

Resource Guide for Waldorf Teachers
David Mitchell
(booklists to prepare for each block – helpful but you may find you buy too much)

The Foundations of Human Experience
Rudolf Steiner
Lectures: 1919

Practical Advice to Teachers
Rudolf Steiner
Lectures: 1919

Discussions with Teachers
Rudolf Steiner
Lectures: 1919

The Renewal of Education
Rudolf Steiner
Lectures: 1920

The Kingdom of Childhood
Rudolf Steiner
Lectures: 1924


Bookstore at Rudolf Steiner College catalogue:
Download here: http://www.steinercollege.edu/?q=node/151




Teaching Challenges

Phonic Rhyme Time: A unique collection of phonic rhymes for precise practice in speaking and reading
Mary Nash-Wortham

Take Time: Movement exercises for parents, teachers and therapists of children with difficulties in speaking, reading, writing and spelling
Mary Nash-Wortham
Jean Hunt

Resource Teacher’s Developmental Exercise Manual
Association for a Healing Education

Sleep: An unobserved element in education
Audrey McAllen

The Extra Lesson: Movement, Drawing, and Painting Exercises to Help Children with Difficulties in Writing, Reading and Arithmetic
Audrey McAllen

Difficult Children: There is no such thing
Henning Köhler

Working with Anxious, Nervous, and Depressed Children: A spiritual perspective to guide parents
Henning Köhler

Why Children Don’t Listen: A guide for parents and teachers
Monika Kiel-Hinrichsen