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These are words typical of what may be written by a teacher on the first day in a Waldorf school. The words reinforce the lens through which children at this age tend to naturally view the world, and also set the pulse for the setting in which a child will be learning. Here we have used these words for one of our first writing pieces at home.
Traditionally, the upper case letters might be taught
in the first year in a Waldorf school, with the lower case letters in the second year. We chose to combine
them in the same year at home. Letters were written "in the space between Earth (brown) and sky (blue)". All
of the pages were collated to form one of the first main lesson books.
This is a page on the "four kinds of words" (nouns, verbs, adjectives,
and adverbs) which was taken from a main lesson book on grammar that was completed in the second year. The
lesson included a story on the first day, recalling the story and identifying the different parts of speech in it (both
by the child) on the second day, and adding an artistic expression (drawing) on the third day. More lessons on the different
parts of speech followed the next week, completing the block.
This is from a grammar lesson in the second year. This page
offers an example of verbs from the question posed to the kids, "What do you
do?" The responses given fit into different categories that connect with different parts of a
human being. For example, what one does with their feet, their hands, their eyes, their heart, their head (important,
as this is what distinguishes us from animals), and so on.
This is a page from another grammar lesson, this time with simple sentences that
reflect the different parts of speech in different colors. In this case, blue is for nouns, and red is for verbs. This
work was added to pages in an ongoing main lesson book.
This is another page from the same grammar lesson. This time adjectives
(in green) have been added to sentences. While not shown here, a third page was also completed exemplifying adverbs
(in orange). It is often noted that the colors can also share a connection with the four temperaments: blue (Melancholic), red
(Choleric), green (Phlegmatic), and yellow (Sanguine), which is seen here in orange because it is difficult to see yellow
on white paper.
This is an example of yet another verse, also done in the second year: "He
lifted his wide wings and flew high up into the pink morning clouds which glowed in the rising sun." Verses often come
from stories, poems, and songs that relate to the various main lesson blocks, and offer opportunities for writing and
artistic expression.
More examples of writing can be viewed on other Sample Work pages.
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