Waldorf Homeschool Tips: Pencil Sharpening to Strengthen Will
I hear about strengthening the will in Waldorf Education. Can you give a simple example of ways we do this with children while...
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Our article and videos highlight a variety of tips and guidelines for implementing a Waldorf Curriculum whether for homeschool, charter, or private school including what is a main lesson and main lesson block, balancing form and freedom, the importance of story in Waldorf, and the four temperaments.
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Rev Bowen
Jun 22, 20221 min read
Waldorf Homeschool Math Tips: Laundry Math
What a simple example of how to work with math or counting in number patterns that is easily incorporated in to everyday activities for...
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Rev Bowen
Jun 22, 20224 min read
Understanding the Waldorf Main Lesson: New-Do
Next In Main Lesson Series: Understanding the Waldorf Main Lesson: Story This is the fourth part of a series of articles dedicated to...
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rev047
Jun 20, 20221 min read
The Importance of Play in Waldorf Homeschooling
In this one hour live Zoom event, you will hear a presentation from Rev Bowen on the importance of play in Waldorf homeschooling,...
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Rev Bowen
Jun 15, 20221 min read
Waldorf Homeschool Math Tips: Table Setting Math
Are there some math tips and/or examples of easily available ways to work with early math at home throughout the day that support Waldorf...
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Rev Bowen
May 27, 20225 min read
Waldorf Education - Understanding the Main Lesson:"Circle"
Next In Main Lesson Series: Understanding the Waldorf Main Lesson: Review In the last article, we did a survey of the four primary parts...
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Rev Bowen
Apr 14, 20223 min read
First Grade Language Arts Lesson: Why don't you use a ruler for the lines?
If you would like to review the language arts lesson first you can watch here: Ok so Why don't you use a ruler for the lines? As you can...
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Rev Bowen
Mar 18, 202210 min read
Waldorf Main Lesson: Understanding Hands, Heart, and Head
Next In Main Lesson Series: Understanding the Waldorf Main Lesson and its Component Parts One of the more distinctive aspects of...
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Rev Bowen
Feb 9, 20221 min read
Why do we use block crayons in Waldorf education?
Why do we use block crayons in Waldorf education? In this video you will see a simple drawing performed with Block Crayons. Once the...
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Rev Bowen
Feb 3, 20221 min read
Why Do We Create Borders Around Pages Created in Waldorf Homeschool?
How many times have we seen children become a bit shy when they encounter a new person? Is it possible that this shyness could come into...
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Rev Bowen
Jan 31, 20221 min read
Waldorf Homeschool Tips: Pencil Grips for Colored Pencils
Here is a Waldorf homeschool tip explaining the artist's pencil grip when working with colored pencils for your grades child. This video...
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Rev Bowen
Jan 31, 20221 min read
Waldorf Homeschool Activities: Waldorf Balance Beam and Math Counting By
Looking for Waldorf homeschool activities to do with your student or child? Counting by one's, counting by two's, and so on--these can be...
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Rev Bowen
Jan 31, 20221 min read
Waldorf Homeschool Activities: Waldorf Balance Beam and Math Addition
Looking for Waldorf homeschool activities to do with your student or child? Let's bring in some math work with our balance beam! Again,...
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Rev Bowen
Jan 27, 20221 min read
Waldorf Homeschool Activities: Waldorf Balance Beam for Early Grades IV
Looking for Waldorf homeschool activities that are fun for your early grades child?We started our balance beam work, in the first video...
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Rev Bowen
Jan 20, 20221 min read
Waldorf Homeschool Activities: Balance Beam for Early Grades III
Looking for Waldorf homeschool activities that are developmentally appropriate? It is fun to work with balance as partners! In this...
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Rev Bowen
Jan 20, 20221 min read
Waldorf Homeschool Activities: Balance Beam for Early Grades II
Looking for Waldorf homeschool activities that are developmentally appropriate? In this video, we work with a bean bag while crossing the...
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Rev Bowen
Jan 15, 20226 min read
Why the Gesture is an Essential Element of Storytelling
Throughout nature, we find communication. Communication is the ability to impart or exchange information and this is done in myriad ways...
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Rev Bowen
Jan 11, 20221 min read
Waldorf Homeschool Activities: Balance Beam for Early Grades I
Looking for Waldorf homeschool activities that are developmentally appropriate? It is easy to make a balance beam out of common backyard...
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Rev Bowen
Dec 30, 20211 min read
Journey vs. Destination
The old expression "Journey vs Destination" is an important distinction to consider when taking the path of teaching. We take a lot of...
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Rev Bowen
Dec 24, 20211 min read
Learning Stories
Should you try to memorize stories? Let's take another angle and consider learning them imaginatively. Rev Bowen from Simply Waldorf...
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