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Welcome to the Simply Waldorf Blog
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
Jul 14, 20223 min read
The Most Important Lesson We Teach
I am really excited to have recently completed the "Third Grade Watercolor Painting" course. While I was recording, editing, and adding...
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Rev Bowen
Jul 1, 20226 min read
Understanding the Waldorf Main Lesson: Story
This is the fifth part of a series of articles dedicated to exploring the Waldorf main lesson as a whole and its four primary component...
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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, 20229 min read
Understanding the Waldorf Main Lesson: Review
Next In Main Lesson Series: Understanding the Waldorf Main Lesson: New-Do This is the third part of a series of articles dedicated to...
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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 15, 202210 min read
Understanding the Waldorf Main Lesson and its Component Parts
Next In Main Lesson Series: Waldorf Education - Understanding the Main Lesson:"Circle" In the last newsletter, we explored the seven-year...
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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 12, 20227 min read
The Three-Day Rhythm for Main Lessons
In Waldorf Education, grades one through eight, teachers usually design the school day with a main lesson, followed by several subject...
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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
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 10, 202211 min read
The Waldorf Temperaments
During the Middle Ages, scholars and doctors referred to something called "the humors" to classify four tendencies they could see in...
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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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Rev Bowen
Dec 10, 20211 min read
The Importance of Stories
This is just a brief explanation of how stories, which have always been at the heart of our civilizations, remain vitally important for...
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Rev Bowen
Dec 10, 20211 min read
Form and Freedom
Health of any kind is a dynamic balance. Just as we need not too much and not too little of a given vitamin, we have to balance certain...
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Rev Bowen
Dec 10, 20211 min read
Simply Waldorf What is a course?
Yea!! You found us. Now you might be interested in taking some of our courses. If you are wondering what a course is--and we will be...
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Rev Bowen
Dec 10, 20211 min read
Waldorf First Grade Language Arts Overview
This video describes how the Language Arts course will support your Language Arts lessons. It also describes how the language arts...
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