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The Waldorf curriculum teaches traditional subjects in innovative ways. The arts are used to present the academic curriculum with beauty, grace and reverence.
Below are some of the activities at each level:
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Early Childhood (Nursery/Kindergarten)
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Circle games with skipping, hopping, clapping, singing / free play with plain wooden blocks, simple cloth dolls / story time in a circle recited by a teacher / basic household tasks directed through a teacher, baking, making soup, caring for plants, sewing a doll, sweeping
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First Grade
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Fairy tales / pictorial introduction to the alphabet / writing / reading & spelling / speech exercises / observation of nature / numbers and counting / Roman numerals / foreign language through songs, poems, games / form drawing / watercolor painting / knitting / modeling with beeswax / pentatonic flute / singing / Eurythmy / circle games
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Second Grade
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Fables / legends / folk tales / Indian stories / writing sentences / rhyming / plays / choral speaking / observation of human-made environment / cooking / basic arithmetic operations / symmetry - mirror drawing / painting animal forms / crocheting / folk songs / foreign language through songs, poems, games / modeling beeswax / Eurythmy - social excercises / rhythmic games - jump rope
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Third Grade
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American Indian tales and legends / Biblical stories / grammar / punctuation / poetry / long division / multiplication / house-building / agriculture and gardening / crocheting of larger item - animal or purse / music notation / recorder playing in parts / foreign language through songs, poems, games / Eurythmy - geometric form and rod exercises / circus activities - juggling, balancing, tumbling
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Fourth Grade
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Local history and geography / Norse sagas / composition / book reports / mapmaking / averages / times tables / zoology - human and animal / freehand geometric drawing / cross-stitch / foreign language through songs, poems, games / embroidery / modeling with clay - animals and geometric forms / orchestral instruments such as violin or cello / chorus and orchestra / tone Eurythmy / square and fold dancing
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Fifth Grade
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Ancient history - India, Persia, Mesopotamia, and Greece / Greek mythology / life of Buddha, Zoroaster, Alexander the Great, and others / parts of speech, syntax, descriptive writing / decimals / fractions / metric system / zoology / botany / geography of the United States / knitting with four needles / wood carving / modeling Greek vases and columns in clay / three-part singing / foreign language / Eurythmy to poetry / tumbling and gymnastics / pentathlon
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Sixth Grade
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Ancient Rome / life of Jesus / life of Muhammad / Islam / medieval Europe and the Crusades / advanced percentages / exact geometric drawing / physics / botany / geology / geography of Canada, Central and South America / black and white drawing / painting landscapes / sewing stuffed animals and work aprons / foreign language / woodworking with saws, rasps, and gouges / bas-relief modeling / two and three part choral singing / descant, alto, and tenor recorder / decathlon / team sports
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Seventh Grade
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World and European history (1400-1700) / Age of Exploration / Reformation / the Renaissance / forms of poetry / research papers / algebra / business mathematics / meteorology / astronomy / chemistry / physiology / physics / geography of Africa and Europe / perspective drawing / Platonic solids / sewing puppets and slippers / foreign language / woodworking with mallets, gouges, and chisels / modeling the human hand and foot in clay / motets, madrigals, oratorios
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Eighth Grade
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World History (1700-present) / Shakespeare / Napoleon / Industrial Revolution / stories from many cultures / solid geometry / chemistry / physics / physiology / geography of Asia, Australia, and Antarctica / black and white drawing with charcoal / sewing a piece of clothing / making a stool, carved box, or moveable toy from wood / foreign language through songs, games, poems / sculpting the human head in clay / Greek Wrestling / gymnastics with equipment
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