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A Journey through Waldorf Homeschooling
Grade 4

A Little Garden Flower Curriculum Guide

Melissa Nielsen

Softbound

Includes the unabridged, illustrated book, The Children of Odin by Padraic Colum!!

Regular Price: $32.00

Clearance Price: $22.00

 

A Journey through Waldorf Homeschooling - Grade 4

 

Marvelous! Melisa's Grade 4 Journey offers so many things that I've never before seen brought together, including many things I've never before seen addressed in print. All in all, this book addresses not just Grade 4 and the needs of those students, but all of us, our families and life itself, in what is becoming an increasingly confusing and challenging world.

First, Grade 4 in the Waldorf curriculum can be perplexing to many people. Just what is going on with all these Norse myths, anyway? And, why won't the children sit still and listen they way they did last year? Those two questions turn out to be intimately related -- Melisa's delvings into them are simply splendid. You'll discover for yourself how nourishing and useful they are.

Then, I want to comment especially on Chapter 4, aptly titled "Inner Work for Self and Family." Of course, any inner work we do really always begins with outer reality. Never have I seen this fact presented in such a crystaline way: Melisa begins from the heart of the matter with "Blending a family from hate to harmony." Her decision to share her journey and that of others through divorce and remarriage, through the trials and joys of blending two families into one is a huge gift. The authors offer it up with such heart that I found myself feeling uplifted and empowered through tears of recognition.

It is not by chance that this topic should appear in a book created to help adults teach 4th graders -- like one of Thor's lightening bolts, it strikes with brilliance the experience of being a 4th grader, and shines a light on how that experience is one we all share.

Additionally, Melisa has had the generosity to include the entirety of Padraic Colum's Children of Odin, one of the best resources for vibrant, 4th-grade-ready, Norse myths. What a treat to find it right there, ready and waiting!

As you can see, I believe this is a wonderful, inspired curriuculm guide. Do enjoy!

Contents:

  • Foreword by Michael Rivera
  • Introduction
  • History of Waldorf Schools and Anthroposophy
  • Chapter 1: The Fourth Grade
  • Chapter 2: Drawing animals in grade four by Sieglinde de Francesca (author of Coloring with Block Crayons)
  • Chapter 3: Music in the Waldorf Curriculum by Judith Ivy
  • Chapter 4: Inner Work for Self and Family
  • Chapter 5: Grade Four Lesson Blocks and Sample Schedule
  • Closing Remarks
  • Appendix with resource lists and material, including Children of Odin

 

A Journey through Waldorf Homeschool - Grade 6

Melisa Nielsen

Softbound - includes book and DVD

Regular Price: $45.00

Clearance Price: $30.00

The Princess in the Forest

 

Melisa Nielsen continues the journey on into Grade 6, in this comprehensive addition to her beloved series. In it you'll find all manner of things that are just the ticket for making 6th grade a joyous exploration of the world and all it's wonders.

Contents:

  • Grade 6 book and resource list
  • Tales of an Islamic Homeschooler
  • Modeling Leadership from the Heart
  • Surfboards and Soybeans: Homeschooling a multi-cultural family
  • Inner work for self and family: Rites of Passage
  • Grade 6 lesson blocks and sample schedule
    • Planning the blocks
    • Rhythm
    • Festivals
    • Overview of grade six lesson blocks
      • Language Arts
      • Social studies and history
      • Science
      • Math, geometry and drawing
      • handwork
    • Year at a glance
    • Daily schedule for grade 6
    • Grade 6 container story
    • Background information for eachlesson block
      • Astronomy and weather
      • Physics
        • Silence and sound
        • Light and color
        • Heat and warmth
        • Static electricity and magnetism
      • Geography
      • History
        • Hellenistic period
        • Rome
        • Life of Jesus the Christ and the Christian faith
        • Life of Mohammed and the Islamic faith
        • Medieval society
      • Geology
  • Closing Remarks
  • Appedix