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<br />THE MAIN LESSON CURRICULUM
<br />Language arts, history, math and science are taught in blocks of 3-5 weeks during the morning main lesson hours, when
<br />the children are freshest for academic work. Tiie class teacher, who presents the^ subjects, remains with the same class
<br />tliroughout the elementary years, enabling close, secure relationships with each child and an appreciation of individual needs.
<br />PRIMARY GRADES 1-3 MIDDLE GRADES 4-6
<br />Pictorial Introduction to tlie
<br />alphabet, writing, reading,
<br />spelling, poetry and drama.
<br />Folk and fairy tales, fables,
<br />legends. Old Testament stories.
<br />Numbers, basic mathematical
<br />processes of addition, subtraction,
<br />multiplication and division.
<br />Nature stories, liousebuikiing,
<br />farming and trades.
<br />Writing, reading, spelling,
<br />grammar, syntax, poetry and
<br />drama.
<br />Norse sagas, history and stories
<br />of ancient civilizations,
<br />culminating in Greek and
<br />Roman history.
<br />Review of the four mathematical
<br />processes, fractions (common
<br />and decimal), piercentage,
<br />geometry.
<br />Local and world geography,
<br />comparative zoology, botany
<br />and elementary physics.
<br />UPPER GRADES 7-8
<br />Creative writing, reading,
<br />spelling, grammar, poetry and
<br />drama.
<br />Medieval history. Renaissance.
<br />Age of Discovery. American
<br />History, biography.
<br />Algebra, geometry, business math,
<br />graphing, ratio and prof>ortion,
<br />number bases.
<br />Geography, physics, chemistry,
<br />astronomy, physiology, geology
<br />and mineralogy.
<br />THE SPECIAL SUBJECT CURRICULUM
<br />The children are also taught by special subject teachers: classes such as music and foreign languages follow the morning mai.
<br />lesson part of the day. In the afternoon the more active classes such as handwork, physical educaUon and dance-movement ar
<br />taught.
<br />Most special subjects begin In kindergarten, witli appropriate material and skill development for each grade.
<br />• Music: vocal, recorder, violin, string and wind ensembles.
<br />• Foreign languages: French .& German
<br />• Art: watercolor painting, form drawing, becsv.ax and clay modeting, charcoal drawing, perspective, etc.
<br />• Handwork: knitting, crocfiet, sewing, toyinaking, woodworking.
<br />• Movement: games, eurytfuny, gymnastics, pliyslcal education, sports.
<br />(Outline from Shining Mountain Waldorf School brochure, Boulder, Colorado)
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