In Discussion Nine of his Teacher’s Seminar, Rudolf Steiner and the first Waldorf teachers explore how to prepare lessons about plants. Steiner wants his teachers to realize a few key points (these are in his words): All…

Rudolf Steiner begins Lecture Nine of the Teacher’s Seminar in 1919 by saying that “the children coming to the Waldorf School will be of widely different ages.” After all, this is a new school and the children…

Rudolf Steiner poses this question to his first teachers-in-training in August of 1919: what is health-giving to children? This is our starting point as we begin to sort out how and what to teach in Waldorf homeschooling….

The question posed at the end of yesterday afternoon’s discussion is this: what measures need to be taken when children are struggling with a subject or lesson? You may find Steiner’s recommendations surprising: healthy food for improved…

Steiner doesn’t talk much about grade levels. Instead, he focuses on the child’s development at different stages. I think this is really great for us as we each design our own Waldorf curriculum for homeschoolers. This post…

Here we are with Lecture Eight from The Foundations of Human Experience, the morning lecture which Steiner gave to the first Waldorf teachers on the morning of August 29, 1919. Two topics emerge: how to work with remembering…

Alison and I met at the Steiner Cafe last week after a break for the holidays. And today, we invite you to join us for Day Seven from Discussions with Teachers which begins with a speech exercise. Steiner…

Many Waldorf homeschoolers express their difficulty or even discomfort with what is known as the Man and Animal block traditionally presented in fourth grade. I have had a hard time myself with some of the concepts some…

Day Seven in Steiner’s teacher training is really all about middle age. A time of soul development.   “If you observe a newborn child…you will get a picture of the human body. However, you will have a complete…