The Wholeness of Waldorf Education

Posted by Donna Simmons

I am currently working on our Christopherus sixth grade syllabus (available mid July 2019). This is the first new syllabus I have written in years. There are a number of reasons for this and one reason is that the Waldorf…

New Sixth Grade Syllabus

Posted by Donna Simmons

All being well, a new Christopherus Sixth Grade Syllabus should be ready early or mid June 2019. This is very exciting as it has been many years since I created a new syllabus! This is mainly because the stakes, as…

The Christopherus Geography Curriculum

Posted by Donna Simmons

by Donna Simmons   From one point of view, you could say that a study of geography is the heart of the Waldorf curriculum—it is the discipline that connects and enlivens much of the rest of the curriculum. History, science…

Why do Calligraphy?

Posted by Christopherus

by Barbara Benson Sometime early in my homeschooling, a Waldorf resource mentioned doing calligraphy in 6th and continuing through 8th as both an art form and a lovely embellishment for main lesson books, particularly in history. Over the years, I…

Classical Physics

Posted by Donna Simmons

By Donna Simmons For science [with my then 10th grader–this was written about 10 years ago!] this semester, we are focusing mainly on physics. For a number of years I have been aware of the Teaching Company, an organization which…

Managing Multiple Main Lessons

Posted by Christopherus

It takes organization, dedication and some flexibility to homeschool multiple children. The simple fact is that you are not going to be able to follow each syllabus thoroughly with each child. As a parent of five children who were all…

Composition – when?

Posted by Christopherus

Many people ask when is a child old enough/ready to write on his own. The following are some of my thoughts on this, based on a discussion with someone about her 9 year old and writing….. If a child is…

Spelling and Composition

Posted by Christopherus

(this entry originally appeared from me in response to  list members’ question on our Waldorf_At_Home list) It sounds to me like you have done a lot of research on this and that you have a lot of tools to work…