2. Expectations of the Waldorf Curriculum in the Middle & High School
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3. Grades 6 & 7 can be tough as a teacher
*Don’t take it personal *It happens everywhere: in schools, and homeschools *children waking up earlier
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4. *We should hear or see the opposite
Child age 12
*Child starts feeling toddler-like “I can do it myself” *They start to push parents/teachers away
*We should hear or see the opposite
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6. At this age, the child needs resistance
*To build their emotional & intelligences muscles, they need an adult to push against *Can be challenging for parent, but is necessary
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7. As teachers, we must increase the challenges
*give more challenging work/assignments
*moving through material faster *speak faster
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9. 6th grade
*starts geometric drawing with a compass to find the center *From this moment on, you have an inner circle- you have a center point *Now you start from within; material going forward meets this
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10. 6th grade = Conformity
*This age they are looking for a group to “conform” to (team sports) *Better to do it now with adults still supervising *Powerful to experience Rome’s conformity & then decline
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11. They need to take their “first steps” into life
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12. Waldorf creates love of learning
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13. Puberty = physical changes Adolescence = inner life
*Physical happening faster now, but inner changes not. *Waldorf curriculum helps balance this process
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14. *Renaissance- master painters enthusiasm; something they can’t stop
7th grade needs balance
*Curriculum uses algebra as a chance to balance *Physics: simple machines the lever the pulley
*Renaissance- master painters enthusiasm; something they can’t stop
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15. 8th grade is like a pendulum
*Curriculum brings Fibonacci series that is a progression that governs all life
*Chart to show relationship of numbers to each other- looks like wild swings that mirror the child’s moods and activities until it evens out
*Revolutions- all about wild swings and fosters rebellious spirits
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16. 9th grade- up
*High School Curriculum is a recapitulation of grade school *Now it is brought on an intellectual level *Spirals around but with more sophistication
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17. Steiner created only through 7 grade at first
*Students asked for it
*Steiner only sketched out
*Gives much more leeway & creativity
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18. Can I teach Waldorf High School?
*Visit a few Waldorf High School and observe classes
*Can I as a parent meet them on an intellectual level? *Is moving a possibility to find a Waldorf High School? *Public school with Waldorf enrichment *Waldorf High School online
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19. Eugene Schwartz http://iwaldorf.com/homeschool.html
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