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CURRICULUM OVERVIEW “Education for the Head, Hands, and Heart” According to the Waldorf approach, there is a “right time” to introduce much of the content of different subject areas. This is usually determined by the child’s stage of development, which includes emotional, social, psychological and physical, as well as cognitive growth. As students mature they engage themselves at new levels of experience with each subject. All students participate in all basic subjects regardless of their special aptitudes.
A sample of subjects incorporated into Pine Forest Curriculum: 1St grade Introduction to the alphabet; fairy tales, folk tales and nature study; form drawing; reading approached through writing; addition, subtraction, multiplication, division; beginning foreign language, knitting, singing, and recorder.
2nd grade Writing, reading, multiplication tables, numerical patterns and forms; beginning grammar; fables and legends (retold, dramatized, and written in the child’s own book); crocheting; continuation of foreign language; music.
3rd grade Old Testament stories as an introduction to history; study of practical life; farming, housing; reading; spelling, introduction to cursive writing; grammar, punctuation; higher multiplication tables, weight, measure, money; continuation of foreign language, music and handwork.
4th grade Norse mythology; local geography and history; composition, grammar and spelling; fractions, long division, and higher multiplication; animal studies; chorus; recorder and string instruments; cross-stitch and embroidery; continuation of foreign languages.
5th grade Ancient civilizations; North American geography and history; continuation of composition, grammar and spelling; introduction to decimals; botany; advanced knitting; continuation of music with orchestra and chorus; woodworking and foreign languages.
6th grade European and African geography; composition, Roman and medieval history and literature; grammar and spelling; business math; geometry; introduction to physics; astronomy; geology; gardening; continuation of music program, handwork and foreign languages.
7th grade Age of Discovery, Renaissance and Reformation; South American and Asian geography; composition, playwriting, debating; algebra, graphing and weather; continuation of geometry, business math and physics; introduction of chemistry and physiology; foreign languages are continued and Greek and Latin poetry are introduced, as well as, computers.
8th grade History from 1700s to present, including industrial Revolution and American History; Australian, Asian, and Antarctic geography; continued debate, business and practical writing; production of original drama; continuation of all mathematics, computer, and natural sciences; substance abuse; woodworking; clay modeling, sewing; choir and orchestra; vocabulary building in Spanish, German, Greek and Latin. |
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