I love being in the kitchen with the kids and love the stories and recipes in these books. We use a lot of seasonal inspired Waldorf books for crafts, recipes, songs and creating holistic homeschooling. So far I’ve only used Astronomy and Geology, but I really like it.

Charles Kovacs offers great lessons in storytelling form in his book series.Creative Form Drawing: With Children Aged 6-10 Workbook 1.Geometry Lessons in the Waldorf School Grades 4 & 5.The Tasks and Content of the Steiner-Waldorf Curriculum.If you have others please let me know in the comments 🙂 Below are a few websites where you can buy high quality Waldorf curriculum. I borrowed a Christopherus homeschool curriculum for kinder and grade 1. My favorite Waldorf books & where to buy Waldorf Curriculum

Since then I’ve managed to gently introduce her to language arts (mostly Charlotte Mason or Brave Writer inspired) but I try to spend some focus on incorporating art into many lessons in a Waldorf inspired way. Our eldest was perfect for the slower unfolding into academics. It’s not just about learning, it’s about growth of the individual. Head, Heart, Hands.Īll lessons focus on multi sensory learning approach to focus on the whole child and inner being. I loved that art and stories are incorporated into all subjects. When I first read about the first 7 years of a child’s development with the Waldorf education philosophy, it spoke to me greatly with the observations I was seeing. When I started looking into homeschooling philosophies I loved many aspects of the Waldorf education. She has an artist soul and is a great story teller, but trying to get her to mindlessly copy the same letters or concentrate on anything ‘school like’ was challenging. It was evident when we began homeschooling that our eldest wasn’t interested in the ‘conventional’ ways of learning. I would say about 1/3 of our homeschooling is Waldorf inspired. While our family isn’t a 100% Waldorf homeschool I use a lot of Waldorf books and resources, especially in the early years. Today I’d love to share with you some resources for adding Waldorf into your homeschool.

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