Waldorf Education recognizes and honors the full range of human potentialities. It addresses the whole child by striving to awaken and ennoble all the latent capacities. The children learn to read, write, and do math; they study history, geography, and the sciences. In addition, all children learn to sing, play a musical instrument, draw, paint, model clay, carve and work with wood, speak clearly and act in a play, think independently, and work harmoniously and respectfully with others. The development of these various capacities is interrelated. For example, both boys and girls learn to knit in grade one. Acquiring this basic and enjoyable human skill helps them develop a manual dexterity, which support their ability to think clearly.
In a Waldorf school, the practical and artistic subjects play as important a role as the full spectrum of traditional academic subjects that the school offers. The practical and artistic are essential in achieving a preparation for life.
First Grade
- Fairy Tales
- Foundations of Reading
- Phonetics
- Writing
- Qualities of Numbers
- Introduction to the Four Arithmetic Processes
- Nature Studies
- French
- German
Second Grade
- Fables/Legends
- Saint and Hero Stories
- Reading
- English Language Skills
- Nature Studies
- Four Arithmetic Processes
- French
- German
Third Grade
- Hebrew Stories as part Ancient History
- Fables
- English Language Skills
- Cursive Writing
- Spelling (thru gr 8)
- Farming
- Housebuilding
- Four Arithmetic Processes
- Weights and Measurements
- French
- German
Fourth Grade
- Local History and Geography
- Norse Mythology
- Poetry and Composition
- Zoology
- Long Division
- Word Problems
- Fractions
- French
- German
Fifth Grade
- Greek, Indian, Persian & Egyptian Mythologies and History
- English Language Skills
- North American Geography
- Botany
- Fractions/Decimals
- French
- German
Sixth Grade
- Roman Civilization
- European History and Geography
- Medieval Literature and Poetry
- Geology and Mineralogy
- Astronomy
- Physics
- Business Math
- Geometric Drawing
- French
- German
Seventh Grade
- History from 1400-1700
- Arthurian Legends
- Biographies
- Essays/Summaries/Research papers
- Poetry
- World Geography
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Physiology
- Algebra
- Geometry
- Perspective Drawing
Eighth Grade
- Modern History
- Shakespeare
- World Folklore
- Poetry
- World Geography (Asia, Australia, Antarctica)
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Physiology
- Algebra
- Platonic Geometry
- French
Specialty Subjects
- French (beginning in grade 1)
- German (beginning in grade 1)
- Handwork (beginning in grade 1)
- Modeling (beginning in grade 1)
- Chorus (beginning in grade 4)
- Movement and Athletics (beginning in grade 1)
- Woodworking (beginning in grade 5)
- Strings - cello and violin (beginning in grade 3)
- Orchestra (beginning in grade 6)
- Painting/Drawing (beginning in grade 1)
