POEM: What Is A Waldorf School?
By Ellyn Hilliard, 7th grade teacher at Desert Star Community School “What is a Waldorf School?”, you say, While on your way to Opening Day. You know there’s something strange and new But you don’t know just what they do. You toured campus late last week, Each colored...
Early Literacy Learning in Waldorf Education
How Reading, Writing, Literature, and Language are Taught in a Waldorf Education By Dianne McGaunn and Kat Marsh The Waldorf approach to literacy is unique in two very important ways. First, Waldorf education builds a foundation for literacy learning through attention...
Embracing the Goodness in the World For Our Young Children
Now more than ever, as adults, as parents, as educators, we need to embrace the goodness in the world and celebrate the amazing people on this planet! Why? Because our children need it. A child’s connection to a parent is so powerful, it is as though the two are one....
Inside the Classroom: Social-Emotional Learning in 4th Grade
Receive the children in reverence; educate them in love; let them go forth in freedom. - Rudolf Steiner Being in school is a hugely social experience as children interact throughout the day with their same-grade classmates, teachers, teammates, coaches, recess...
Importance of Warmth in Young Children
Kindergarten February Update By Cristan Vineis, Kindergarten Teacher Over the course of the last few weeks our Kindergarten children have been experiencing warmth in all kinds of ways. Being a Waldorf school that values the importance of outdoor learning, we need to...
Inside the Classroom: Language Arts Block in 3rd Grade
Take a look at what the Third Grade Language Arts Main Lesson Block* looks like. By Branigan Reed, Third Grade Teacher Learning Goals Students will: Understand and distinguish between the four types of sentences (command, statement, question, exclamation) and the...
Why We Give: It’s Personal
This year on Giving Tuesday, I invite you to join me and my family in giving to the Waldorf School at Moraine Farm Fund. When Paul and I returned with Alexander (then five) and Aylin (three) from our nine-year sailing circumnavigation of the globe, we looked for a...
Waldorf School at Moraine Farm Presents: Waldorf Enchanted Fair, December 8, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
On Saturday, December 8, the Waldorf School at Moraine Farm will be transformed into the Waldorf Enchanted Fair. This event offers a magical holiday experience for the whole family with...
