Our Waldorf Homeschool Journey

When we look at any of our lessons, being Animal Fables in Grade 2 or Mythology in Grade 4, 5, 6 etc I try and include an animal study and a plant study. If I am able to juggle everything then I’m able to do a single chalkboard drawing for both the Gr2 and Gr5 main lesson… I needed to find an animal for Jules to study in Pakistan, an animal or bird that was there 7 000 years ago. So we discovered the Indian Red Jungle Fowl…great! I then found an Indian animal fable for StJohn and changed the bird and his wife into Indian Red Jungle Fowl! It was a stunning fable about a bird and his wife named Mr and Mrs Tee-Tee-Bah…

 I told StJ. the story of Mr & Mrs Tee-Tee-Bah and how proud this little bird was, so proud in fact that he would take on the entire ocean! After his main lesson, he started to draw the picture and leave space for the summary, while he did this, Juliette and I did her main lesson, which was the Animal Study of the Indian Red Jungle Fowl as it must have been in the Indus Valley 7 000 years ago. Here are their main lesson books…First StJohns Animal Fable for Gr 2….

And then Gr5, Juliette’s, animal study…

 

 So that was it, the Animal Fable for StJohn for Grade 2 and the Animal Study for the Indus Valley for Juliette for Grade 5. Don’t get me wrong at no point do I teach them the same thing, it’s just a way when possible to cut down on my chalkboard work, and it’s easier for me to continue talking about the same thing whether a fable or factual. It just eases the day a bit…

Filed under: Waldorf Grade 5, Waldorf Grade 2, Ancient Civilisations, Waldorf Animal Studies, Waldorf Homeschooling on October 18th, 2009