Second Grade
updated March 27, 2017

Morning Verse for Lower Grades

Waldorf Today Gallery of Main Lesson Book Pages - Elementary School
Beautiful and inspiring

Gallery of Chalkboard Drawings in the Waldorf Classroom grades 1 - 8

BLACKBOARD SKETCHING book By FREDERICK WHITNEY (1908)
available online for free - with step by step directions and illustrations

How To Create, Tell, and Recall a Story

Main Lesson Book pages shared by Christopherus Homeschool Resources

Waldorf Inspirations Gallery (grades 1-8)

browse through my collection of Pinterest Boards with samples of chalkboard drawings and main lesson book pages for many blocks

*NEW* Waldorf Science Newsletter - issues available in PDF format for FREE

page 13 of Vol.1 has a Science Curriculum in the Waldorf School Grades 1-8 overview / one page handout, page 14 has the same for High School Grades 9-12

What's Taught?
The Waldorf School Curriculum - Grade 2 by Eugene Schwartz

see also
• How to Bind a Main Lesson Book
• Basic Sculptural Modeling: Developing the Will By Working with Pure Forms in the First Three Grades
  by Hella Loewe
  available FREE as a download at the link above - courtesy of the Waldorf Online Library
• Misc. Additional Resources
• Summer Reading Lists
  from the San Francisco Waldorf School
• "Mango Math" lesson
  lovely blog post and overview of Waldorf homeschooling - The Wonder of Childhood
• Grade 2 posts - Schooling from the Heart
• String Games by Arvind Gupta (PDF)
• Mathe-Magics main lesson block
  blog post
• Circle Template for the Mathe-Magics block
  blog post
• Writing Mechanics: For a great book to introduce the comma, try Orange Pear Apple Bear
  
• Suggested Course of Study for Second Grade by Waldorf Curriculum
• FREE Resources - Arts & Handwork
  Switzerite, Rhoda's blog
• how to clean block beeswax crayons blog post from Celebrate the Rhythm of Life
  I use Sweet Orange essential oil and a soft cloth -- and children love this job!


Stockmar Beeswax Block Crayons - 8 Assorted Waldorf Colors in Tin


Aura Cacia Essential Oil, Brightening Sweet Orange - 2 fl. oz.




• Notes on Second Grade Grammar blog entry - Rhoda
• Saint Patrick's lessons blog entry - Melisa Nielson

• Learning to Crochet - journaling page by Waldorf Curriculum
• Books for Second Grade from the Baldwin Project
• Samples from the Second Grade Curriculum by Live Education!

  Animal Study and Language Skills from Teaching Fables

  Some Fables from Lessing from A Collection of Fables

  Lessons in Modeling from The Golden Legends

  Owl and Moon from Drawing Simple Animal Forms

  The Main Lesson Book from Teaching Native American Legends

  Using Nature Stories to Teach Form Drawing from Nature Stories for the Second Year

  Rumi and the Caged Bird from A Collection of Golden Legends

• Live Education! recommends the following books to supplement the 2nd grade curriculum:

  Beasts and Saints by Helen Waddell
  

  Fables and Fairy Tales by Leo Tolstoy


Waldorf Teacher Resources grade 2 - AMAZING collection of free lesson plans (called "gems")

Form Drawing
Music
Movement
Math
Language
Main Lesson Pages
Saints
Fables
Stories
Circle
Verses
Painting
Class Play
Parent Information
Blackboard Drawings
Remedial
Curriculum Overview




• Saints block:
  Gmeyner, Elisabeth and Joyce Russell. ed. The Key of the Kingdom: A Book of Stories and Poems for Children.
  St Peter
  St Kevin
  St Francis
  St George
  St Columba
  St Patrick
  St Nicholas
  St Christopher
  St Bridget
• Brother Francis: The Life of Francis Assisi
  by Jakob Streit
  available FREE as a download at the link above - courtesy of the Waldorf Online Library
• A Collection of Saint Stories



• Martinmas

The following is exclusive content:

• Seasons in Poetry:
  Language Arts Unit (Winter)

  View the Complete Booklist
  Download Unit (username Waldorf - password Waldorf)

• Saints Unit (Winter)
  Note: This block is meant to be taught in December. Please be aware that this block is written for families who celebrate Christmas; however, it can easily be modified.
• my Pinterest board for the Saints
• Column Algorithms (Spring)

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