Waldorf Curriculum - Fifth Grade

The Curriculum of the Steiner School

Why Waldorf Works: The Waldorf Curriculum (AWSNA)

A Note:
If you can only afford the bare minimum of books -- and you can still do a FANTASTIC job, believe me! -- these are the two things that you must have to develop your homeschool curriculum:

AWSNA Curriculum Chart
$8.00
on March 5, 2015

The Educational Tasks and Content of the Steiner Waldorf Curriculum
$40.00
on March 5, 2015

Fifth Grade
updated January 2, 2014

Morning Verse for Upper Grades

What's Taught?
The Waldorf School Curriculum - Grade 5 by Eugene Schwartz

Books for Fifth Grade from the Baldwin Project

Samples from the Fifth Grade Curriculum by Live Education!
A Sample Block Rotation for the Year from Introduction to the Fifth Year
Brahma the Creator from Ancient India
Form Drawings Using Iranian Motifs from The Ancient Culture in Persia
The Fertile Crescent from Ancient Mesopotamia
The Birth of Isis and Osiris from The Culture of Ancient Egypt
Know Thyself from Teaching Ancient Greek Mythology
Algae and Seaweed from Botany
Discover the Triangles from Geometry and Number

Ways to Reinforce Geometric Shapes blog post

Botany:
Christopherus Homeschool Resources sells a Botany main lesson block
submitted by Rhoda
Sacred Flora by Alan Whitehead
submitted by Rhoda
Seed Leaf Flower Fruit by MaryJo Koch
Drawing from the Book of Nature by Dennis Klocek is also a must-have for this block!
submitted by Rhoda
Outline of the sexual organs and reproductive cycle of flowering plants
submitted by Rhoda
"The Truth About Cauliflory: Flowers That Bloom On Tree Trunks"
Don't miss this site! It's an absolutely fascinating look at specialization.
submitted by Rhoda
medicinal properties of herbs (An Herbal Summer by Tonya Lemos), soapmaking.
also, Plants that Never Ever Bloom by Ruth Heller
submitted by Rhoda

Ancient Egypt:
Passing through the Netherworld board game (a version of the game of Senet)
Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw (historical fiction)
Papyrus Activity Kit from American Museum of Natural History
(includes two sheets of papyrus plus reeds so you can make one additional sheet)
Life in Ancient Egypt by Adolf Erman, trans. by H.M. Tirard

Ancient Greece:
D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths [ABRIDGED] (Audio Cassette)
read by Paul Newman, Sidney Poitier, Kathleen Turner, Matthew Broderick
Chapter 8 of Games Children Play: How Games and Sport Help Children Develop is called "The Greek Olympics" and details how to set this event up, what games to play, and how to play them. Holding a Greek Olympics is traditional at the end of the year in Grade 5 of Waldorf schools.

Geometry:
Geometric Drawing and the Waldorf School Plan by Hermann von Baravalle
Waldorf Geometry for Homeschoolers by Barbara Dewey

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