Resources for the Preschool Years
updated March 27, 2010
Please read this article before you begin our preschool program:
"How to Homeschool" - article by Waldorf Curriculum
Teaching Resources for Preschool & Kindergarten (pdf)
"If Your Child is Under 40 Months" (pdf) - article by Waldorf Curriculum
If your child is between the ages of birth and 3, we also recommend the excellent book
Nurturing Children and Families by Sarah Baldwin
The Waldorf Clearing House Newsleter devoted an entire issue to the curriculum for preschool:
Getting Started with Waldorf -- How to Begin?
Cooking with Children
Helping (pdf), as Part of Your Planbook
Wet Felting How-To
Storytelling - advice from Marsha Johnson
Articles from Gateways: A Newsletter of the Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America
select articles from back issues available online
"A Grain a Day" - article by Waldorf Curriculum
Early Childhood Bibliography - a comprehensive list by WECAN
all the resources you could ever want plus where to find them!
Quills Up – Stay Away! A Poison Awareness Program
a preschool curriculum designed by the National Capital Poison Center
all program materials are available free online
Check out the FREE Art lessons/activities and other links
in our FREE RESOURCES section
Baking Bread with a Play Group - newsletter topic by Waldorf Curriculum (subscription required)
from the Oak Meadow Preschool Package
(start by bending over touching your toes)
I w-a-ke in the morning
I stre-e-e-tch to the light
(slowly stand up and reach tall with your arms extended above you)
I JUMP (jump, keeping your arms up high) to the Sun
I am ready to start my day
(bring your arms down to your sides)
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Our old preschool program is divided into three years -- the first two are curriculum for your three and four year old children,
starting from the age of 40 months. If your child is under 40 months, please click here.
The cumulative unit for this period is Rhythms. For your 5 year old child, we recommend a Kindergarten curriculum (see below).
This program is very flexible and is intended to support the homeschooling family who is new to Waldorf. From the very first unit, Families,
we assume no Waldorf background and help you with the transition, including setting up the home environment, giving your child new play things, and gathering a library
of Waldorf books. If you are new to Waldorf we do recommend that you start with the First Year program regardless of the exact age of your child. The newsletter topics
listed below are used to supplement our main six-week units. Feel free to mix and match topics to customize the program to your family.
All curriculum topics are listed both in chronological order and by season. Please always use a curriculum topic which is appropriate to the current season for your child.
The First Year
The Second Year
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The Third Year
Kindergarten
Having been doing Waldorf for over four years, I have new and different ideas
about how to go about it from the way I began; however, I am keeping my old curriculum on
the site as well as many families find it useful in their transition to Waldorf.
You can find my old lesson
plans, including 6 week units and newsletter topics, on this page. For my
new list of the essential books & supplies and how to go about "homeschooling" with Waldorf for
ages 2 and up, please click here: New Preschool Program.
Kindergarten
Kindergarten Curriculum Booklist (subscription required)
A list of a dozen books which builds upon the
"New Preschool
Program" above and will give you an excellent Early Childhood library!
Note: If your child is six years old, we recommend the Bridge curriculum, a homeschool program for 6 year olds preparing to enter First Grade.
Click here for more information.
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by Nell Smyth suggests baking bread in conjunction with the story "The Muddy Farmyard" (included in the book). Kids
love to sink their hands into the bread dough "mud"! I have grown to LOVE this book and use it every day with my preschool-aged kids. Highly recommend!!!!
