Families Unit Overview
The Waldorf method emphasizes imaginative play, art and creative activities, music, storytelling, authentic handwork, and honoring the rhythms of the seasons and of life. The preschool years are recognized to be a special time in the development of the child.
The lesson plan pages are set up with the following eight subjects:
Music & Movement,
Art,
Nature,
Cooking,
Play,
Handwork,
Helping, and
Stories.
This six-week unit includes 15 essential stories in keeping with the theme; specific Art, Nature, and Handwork activies for each week; and additional suggestions for Music & Movement and Play.
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This unit is designed to be taught during the Winter.
Art: The art focus for this unit is working with clay.
Children, Clay and Sculpture
- by Cathy Weisman Topal
Nature: The nature focus is birds.
For the Birds website, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Handwork:The handwork focus is creating miniature worlds for imaginative play.
Felt Wee Folk
- by Salley Mavor
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