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Insects 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 materials.
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This unit is designed to be taught during the Spring.
Art: The art focus for this unit is creative paint techniques.
CREATING WITH PAINT: NEW WAYS, NEW MATERIALS - by
Sherrill Kahn
Handwork:The handwork focus is wet felting.
THE ART OF FELTMAKING - by
Anne Vickrey
Nature: The nature focus is the life cycle of insects.
Insect Facts and Information (website)
The six insects studied are:
ant, butterfly, dragonfly, ladybug, bumblebee, and cricket.
My background:
I was trained in Reggio Emilia at Smith College where I got my BA, went on to work as a preschool teacher and co-director of a Montessori school -- then fell in love with the Waldorf method while I was researching preschools for my daughter and now happily homeschool my own children.
waldorf_curric@yahoo.com
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