“Our highest endeavor must be to develop free human beings who are able of themselves to impart purpose and direction to their lives. The need for imagination, a sense of truth, and a feeling of responsibility—these three forces are the very nerve of education.”
– R. Steiner
– R. Steiner
The following are some of the themes and skills taken up each year:
First Grade: Fairy tales, folk tales and nature stories; pictorial and phonetic introduction to letters; form drawing; preparation for reading through writing; qualities of numbers; introduction of four processes of arithmetic; lower multiplication tables; pentatonic flute.
Second Grade: Legends and animal fables; continued work in language (phonics, reading, writing, punctuation, spelling); arithmetic (the four math processes, odd/even, times tables, place value); cursive writing; form drawing; pentatonic flute.
Third Grade: Stories from Old Testament history; composition and grammar; study of practical life (farming, housing and clothing); higher multiplication tables; weight, measure and money; form drawing; lyre instruction; diatonic flute.
Fourth Grade: Norse Mythology and sagas; Native American mythology; letter writing and language arts; local geography and map making; the animal kingdom; arithmetic and fractions; form drawing; diatonic flute.
Fifth Grade: Ancient history and myths through Greek times (Indian, Persian, Egyptian); American geography; botany; decimals, ratio and proportion; language arts; form drawing; diatonic flute.
Sixth Grade: Roman and medieval history; geography; astronomy; geology; physics; geometric drawing; business math (interest, percentage, discount); language arts; recorder. Seventh Grade: Renaissance history; voyages of discovery; physics; chemistry; physiology, health, and nutrition; algebra; geometry; language arts; recorder. Eighth Grade: Epic and dramatic poetry; world geography; industrial revolution; American and French Revolutions; modern history; human anatomy; physics; nutrition and hygiene; algebra; geometry; language arts; chemistry; meteorology; recorder.
We are currently accepting applications for the 2019-2020 school year.
contact us for more information
360.493.0906
enroll@olympiawaldorf.org
contact us for more information
360.493.0906
enroll@olympiawaldorf.org