curriculum
What is the curriculum at a Waldorf school like?
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The Waldorf curriculum is designed to be responsive to the various phases of a child's development. The relationship between student and teacher is, likewise, recognized to be both crucial and changing throughout the course of childhood and early adolescence.
The main subjects, such as history, language arts, science and mathematics are, as mentioned, taught in main lesson blocks of two to three hours per day, with each block lasting from three to five weeks.
What is eurythmy?
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Most simply put, eurythmy is a dance-like art form in which music or speech are expressed in bodily movement; specific movements correspond to particular notes or sounds. It has also been called "visible speech" or "visible song".
Computers in Waldorf Education, by Dick Oliver
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I teach computers in a Waldorf High School – and I would say that most Waldorf elementary schools DO in fact “teach computers†as well.
Many of my students come from non-Waldorf elementary schools, some of which have a lot of technology in the classroom. And I get many other students from Waldorf elementary schools in several states and countries (ours is a boarding school with many foreign exchange students).
