Waldorf geometry

We have finally begun our school year. After one week, things are going quite well. Our first block is Geometry. I wanted to begin with this one, because it is so different than any of our other bl…

You can read more on Geometry in the Waldorf education program on my first post of this serie. I made sure we had finished reading and doing the workbooks this week since I wanted the girls to have plenty of time to work on the more complicated drawings. Day 1: We reviewed the 12 division of the circle (p. 36 # 2 in Making Math Meaningful) and practice the 24 division of the circle (P. 36 # 3) and we did an equiangular spiral (p. 37 top of page). Then, we reviewed the contruction of an…

A catalog of homeschool and classroom chalkboard art and paintings.

Within Waldorf pedagogy, a child is not deeply immersed in geometry until fifth grade. The G5 Geometry is activities are of experiential. We are walking a circle, walking a line, walking a triangle. We are looking at how light hits these shapes. We are morphing our form drawings into geometric shapes. In grade 6, the focus is the compass and straightedge which they are given for the first time. Lots of practice with these tools beginning with the early constructions and working the way up…

In a Waldorf sixth grade, the mathematical art of Geometrical designs move from flat two-dimensional to kinesthetic art that creates circles and curves from straight lines.

The Waldorf Blackboard on Instagram: “🌀Waldorf Geometry🌀 . 🌀Platonic solids🌀 Enjoy the beautiful drawing which was created in @aurorawaldorfschool . . #waldorfteacherartist .…”

Today was our first day back at school after Christmas Break. I always have a little bit of nervous, excited energy when we come back to school after a break, and I certainly did this time. Last night I could hardly sleep and I tossed and turned thinking about seeing my students again and starting […]