Category: Waldorf Curriculum

  • “First Grade Readiness” and “Reading in Grades 1-5”

    How can parents tell when their kindergartener is ready for first grade? How and when is reading taught in a Waldorf school? On Wednesday, February 10, Ashwood Waldorf School is offering parents two opportunities to explore these questions. At 5:00 p.m., teacher Robert Kaczor will present an introduction to first grade in a Waldorf school.…

  • Zoot Student Art Show

    Zoot Coffee on Elm St. in Camden, Maine is hosting an exhibit of artworks by Ashwood Waldorf School students during the months of December and January. Ashwood’s professional faculty is devoted to challenging and engaging each student through a curriculum that integrates science and mathematics with literature, history, and the arts. Every Waldorf student can…

  • Class 3-4 Trip to Beech Hill. By Class Teacher Robert Kaczor

    It was a damp, foggy, almost springlike day on Friday, January 17, when the Grade 3-4 class left campus to hike Beech Hill in Rockport.  We had been studying local geography and it was my hope that we would be able to see and sketch some of the islands and mountains the students had been…

  • Ashwood to Offer “How to Talk About Waldorf” Workshop

    Join us for a Parent Ambassadors Workshop on Monday, November 4. With veteran Waldorf educator and school consultant Kathleen Young, we will explore the hallmarks of an Ashwood Waldorf School education. This workshop will be tailored to the interests of participants, and may address such questions as: How do I explain Waldorf education to my family…

  • Jack Petrash to Speak at Merriconeag

    Waldorf educator Jack Petrash will be at Merriconeag Waldorf School in Freeport, Maine for two events: Dynamic Schooling to Meet the Future: A Public Talk by Jack Petrash Friday October 18, 7:00 p.m. 57 Desert Road, Freeport Suggested donation: $10 at the door To meet the challenges of a rapidly changing world our children will…

  • Waldorf and Montessori: What’s the Difference?

    A question we often hear from parents is: “What are the differences between Montessori and Waldorf eduction?” These two educational philosophies actually started with a similar goal: to design a curriculum that was developmentally appropriate to the child and that addressed the child’s need to learn in multiple ways. A fundamental difference between these two…

  • Animal Studies in the Fourth Grade

    From Nature Stories to Natural Science by Lesley Finlayson, Fourth Grade Teacher The Fourth Grade spent the month of February immersed in its second “Human Being and Animal World” block. These two blocks are truly marvelous, for many reasons. The classroom is abuzz with enthusiasm, because the children are enormously interested in animals, and throw…

  • A New Approach to Teaching Science

        Twenty-first century children are entering a world filled with complex technological wonders that allow them to communicate with people across the globe in seconds, have vast storehouses of information, literally, at their finger tips, and look forward to a future where machines will be able to perform highly sophisticated functions previously delegated to…