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3rd Grade Lyre Lessons
3rd Grade Lyre Lessons Third graders enjoying the beautiful sounds of the lyre.
Inspiring Life-long Learning for Over 25 Years
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6th, 7th & 8th Grades: Sculpture & Clay Modeling
6th, 7th & 8th Grades: Sculpture & Clay Modeling Half-size heads Using terra cotta clay, students in 6th, 7th and 8th grades created half-size heads modeled after their own noggins. This one is Ben Hurt-Haller's. You might not recognize the…
Building Brooding Boxes for the Bees
Upper Grades Farm & Garden Class—Building Brooding Boxes for the Bees The 4th and 5th grade class and the 6th, 7th and 8th grade class have been building brood boxes for the bees. Next week we will continue doing this…
3rd Grade Color Studies
3rd Grade Color Studies Third grade is in the midst of various color studies. We have done a few of these—working to balance and blend colors, making them even and vibrant. We spend a great deal of time in third…
1st and 2nd Grades—Watercolor Painting
1st and 2nd Grades—Watercolor Painting All grades in Waldorf schools paint with "wet on wet" watercolor. In the early grades it begins as an experience of color. Painting in this way enhances the feeling life, along with other attributes, such…
6th, 7th & 8th Grades—Printmaking
6th, 7th & 8th Grades—Printmaking Watercolored Block Prints The 6th, 7th and 8th graders have spent many weeks going through the steps to create these unique pieces of art. First they created original drawings during their study of illuminated letters…
Handwork Happenings
Handwork Happenings Left: The 4th grade student is doing cross stitch embroidery. The final result will be a hand-sewn pencil case. Right: The 6th, 7th and 8th graders are hand-sewing cloth elephants, using patterns of their own making, based on…
Tour & Observe Da Vinci Waldorf School—Tuesday, February 23, 8:45 a.m.
Tour & Observe Da Vinci Waldorf School Tuesday, February 23, 8:45 a.m. Come tour and observe Waldorf education in action! Experience the warmth of our Early Childhood classrooms. Watch the lively engagement of our grade school students in math, science,…
6th, 7th & 8th Grades: Seed Drawing
6th, 7th & 8th Grades: Seed Drawing The medium of seed drawing stands between the two dimensions of drawing and the three dimensions of modeling, making it possible for students to easily adjust the straightness or curve of a line…