Let's review the stories children will be exposed to and learning from since grade 1. When introducing the letters, the stories of Grimm's Fairy Tales. In grade 2, when grammar and spelling are being explored, the stories of Native American Legends and Aesop's Fables are being told. In grade 3 when the child is going through their 9-year-change, the Saints' and Prophets' stories give the student comfort as they relate to the wandering of Moses in the desert just as the child feels out of sorts himself and looking for stability and control. In grade 4, they mythologies, folktales and epic poems are taught just at a time when the child is in turmoil between his inner and outer world. The fall of the divine and the journey of the human through life and its suffering is mirrored in the Norse myths the fall of Thor and the loss of his hammer. The creation story of Adam and Eve evoke the same sentiment. In grade 5 when the children are in this beautiful in-between phase when the limbs have not yet grown beyond the child's knowing as will happen with puberty, when discoordination and clumsiness seems to plague the child, and in the perfect time after the tumultuous 9-year-change and age of the fallen divine comes the time when the child is finally at momentary rest. The ancient histories including Greek and Roman histories are taught alongside geometry and botany where perfection, idealism and heroes are explored. This is where children may see the heroes and 'gods' of ancient Greek and Roman mythologies and the perfection of geometry in math and manifested in plants in the botany main lesson and in space in astronomy main lesson. Grades 6, 7, 8 focus on european and US history with brief looks at world history.
Check out the Complete series for Grade 4. This playlist covers Waldorf inspired Grade 4 main lesson blocks as well as other units and projects that complement the curriculum.
• 4th Grade
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28 апр 2024
