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How Orchard Valley grades teachers kept the Waldorf curriculum going when school moved home.

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Beyond the Classroom: A look at how Orchard Valley grades teachers are bringing the Waldorf curriculum home

Waldorf lessons reach children through reading and writing, story, song, dance, and games. At home, teachers sent packets with three weeks of plans, plus paints, clay, and recorders. Dana Cudney sent flute lessons by video. Lottie Maker recorded daily greetings. Libby Case taught Ancient Egypt. Jane Hill and Lindsey Benton moved to daily Zoom lessons.

What this looks like in practice

A Waldorf day leans on a multi-sensory approach. Teachers plan lessons that meet different learning styles. Children read and write, and they also learn through story, song, dance, and games. Packets sent home held lesson plans, main lesson books, class readers, colored pencils, paints, beeswax, clay, and recorders, with suggested daily schedules and step-by-step guidance. Teachers stayed available to help with the work.

That multisensory approach matters for young children because it gives them more than one way to understand something. A math game teaches counting, but it also teaches waiting for a turn. A song teaches memory, and a story teaches sequence. You may notice your child retelling a story at dinner or counting steps outside. Those are the small signs that the day's lessons are sticking.

Five children sit and lie near a small campfire beside a rocky stream, holding sticks with food over the flames.

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