I just happened on your review yesterday and a mama who I found selling pentatonic flutes was also selling this curriculum. I am really exited for it to arrive next week and get started with it. I began Waldorf Essentials grade 2 but feel a bit lost and your review of this curriculum made me feel like I would have a clear outline to get myself going. I will probably still do all the handwork from WE and use some of the stories there to compliment our saints and fables stories. Also, THANK YOU for showing the MLB and explaining how you did it and how it can also be done other ways. We did a half year of Waldorf inspired kinder and now coming back for 2nd grade. Really appreciate all that you have shared Hana
Hana, this was an incredible review. Thank you so much for taking the time to walk through the different elements and your suggested materials. I plan to watch it a few more times to let the ideas seep into me - very like the 3 day review model, ha!
Hana, thanks so much for sharing all this great information. lots of info packed in one video, that's what i like! i'm always looking a few grades ahead to keep these curriculums in mind!💛
Hana this has been the MOST helpful and in depth explanation of not only Live Ed but of The Waldorf method. I have SO many questions 😂. One is... does Live Ed give you suggestions on your chalk drawing for the main lesson? Or do you not have chalk drawings for 2nd grade?Also... and this actually might be in reference to 1st grade... does Live Ed give you stories for the numbers? Or did you have to come up with them on your own?
Excellent! You hadn't been able to see this video before, right? I tried sharing it with you via facebook. But I'm glad you get the insight you need to figure what to do. Please keep me posted on your decision.
Assalamu Alaikum. I love that you taught stories of Rasoolullah as a main lesson unit. This curriculum is totally out of my budget but I'm piecing together bits and pieces. I really appreciate you sharing your experience. ❤ I'd love to see a separate compilation of Islamic lessons you did with your students! And any recommendations. =)
Instead of starting my kids on a recorder, I started my kids on a tin whistle. It has a beautiful rich sound, and has both a “simple” way to play as well as room for skill advancement by learning to add octaves. Also, while high quality recorders are very pricey, an excellent tin whistle can be purchased for $15-$20, a less expensive and still beautiful option for other parents like me with limited resources ;)
Hana I love your videos! This one lead me to purchase the curriculum used, so I am unsupported and figuring everything out as I go. It looks like you might have a different book in your series than I have. You have a book that is titled just Nature Stories and it looks to have the form drawing lessons in it as well as in another book. There are two books in your review with the hummingbird on front, one that says "with an introduction to the second year" and one that just says "Nature Stories" on the cover. Do you have a 9th/Extra book?
Interesting. Explained well. A bit dry, and uneven hand cuffs annoy my ocd, but i got past it.. good info for small kids.. looks like once adults they can function as happy adults, and prosper..
Hello, new to homeschooling and love your channel. Do you by chance have a review on LE 3rd grade curriculum? We use 2nd grade now and I am starting to plan out 3rd, but not quite sure if their 3rd grade content is right for us.
Hi! I do have the 3rd grade and can review it for you. I had lent it out and couldn't record a review when I do the series over the summer. I'll try to get that up by next week.
I am so hoping to purchase the 2nd and 4th grade curriculum from live education next year! I have already started saving for them! I wish had realized I wanted them before prepping for this year! Thank you so much for your thorough review.
Oh 4th grade is great! You're really going to like that year (at least I hope you do!). Will you do two main lessons each day? I've only ever managed that 1-2 years. It's tough. I'd suggest not doing chalk drawings if you plan to do two lessons a day, or at least keep them super simple.
Pepper and Pine I'm thinking simple is best so I'm guessing I'll simplify it as much as I can. I'll know better once I get a look at it and have it in my hands but 2 main lessons a day sounds like a lot so maybe I'll have my younger son join in a little with my older on some days and vice versa.
HI Hanna this is a wonderful video you have made. If I need to buy just 2nd grade book for math. Where can I buy it from? Does live education sells books separately? Anywhere else I can buy them second hand?
Waldorf's drawing used in the lessons looks wonderful. Any suggestions for early elementary that I can break out from a boxed set or use individually? Perhaps the nature studies? My oldest daughter loves drawing/creating.
I think you could use the form drawing independently from the curriculum. Here's a book I saw recently on Raising Joyfulness called Creative Form Drawing by Angela Lord: www.amazon.com/Creative-Form-Drawing-children-Education/dp/1907359540 You can use the form drawing exercises with nature studies.
Hello Hana, I've got a question about maths. When in the Waldorf curriculum, children learn time's table? And how they learn them? Thank you for the description of the second grade of the live education curriculum it is very complete and very well descriptive.
Hey Sophie, for the times table, kids learn skip counting first. This is rhythmic counting, clapping counting or counting with sticks. You can do this by clapping for the number one and two and say aloud the number three. You can continue up to 36, skip counting by threes. You can do this for all the numbers. This is the second introduction to multiplication. The first intro is actually in grade one, and I don't find it of value and won't do it with my kids. Basically the idea of multiplication is introduced in grade one in the form of simple multiplication equations like 3x4=12 and 4x3=12. I remember being in the Waldorf school being thoroughly confused by it and so I won't be introducing it to my kids til much later (but skip counting I will).
Shannon yes!! It's on my to do list, but I've lent my 3rd and 4th grade curriculum out and I can't remember to whom I lent 3rd grade to! I'll track it down and make a video. In the meantime, I'll continue with 6th-8th.
Hello. I have just started homeschooling my 1st and 3rd grade kids. I've been binge watching your channel and I am incredibly drawn to using a Waldorf curriculum. My question is, with children two years apart in age, would you just combine them into one grade level or would you do two separate lessons daily? 🤔
All my kids (4 soon to be 5) are two years apart and I just go with the middle grade. Waldorf tends to have kids one year older than normal school ( first grade is 7 going on 8) so this works well to meet the needs of both kids and the subjects are still developmentally appropriate. The other big thing is within any main lesson block you can adjust here and there for your children, activity by activity. If you are doing word families, your younger one can focus on the word lists while your older one can do the word lists, plus write a few sentences out. Also with your younger one you can focus on just the spelling and form of the letters, while you can raise the bar a little with your older one and focus on correct punctuation and writing in a nice line. That’s how I do it, and as my younger kids get old enough for school, I will keep them all in the same subject but broaden it to suit them all. My kindergartener will just write the single letter of the week and so on. It’s so much easier than having separate curriculums and main lesson blocks for each child, especially when they are so close together. 😁 best wishes in your homeschool journey👍🏼
Hmmm, I don't think I have a specific video on how and why I chose it, but I used to go to a Waldorf School when I was a child living in France. The idea of a Waldorf education completely slipped from my mind until a chance encounter with someone who sent her child to a Waldorf school. This was just months before my oldest was about to start school, and it reignited an interest in the philosophy. And as they say, "the rest is history" ;)
Basic question: I can't go 20 mins in a lesson w/o my child asking questions, which leads to going down a few rabbit holes and getting off track. How do you keep or redirect questions so you complete your presentation?
Some people like the rabbit holes and feel that's the actual education, others, like myself, feel the distraction/interruption messes with their flow. Depending on the age of your child and the content you're presenting, you may go with it or ask your child to wait for those questions. If the questions related to the lesson and you'll get to those answers as a matter of course (this kind of impatience happens with my children often), then asking your children to be patient is also now part of the lesson. If the questions are related to the lesson but off-topic, you might tell your child you'll answer the questions at the end. If the questions are unrelated, then they may be losing focus on the lesson and getting easily distracted. Sometimes we need to make the lessons more lively and interesting and other times, they need to train their attention.
Hi Hannah, is there a way to integrate this curriculum with a second language? I'm fluent in 2 languages and would like my children to be as well. How could this happen with this kind of curriculum? Would you suggest storytelling in both languages? Or talking in both languages? I'm really struggling
Hello, thank you so much🙏🏻 for this review. Could you provide a link to where I can purchase this curriculum, as I have googled Waldorf curriculum and all I could find was oak meadow (which is not 100% Waldorf). Please and thank you 😊
Would you happen to know of a site, fb group, or forum where I might find a used live education grade 1 and grade 3 curriculum? I tried searching in google but maybe I'm not typing out the right verbiage to locate it.
Chances are you aren't going to find it used because we agree not to resell the curriculum when we purchase it. Each book is printed for the family who purchased it and our name is on the front cover (well, usually it is). So you've been searching correctly, but most likely families aren't reselling it or at least, they aren't doing it online. For a brief time, there was a Yahoo group in which I saw a few copies of the curriculum floating around, but usually other members would shut that down in honor of the agreement.
Pepper and Pine oh ok! Thank you so much for that information. I thought maybe I was just unlucky in my search. This curriculum is something I'm interested in for my 1st grader for sure. I plan on definitely trying a DIY main lesson book approach with the boys no matter what curriculum we use. Do you always make your own books for the most part or is there somewhere that sells watercolor paper main lesson books? Thanks so much for always being so informative and inspiring!
I think over the years we've done about half store bought, half DIY main lesson books. If you want something other than simple drawing paper main lesson book, you'll have to make it or simply use a spiral waterpaper pad. If you want lined paper with blank pages, you'd be better off buying one. If you want specialty paper, it's best to make it.
Hi! Both my children have their birthdays in the summer and are young for their grades. Do you have advice for dealing with developmental readiness when it comes to choosing a curriculum? If my child turned 7 in July, is 2nd grade more appropriate than 1st? My child is reading at or above grade level.
Oh good question. The watercolor ones, can be used as regular color pencils, or to add a new look, you can use water and blend the colors on paper. To be honest, I don't prefer them, but my kids love them.
Here I am back to this video as I am thinking about next school year in the back of my mind. We’ve never done this curriculum before and I guess I’m worried that because we didn’t start with live education, we will have trouble with some of the things in the curriculum that piggy back on earlier teachings in the live education younger years. For example, we’ve never done form drawing so will it be confusing for us because we are so new to the concepts. Do any of the subjects sort of continue from the prior year or would you say this is a simple curriculum to jump into in 2nd and 4th grade? Does that question make sense? Hopefully it does! Just hoping that this curriculum isn’t super sequential? Maybe that’s the word....like very much connected to the prior years.
I hadn't ever thought of your concern before, but I would say it doesn't matter if you've done this kind of curriculum before for a few reasons. For form drawing, even as the children get older, you're still starting with basic forms. It's not hard to jump into that. At this age, you have about three skills you're working on: reading writing and math (actually those skills are the ones you want to perfect by junior high). Everything else you're doing is information based, like for second grade, you're learning about the tales of Buddha or Native American legends, so you don't need background info. I've lent my 3rd and 4th grade curriculum so I don't have them to do a review, but as soon as I get them back, I'll be sharing an overview of them all. If you get a chance, I'd suggest contacting Live-Education. You can get a consultation and they can help further with any transition concerns you have remaining. The only thing that could be difficult about the transition is if you have a child used to getting grades and filling in worksheets, he may be frustrated without that.
Pepper and Pine thank you so much! I will take a look at the live education contact information. We don’t heavily grade things and when we do have worksheets and workbooks, my oldest is somewhat resistant and not a big fan so maybe this will actually be GREAT for him 😊
Hana I wonder if you could share your thoughts on the trickster archetype in animal fables. It always bothers me that the “hero” is so immoral and gets their victory through stealing, deceit or manipulating others. It makes me uncomfortable to have my kids absorb that lesson especially since they always ask why the “naughty one” wins, but I wonder if Waldorf or specifically Live Education has a discussion or reason behind why the trickster archetype should be presented to kids in fables where they are the hero or lead character rather than the villain? I imagine there is something to be gained from such a presentation and I know that Waldorf doesn’t do anything thoughtlessly so I wonder if you could shed some light on this for me?
That's a good question and I don't know the answer. It's unsettling for a trickster to win and while in real life that happens a lot, I wouldn't use this story as a cautionary tale of what people are capable of or how to avoid them in the future. If I find anything, I'll share it.
I enjoy your post and thanks for sharing. BIG thumbs up! We just posted our very first Bible Art Journal! It was such a rewarding experience for us! Hope you can visit us when you get a chance. Thanks for inspiring us. Flo
May Allah reward you! First time homeschooler here, starting with my 7 year old :) alhamdullilah
I just happened on your review yesterday and a mama who I found selling pentatonic flutes was also selling this curriculum. I am really exited for it to arrive next week and get started with it. I began Waldorf Essentials grade 2 but feel a bit lost and your review of this curriculum made me feel like I would have a clear outline to get myself going. I will probably still do all the handwork from WE and use some of the stories there to compliment our saints and fables stories. Also, THANK YOU for showing the MLB and explaining how you did it and how it can also be done other ways. We did a half year of Waldorf inspired kinder and now coming back for 2nd grade. Really appreciate all that you have shared Hana
Hana, this was an incredible review. Thank you so much for taking the time to walk through the different elements and your suggested materials. I plan to watch it a few more times to let the ideas seep into me - very like the 3 day review model, ha!
Hehe, you got this Tanya! Next I'll be seeing a flow chart as an IG post ;)
I love your videos because they are so well explained. Thanks for the information.
Hana, thanks so much for sharing all this great information. lots of info packed in one video, that's what i like! i'm always looking a few grades ahead to keep these curriculums in mind!💛
I love how informed you are and your dedication to planning ahead :)
Hana this has been the MOST helpful and in depth explanation of not only Live Ed but of The Waldorf method. I have SO many questions 😂. One is... does Live Ed give you suggestions on your chalk drawing for the main lesson? Or do you not have chalk drawings for 2nd grade?Also... and this actually might be in reference to 1st grade... does Live Ed give you stories for the numbers? Or did you have to come up with them on your own?
Hi Hana! Thx so much for the great review; it's exactly what I needed.
Excellent! You hadn't been able to see this video before, right? I tried sharing it with you via facebook. But I'm glad you get the insight you need to figure what to do. Please keep me posted on your decision.
Assalamu Alaikum. I love that you taught stories of Rasoolullah as a main lesson unit. This curriculum is totally out of my budget but I'm piecing together bits and pieces. I really appreciate you sharing your experience. ❤
I'd love to see a separate compilation of Islamic lessons you did with your students! And any recommendations. =)
Instead of starting my kids on a recorder, I started my kids on a tin whistle. It has a beautiful rich sound, and has both a “simple” way to play as well as room for skill advancement by learning to add octaves. Also, while high quality recorders are very pricey, an excellent tin whistle can be purchased for $15-$20, a less expensive and still beautiful option for other parents like me with limited resources ;)
I wanted to ask where do you get your books that your children do their work in? Thank you for you videos always a blessing!
Hello Hana, thank you for this helpful review. What resource do you use for stories of the Islamic figures in your saints main lesson book? Thank you!
Hana I love your videos! This one lead me to purchase the curriculum used, so I am unsupported and figuring everything out as I go. It looks like you might have a different book in your series than I have. You have a book that is titled just Nature Stories and it looks to have the form drawing lessons in it as well as in another book. There are two books in your review with the hummingbird on front, one that says "with an introduction to the second year" and one that just says "Nature Stories" on the cover. Do you have a 9th/Extra book?
Hi where did you buy is used?
Interesting. Explained well. A bit dry, and uneven hand cuffs annoy my ocd, but i got past it.. good info for small kids.. looks like once adults they can function as happy adults, and prosper..
Thank you, Geraldine, I think...
Where did you get the crayon and pencil holders? Incredible review!
Hello, new to homeschooling and love your channel. Do you by chance have a review on LE 3rd grade curriculum? We use 2nd grade now and I am starting to plan out 3rd, but not quite sure if their 3rd grade content is right for us.
Hi! I do have the 3rd grade and can review it for you. I had lent it out and couldn't record a review when I do the series over the summer. I'll try to get that up by next week.
I am so hoping to purchase the 2nd and 4th grade curriculum from live education next year! I have already started saving for them! I wish had realized I wanted them before prepping for this year! Thank you so much for your thorough review.
Oh 4th grade is great! You're really going to like that year (at least I hope you do!). Will you do two main lessons each day? I've only ever managed that 1-2 years. It's tough. I'd suggest not doing chalk drawings if you plan to do two lessons a day, or at least keep them super simple.
Pepper and Pine I'm thinking simple is best so I'm guessing I'll simplify it as much as I can. I'll know better once I get a look at it and have it in my hands but 2 main lessons a day sounds like a lot so maybe I'll have my younger son join in a little with my older on some days and vice versa.
HI Hanna this is a wonderful video you have made. If I need to buy just 2nd grade book for math. Where can I buy it from? Does live education sells books separately? Anywhere else I can buy them second hand?
Hi Hana, is it possible to buy this books in Europe too and maybe in other languages? Thank you so much for all this precious informations.
Waldorf's drawing used in the lessons looks wonderful. Any suggestions for early elementary that I can break out from a boxed set or use individually? Perhaps the nature studies? My oldest daughter loves drawing/creating.
Thank you for your videos btw ❤
I think you could use the form drawing independently from the curriculum. Here's a book I saw recently on Raising Joyfulness called Creative Form Drawing by Angela Lord:
www.amazon.com/Creative-Form-Drawing-children-Education/dp/1907359540
You can use the form drawing exercises with nature studies.
Hello Hana,
I've got a question about maths. When in the Waldorf curriculum, children learn time's table? And how they learn them? Thank you for the description of the second grade of the live education curriculum it is very complete and very well descriptive.
Hey Sophie, for the times table, kids learn skip counting first. This is rhythmic counting, clapping counting or counting with sticks. You can do this by clapping for the number one and two and say aloud the number three. You can continue up to 36, skip counting by threes. You can do this for all the numbers. This is the second introduction to multiplication. The first intro is actually in grade one, and I don't find it of value and won't do it with my kids. Basically the idea of multiplication is introduced in grade one in the form of simple multiplication equations like 3x4=12 and 4x3=12. I remember being in the Waldorf school being thoroughly confused by it and so I won't be introducing it to my kids til much later (but skip counting I will).
Thank you very much for this information Hana. I'm going to try with my children.
Any chance you could do a review of third grade? I'm also interested in what building projects you did for third. Pretty please :)
Shannon yes!! It's on my to do list, but I've lent my 3rd and 4th grade curriculum out and I can't remember to whom I lent 3rd grade to! I'll track it down and make a video. In the meantime, I'll continue with 6th-8th.
Pepper and Pine Thank you for the reply. I look forward to the reviews!
How do you use this curriculum with multiple grades? I have a first fifth and to student how do you juggle all those different levels
Hello. I have just started homeschooling my 1st and 3rd grade kids. I've been binge watching your channel and I am incredibly drawn to using a Waldorf curriculum. My question is, with children two years apart in age, would you just combine them into one grade level or would you do two separate lessons daily? 🤔
All my kids (4 soon to be 5) are two years apart and I just go with the middle grade. Waldorf tends to have kids one year older than normal school ( first grade is 7 going on 8) so this works well to meet the needs of both kids and the subjects are still developmentally appropriate.
The other big thing is within any main lesson block you can adjust here and there for your children, activity by activity. If you are doing word families, your younger one can focus on the word lists while your older one can do the word lists, plus write a few sentences out. Also with your younger one you can focus on just the spelling and form of the letters, while you can raise the bar a little with your older one and focus on correct punctuation and writing in a nice line.
That’s how I do it, and as my younger kids get old enough for school, I will keep them all in the same subject but broaden it to suit them all. My kindergartener will just write the single letter of the week and so on. It’s so much easier than having separate curriculums and main lesson blocks for each child, especially when they are so close together. 😁 best wishes in your homeschool journey👍🏼
Do you have a video on why you chose Waldorf? Thanks so much!
Hmmm, I don't think I have a specific video on how and why I chose it, but I used to go to a Waldorf School when I was a child living in France. The idea of a Waldorf education completely slipped from my mind until a chance encounter with someone who sent her child to a Waldorf school. This was just months before my oldest was about to start school, and it reignited an interest in the philosophy. And as they say, "the rest is history" ;)
I'm interested in incorporating religious stories that reflect our family's beliefs. What percentage of the Golden stories can be swapped out?
Basic question: I can't go 20 mins in a lesson w/o my child asking questions, which leads to going down a few rabbit holes and getting off track. How do you keep or redirect questions so you complete your presentation?
Some people like the rabbit holes and feel that's the actual education, others, like myself, feel the distraction/interruption messes with their flow. Depending on the age of your child and the content you're presenting, you may go with it or ask your child to wait for those questions. If the questions related to the lesson and you'll get to those answers as a matter of course (this kind of impatience happens with my children often), then asking your children to be patient is also now part of the lesson. If the questions are related to the lesson but off-topic, you might tell your child you'll answer the questions at the end. If the questions are unrelated, then they may be losing focus on the lesson and getting easily distracted. Sometimes we need to make the lessons more lively and interesting and other times, they need to train their attention.
Hi Hannah, is there a way to integrate this curriculum with a second language? I'm fluent in 2 languages and would like my children to be as well. How could this happen with this kind of curriculum? Would you suggest storytelling in both languages? Or talking in both languages? I'm really struggling
Hello, thank you so much🙏🏻 for this review. Could you provide a link to where I can purchase this curriculum, as I have googled Waldorf curriculum and all I could find was oak meadow (which is not 100% Waldorf). Please and thank you 😊
Sure thing! www.live-education.com/
So are the Golden Legends just a particular version of saint stories?
This Whole Home yep! They have been re-written by the author of the curriculum. But they are the stories of the Saints.
Would you happen to know of a site, fb group, or forum where I might find a used live education grade 1 and grade 3 curriculum? I tried searching in google but maybe I'm not typing out the right verbiage to locate it.
Chances are you aren't going to find it used because we agree not to resell the curriculum when we purchase it. Each book is printed for the family who purchased it and our name is on the front cover (well, usually it is). So you've been searching correctly, but most likely families aren't reselling it or at least, they aren't doing it online. For a brief time, there was a Yahoo group in which I saw a few copies of the curriculum floating around, but usually other members would shut that down in honor of the agreement.
Pepper and Pine oh ok! Thank you so much for that information. I thought maybe I was just unlucky in my search. This curriculum is something I'm interested in for my 1st grader for sure. I plan on definitely trying a DIY main lesson book approach with the boys no matter what curriculum we use. Do you always make your own books for the most part or is there somewhere that sells watercolor paper main lesson books?
Thanks so much for always being so informative and inspiring!
I think over the years we've done about half store bought, half DIY main lesson books. If you want something other than simple drawing paper main lesson book, you'll have to make it or simply use a spiral waterpaper pad. If you want lined paper with blank pages, you'd be better off buying one. If you want specialty paper, it's best to make it.
Pepper and Pine thank you!
SnipsandSnails I stumbled upon a FB group Waldorf Curriculum & Supplies that may be helpful.
Hi! Both my children have their birthdays in the summer and are young for their grades. Do you have advice for dealing with developmental readiness when it comes to choosing a curriculum? If my child turned 7 in July, is 2nd grade more appropriate than 1st? My child is reading at or above grade level.
TrthSkr00 I would still choose grade 1 but you can get a consultation from Live Education to find what will be just right for you.
can you tell me the difference between lyra waldorf selected pencil crayons and the lyra water soluble ones? thanks hannah!
Oh good question. The watercolor ones, can be used as regular color pencils, or to add a new look, you can use water and blend the colors on paper. To be honest, I don't prefer them, but my kids love them.
Here I am back to this video as I am thinking about next school year in the back of my mind.
We’ve never done this curriculum before and I guess I’m worried that because we didn’t start with live education, we will have trouble with some of the things in the curriculum that piggy back on earlier teachings in the live education younger years. For example, we’ve never done form drawing so will it be confusing for us because we are so new to the concepts. Do any of the subjects sort of continue from the prior year or would you say this is a simple curriculum to jump into in 2nd and 4th grade?
Does that question make sense? Hopefully it does! Just hoping that this curriculum isn’t super sequential? Maybe that’s the word....like very much connected to the prior years.
I hadn't ever thought of your concern before, but I would say it doesn't matter if you've done this kind of curriculum before for a few reasons. For form drawing, even as the children get older, you're still starting with basic forms. It's not hard to jump into that. At this age, you have about three skills you're working on: reading writing and math (actually those skills are the ones you want to perfect by junior high). Everything else you're doing is information based, like for second grade, you're learning about the tales of Buddha or Native American legends, so you don't need background info. I've lent my 3rd and 4th grade curriculum so I don't have them to do a review, but as soon as I get them back, I'll be sharing an overview of them all. If you get a chance, I'd suggest contacting Live-Education. You can get a consultation and they can help further with any transition concerns you have remaining. The only thing that could be difficult about the transition is if you have a child used to getting grades and filling in worksheets, he may be frustrated without that.
Pepper and Pine thank you so much! I will take a look at the live education contact information. We don’t heavily grade things and when we do have worksheets and workbooks, my oldest is somewhat resistant and not a big fan so maybe this will actually be GREAT for him 😊
Hana I wonder if you could share your thoughts on the trickster archetype in animal fables. It always bothers me that the “hero” is so immoral and gets their victory through stealing, deceit or manipulating others. It makes me uncomfortable to have my kids absorb that lesson especially since they always ask why the “naughty one” wins, but I wonder if Waldorf or specifically Live Education has a discussion or reason behind why the trickster archetype should be presented to kids in fables where they are the hero or lead character rather than the villain? I imagine there is something to be gained from such a presentation and I know that Waldorf doesn’t do anything thoughtlessly so I wonder if you could shed some light on this for me?
That's a good question and I don't know the answer. It's unsettling for a trickster to win and while in real life that happens a lot, I wouldn't use this story as a cautionary tale of what people are capable of or how to avoid them in the future. If I find anything, I'll share it.
I enjoy your post and thanks for sharing. BIG thumbs up! We just posted our very first Bible Art Journal! It was such a rewarding experience for us! Hope you can visit us when you get a chance. Thanks for inspiring us.
Flo
Are you with Inspire?
gloworm no I'm not, but two of my friends are teachers with Inspire. Are you with them? I know you can order this Curriculum through the school.