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  • S1 EP13 - Twelfth Grade

    On our thirteenth and final episode of Season One of Anthroposophy Today, Scott and Sarita—a certified Waldorf teacher with 25 years of teaching experience--talk about the Waldorf twelfth grade classroom!

    Thank you for joining us on this Waldorf journey! We’ve been so glad to have you with us and can’t wait to share more episodes with you in Season Two, coming soon.

    Join us for this conversation about senior year in the Waldorf high school, and to hear Scott and Sarita reflect back on and offer some closing thoughts on all the years in the Waldorf school leading up to graduation. Among other topics, they discuss:

    • A broad recapitulation of the previous grades
    • The key phrases describing the guiding themes of each seven-year-stage of development; how they are used to develop the faculties of willing, feeling, and thinking
    • The key questions for the twelfth grader: “Who am I and what is my purpose in the world?”
    • Biochemistry
    • Physics: Optics
    • Senior class play and what it teaches
    • The senior projects: a crowning achievement of their studies and an inspiration for the community
    • Some thoughts on the "gap year" 

      • Don’t forget to check out our blog post for more information on today’s episode, and if you have any questions or feedback, feel free to contact us at: [email protected]

      Thanks for listening!

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      BLOG POST:  www.anthroposophytoday.com/episodes/s1-ep13-twelth-grade

      WEBSITE: www.anthroposophytoday.com

      Host: Scott Fishman

      Co-host: Sarita Jimenez-Fishman

      https://www.instagram.com/saritafishman/

      Producer: Sarena Fishman Jimenez

      www.sarenafishman.com

      https://www.instagram.com/sarenafishman/

      Cover Art: Solomon Fishman

      59 min
    • S1 EP12 - Eleventh Grade

      On this week’s episode of Anthroposophy Today, Scott and Sarita—a certified Waldorf teacher with 25 years of teaching experience--talk about the Waldorf eleventh grade classroom!

      Join us for this conversation and check out our blog post (link below) to hear Scott and Sarita discuss, among other things:

      • The dark night of the soul and the crisis of aimlessness which strikes in eleventh grade
      • How revisiting a study of the Renaissance helps the eleventh grader find closure with their grade school/high school experience and prepare for university and higher learning
      • The key word for guiding the eleventh grader as a teacher and/or parent
      • Truth and authenticity in eleventh grade and how these qualities produce confidence and altruism in the children as adults
      • The sixteen- and seventeen-year-old’s thirst to learn about the metaphysical, and how this relates to them studying the atom, electricity and projective geometry this year
      • Dante, Parsifval, and Hamlet: the three important literary figures for the eleventh grader
      • David Sloan's wonderful book "Life Lessons : Reaching Teenagers Through Literature"
      • The importance of the summer break according to the Waldorf philosophy
      • Stories of initiation and transformation
      • The Romantic poets: discovering reverence and grace through nature

        • Don’t forget to check out our blog post for more information on today’s episode, and if you have any questions or feedback, feel free to contact us at: [email protected]

        Thanks for listening!

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        BLOG POST: www.anthroposophytoday.com/episodes/s1-ep12-eleventh-grade

        WEBSITE: www.anthroposophytoday.com

        Host: Scott Fishman

        Co-host: Sarita Jimenez-Fishman

        https://www.instagram.com/saritafishman/

        Producer: Sarena Fishman Jimenez

        www.sarenafishman.com

        https://www.instagram.com/sarenafishman/

        Cover Art: Solomon Fishman

        1 hr 9 min
      • S1 EP11 - Tenth Grade

        On this week’s episode of Anthroposophy Today, Scott and Sarita—a certified Waldorf teacher with 25 years of teaching experience--talk about the Waldorf tenth grade classroom!

        Join us for this conversation and check out our blog post (link below) to hear Scott and Sarita discuss, among other things:

        • A developmental picture of the tenth grader
        • The boldness that borders on rudeness of the tenth grader
        • The role of ideals, inspiration, and objective guidance in the Waldorf classroom as the ego/higher self develops within the tenth grader
        • The development of critical thinking
        • The Odyssey: archetype of adolescent self-directed ego with thinking and self-reflection
        • Poetry
        • Trigonometry
        • Inorganic chemistry
        • Physics
        • Art: pottery, pastels, and drama

          • Don’t forget to check out our blog post for more information on today’s episode, and if you have any questions or feedback, feel free to contact us at: [email protected]

          Thanks for listening!

          —

          BLOG POST:  www.anthroposophytoday.com/episodes/s1-ep11-tenth-grade

          WEBSITE: www.anthroposophytoday.com

          Host: Scott Fishman

          Co-host: Sarita Jimenez-Fishman

          https://www.instagram.com/saritafishman/

          Producer: Sarena Fishman Jimenez

          www.sarenafishman.com

          https://www.instagram.com/sarenafishman/

          Cover Art: Solomon Fishman

          1 hr 20 min
        • S1 EP10 - Ninth Grade

          On this week’s episode of Anthroposophy Today, Scott and Sarita—a certified Waldorf teacher with 25 years of teaching experience--talk about the Waldorf ninth grade classroom!

          Join us for this conversation and check out our blog post (link below) to hear Scott and Sarita discuss, among other things:

          · The “third birth”: the birth of the astral body and what this means

          · Why revolutions in world history and American history are studied at this age

          · How Waldorf education meets and supports the child as they experience the polarity of hormonal changes, and the extremes of emotion that are so typical of 14-15 year-olds

          · The place of Goethean observation in the curriculum

          · Thermodynamics

          · Human anatomy

          · Geology and gases

          Don’t forget to check out our blog post for more information on today’s episode, and if you have any questions or feedback, feel free to contact us at: [email protected]

          Thanks for listening!

          —

          BLOG POST:  www.anthroposophytoday.com/episodes/s1-ep10-ninth-grade

          WEBSITE: www.anthroposophytoday.com

          Host: Scott Fishman

          Co-host: Sarita Jimenez-Fishman

          https://www.instagram.com/saritafishman/

          Producer: Sarena Fishman Jimenez

          www.sarenafishman.com

          https://www.instagram.com/sarenafishman/

          Cover Art: Solomon Fishman

          1 hr 9 min
        • S1 EP9 - Eighth Grade

          On this week’s episode of Anthroposophy Today, Scott and Sarita—a certified Waldorf teacher with 25 years of teaching experience--talk about the Waldorf eighth grade classroom!

          Join us for this conversation and check out our blog post (link below) to hear Scott and Sarita discuss, among other things:

          • The importance of the relationship between Waldorf teacher, students, and parents
          • How and why the teacher uses specific themes to guide the class throughout the school year 
          • Looking at eighth grade as a “stepping up”, rather than a graduation
          • History: an overview of the Civil War, the American Revolution, Industrial Revolution, WWI and WWII
          • Three key qualities necessary for high school and adulthood—independence, self-reliance, and self-motivation—and how we teach these qualities in Waldorf eighth grade
          • The always inspiring and often surprising eighth grade projects: what they are and what the process is
          • Eight grade class play: what purpose does it serve, how is it chosen, how are roles assigned?
          • Eight grade gardening: teaching responsibility and community

            • Don’t forget to check out our blog post for more information on today’s episode, and if you have any questions or feedback, feel free to contact us at: [email protected]

            Thanks for listening!

            —

            BLOG POST:  www.anthroposophytoday.com/episodes/s1-ep9-eighth-grade

            WEBSITE: www.anthroposophytoday.com

            Host: Scott Fishman

            Co-host: Sarita Jimenez-Fishman

            https://www.instagram.com/saritafishman/

            Producer: Sarena Fishman Jimenez

            www.sarenafishman.com

            https://www.instagram.com/sarenafishman/

            Cover Art: Solomon Fishman

            1 hr 11 min
          • S1 EP8 - Seventh Grade

            On this week’s episode of Anthroposophy Today, Scott and Sarita—a certified Waldorf teacher with 25 years of teaching experience--talk about the Waldorf seventh grade classroom!

            Join us for this conversation and check out our blog post (link below) to hear Scott and Sarita discuss, among other things:

            • A developmental picture of the seventh grader
            • The challenges of entering adolescence and how to deal with them
            • Choosing material that best suits your class or children
            • Astronomy
            • Recitation of a poem by Walt Whitman we love to use in the seventh grade astronomy block
            • How biography is used as a teaching tool and why it’s so effective
            • History: The Age of Discovery
            • Recitation of a moving excerpt from Torin M. Finser’s telling of the story of Joan of Arc
            • Chemistry, including a great book by David S. Mitchell you can use as a resource
            • Combustion and mechanics
            • Nutrition and health block
            • Algebra, beginning from a historical perspective

              • Don’t forget to check out our blog post for more information on today’s episode, and if you have any questions or feedback, feel free to contact us at: [email protected]

              Thanks for listening!

              —

              BLOG POST:  www.anthroposophytoday.com/episodes/s1-ep8-seventh-grade

              WEBSITE: www.anthroposophytoday.com

              Host: Scott Fishman

              Co-host: Sarita Jimenez-Fishman

              https://www.instagram.com/saritafishman/

              Producer: Sarena Fishman Jimenez

              www.sarenafishman.com

              https://www.instagram.com/sarenafishman/

              Cover Art: Solomon Fishman

              1 hr
            • S1 EP7 - Sixth Grade
              On this week’s episode of Anthroposophy Today, Scott and Sarita—a certified Waldorf teacher with 25 years of teaching experience--talk about the Waldorf sixth grade classroom!
              Join us for this conversation and check out our blog post (link below) to hear Scott and Sarita discuss, among other things:
              Characteristics of this developmental stage
              A couple examples of beloved literary characters who typify the sixth grader’s experience
              How the child’s conception of causality and cause and effect are awakened and developed this year
              Waldorf form drawing
              Geometry and perspective drawing
              Mineralogy
              History of Ancient Rome
              What black and white drawings done in graphite and charcoal teach the sixth grader
              Don’t forget to check out our blog post for more information on today’s episode, and if you have any questions or feedback, feel free to contact us at: [email protected]
              Thanks for listening!
              —
              BLOG POST:  www.anthroposophytoday.com/episodes/s1-ep7-sixth-grade
              WEBSITE: www.anthroposophytoday.com
              Host: Scott Fishman
              Co-host: Sarita Jimenez-Fishman
              https://www.instagram.com/saritafishman/
              Producer: Sarena Fishman Jimenez
              www.sarenafishman.com
              https://www.instagram.com/sarenafishman/
              Cover Art: Solomon Fishman
              1 hr 12 min
            • S1 EP6 - Fifth Grade

              On this week’s episode of Anthroposophy Today, Scott and Sarita talk about the Waldorf fifth grade classroom!

              Join us for this conversation and check out our blog post (link below) to hear Scott and Sarita discuss, among other things:

              • The new subjects that are introduced in fifth grade 
              • Why history and geography are taught separately and what contrasting effects they have on the children
              • History of Ancient India, including a study of the vedas and Bhagavad-Gita
              • Goethean observation
              • “Emotions” versus “feelings”
              • History of Ancient Persia, based on the literature, poems, and prayers of that time
              • History of Ancient Egypt: the art, hieroglyphics, stories of the gods, and a recitation in Ancient Egyptian of a prayer to Isis that the fifth graders love
              • The reason why history is studied in the Waldorf grade school with a focus on the literature, art, and culture of that time
              • History of Ancient Greece: the beauty of the Ancient Greeks and the Greek Olympics (which the children will experience by partaking in a mock Olympic games at the end of the year!)
              • And as a bonus, a brief digression on the subject of karma and reincarnation from an Anthroposophical standpoint: discussing the dual figure of Judah the Macabee/Judas

                • Don’t forget to check out our blog post for more information on today’s episode, and if you have any questions or feedback, feel free to contact us at: [email protected]

                Thanks for listening!

                —

                BLOG POST:  www.anthroposophytoday.com/episodes/s1-ep6-fifth-grade

                WEBSITE: www.anthroposophytoday.com

                Host: Scott Fishman

                Co-host: Sarita Jimenez-Fishman

                https://www.instagram.com/saritafishman/

                Producer: Sarena Fishman Jimenez

                www.sarenafishman.com

                https://www.instagram.com/sarenafishman/

                Cover Art: Solomon Fishman

                1 hr 20 min
              • S1 EP5 - Fourth Grade

                On this week’s episode of Anthroposophy Today, Scott and Sarita talk about the Waldorf fourth grade classroom!

                Join us for this conversation and check out our blog post (link below) to hear Scott and Sarita discuss, among other things:


                • The Anthroposophical concept of the seven-year-periods of development throughout the life of a human being
                • Characteristics of the child in fourth grade and how the curriculum supports them in this stage of development
                • Why we talk about Waldorf “guidelines” rather than a strict Waldorf “curriculum”
                • Norse myths and sagas in fourth grade
                • Studying the animal kingdom and ecology
                • Geography and mapmaking
                • Ways of teaching fractions kinesthetically so the children don’t struggle with the concepts
                • How and why quilting is often a part of fourth grade


                  • Don’t forget to check out our blog post for more information on today’s episode, and if you have any questions or feedback, feel free to contact us at: [email protected]

                  Thanks for listening!

                  —

                  BLOG POST:  www.anthroposophytoday.com/episodes/s1-ep5-fourth-grade

                  WEBSITE: www.anthroposophytoday.com

                  Host: Scott Fishman

                  Co-host: Sarita Jimenez-Fishman

                  https://www.instagram.com/saritafishman/

                  Producer: Sarena Fishman Jimenez

                  www.sarenafishman.com

                  https://www.instagram.com/sarenafishman/

                  Cover Art: Solomon Fishman

                  58 min
                • S1 EP4 - Third Grade

                  On this week’s episode of Anthroposophy Today, Scott and Sarita talk about the Waldorf third grade classroom!

                  Join us for this conversation and check out our blog post (link below) to hear Scott and Sarita discuss, among other things:

                  • the “nine-year-change”: why third grade is such an important year of transition and how to support the children as they go through it
                  • practicality: the key guiding principle for third grade
                  • how and why farming and gardening are taught this year
                  • examples of verses that can be used with children in different blocks 
                  • knitting in the Waldorf classroom and why it’s so important
                  • mental math and verbal math
                  • three third grade math blocks: measurements, building, and a taste of “business” math
                  • teaching grammar using color
                  • old testament stories
                  • the importance of “inner work” for Waldorf teachers

                    • Don’t forget to check out our blog post for more information on today’s episode, and if you have any questions or feedback, feel free to contact us at: [email protected]

                    Thanks for listening!

                    —

                    BLOG POST: www.anthroposophytoday.com/episodes/s1-ep4-third-grade

                    WEBSITE: www.anthroposophytoday.com

                    Host: Scott Fishman

                    Co-host: Sarita Jimenez-Fishman

                    https://www.instagram.com/saritafishman/

                    Producer: Sarena Fishman Jimenez

                    www.sarenafishman.com

                    https://www.instagram.com/sarenafishman/

                    Cover Art: Solomon Fishman

                    1 hr 18 min

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