Anthroposophy Today

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Anthroposophy Today: a podcast featuring conversations with people who are living and working with the principles of Anthroposophy in the 21st century.... more

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November 18, 2020S1 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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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
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59min
November 11, 2020S1 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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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
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1h 9min
November 03, 2020S1 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!
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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
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1h 20min
October 28, 2020 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!
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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
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1h 9min
October 20, 2020S1 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!
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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
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1h 11min
October 13, 2020S1 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!
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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
...more
1h
October 06, 2020 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!
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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
...more
1h 12min
September 29, 2020S1 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!
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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
...more
1h 20min
September 22, 2020S1 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!
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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
...more
58min
September 15, 2020S1 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!
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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
...more
1h 18min

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