Anthroposophy Today

S1 EP8 - Seventh Grade

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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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    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

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