Home School 2010 – 2011
The Brooklyn Waldorf School is happy to announce the continuation of our homeschooling program. The program offers enrichment programs for children who are homeschooled. An option for Waldorf inspired homeschool parents, the program includes subjects and activities that are typically found in Waldorf schools, such as watercolor painting, singing, handwork, and arts integrated learning.
It combines the artistic experience innate to the Waldorf approach to education to language arts and social studies, movement and foreign language classes. Students experience Spatial Dynamics, Eurythmy, story telling, and handwork in a warm and welcoming environment suited for a variety of ages.
In order to provide age appropriate activities the program is divided into two groups: Young Homeschoolers (for children 6-9 years of age), and Upper Grades Homeschoolers (for children 10-14 years of age). While the older group meets twice a week, the younger group meets once a week.
As homeschooling parents are very involved in their children's education, we also offer an adult program on Thursday afternoons. In the past, programs included a "Biography Workshop" with Signe Schaefer and "Plant Dyeing and the Seven Life processes" led by Val Mello and Sono Kuwayama. Homeschool parents also engaged in handwork and other activities run by parents during the day. Because they are an integral part of the school community, they also participated in all school events, including our always memorable Winter Fair.
The Younger Homeschoolers Program (30 weeks)
The Younger Homeschoolers Program is for children between the ages of 6 and 9, and will meet on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. We will begin in a circle with a warm and wonderful Waldorf teacher who leads them on a journey of imagination and wonder. The children will spend the morning in main lesson, break for lunch and then move on to an artistic activity to complete the day. The artistic activities may include watercolor painting, music and handwork.
Tuesdays
10 a.m. - 12 p.m. - Main Lesson (Fairytales, Fables and Folktales from around the world)
12 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Lunch (with simple cooking relating to Main Lesson)
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Artistic Work (watercolor painting, form drawing, modeling)
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Movement
The Older Homeschoolers Program (30 weeks)
Children in the Older Grades Program, aged 10 - 14 years meet once a week on Thursdays. Days will begin with Morning Lesson work led by a dedicated and loving Waldorf teacher.
Thursdays
10 a.m. - 12 p.m. - Main Lesson
12 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Lunch
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Artistic Activity
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. - Language (half year Spanish/ half year Japanese)
2:30 - 3:30 - Drama
Main Lesson subjects could include: Ancient Rome; Geography of Latin and South America; Physics (sound, heat, light, magnetism, static electricity); Geometry; Middle Ages; Christ and Mohammed; Geology
Artistic Activities could include mosaics; exact geometric drawings; black and white drawing; landscapes
Registration
Please complete the online registration by clicking here. Please email admin@brooklynwaldorf.org if you have any questions regarding online registration.
Please contact
Sono Kuwayama
at homeschool@brooklynwaldorf.org with any questions about the homeschool programs.
