Main Lesson Blocks - from Seasons Of Joy

 I am posting this here for my own benefit for Main Lesson Planning ~ this is a direct copy form Annette at Seasons Of Joy.

While I do love lots of the Waldorf style lessons I DO NOT agree with the anthroposophy behind the teaching. 

So you want to put together a main lesson block/unit study…

Here are some of the places I like to check when I am planning..,

First
I like to check out what Eugene Schwartz has to say about the lesson. I might also pop over to A Little Garden Flower and see what Melisa has to say. The last expert I like to check is Christopherus. I don’t necessarily buy anything– I just like to get a feel for what they have to say about the lesson.

Next
I like to check out the following free resources:
My library (put  books on hold!)
I pop over to mainlesson.com to pick some stories.
The Online Waldorf Library always has some good stuff as well.
Homeschool Share has free printables, lapbooks, etc.
I look for inspiration in the Waldorf Teacher Gallery.


Finally
If I have a little money to spend I might go over to  Currclick and see what they have:

I also have a few favorite blogs I like to check out for inspiration:
Faerie School archives
Our Little Nature Nest
The Parenting Passageway
Hawaii’ian Dreaming
Ancient Hearth
Schooling from the Heart
Mind you, these are just some online resources. I haven’t even begun to list all the print resources out there!

Blessings,

Pre-Set Picture Book Story Sack: Week1

♥This weeks Set Picture book Story Sack...☺



Blessings,

Little ones Reading list for the week: M&M's ABC

I found this really cool way of displaying the books I will use for the week with the little ones.
This Amazon carousel Widget. I LOVE how it displays the books I am going to use.
In case no one has noticed I am a very visual person and I really like seeing what I am doing with planning, which leads to this gadget.
I plan on using this as a reminder each week, displaying different books I will use for the little ones.
These are the books I will be adding to our variation of the talked about Story Sack.
I have often resorted to putting the little ones learning in a bag like our Birthday and Christmas bags.
Sometimes it is just the books, sometimes it has other related ideas as well, or it could be just whole heap of Learning based ideas for the week.
It is a season that comes and goes. I am renewing it though and these will be the first lot of books in the Story Sack

Blessings,