Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Creating Curriculum

Whew-
Well I've been so busy!  I finished my Waldorf credential but now I'm in grad school for Waldorf Education AND I've started my teaching credential through CSUMonterey.  I decided I should start adding what I'm doing here and it will be my record of what I'm doing so I have something to look back on.  I came upon this today:

1. Have I given the children something real and appropriate images or pictures in my storytelling or have I given them concepts/judgements?

2. Have I used the night? Has it come back differently from the children? Have I properly reviewed the lesson? 

3. Has every child made at least some effort? 

4. Have I translated as much as possible from the main lesson into movement? 

5. Have I made the children laugh? Was there an ebb and flow, a real breathing in the lesson? 

6. Have I addressed one or more of the temperaments?

7. Have I taught something new? A new skill, some knowledge or a variation on an existing theme?