ONE BY ONE 12 Figures of Speech – Class 7 – Main Lesson One by one they came, From a pre-cast die On a distant sky…dum, dum, dum…? The trapeze artist caught himself humming that song again as he supervised the roustabouts erecting his rigging. High Flyer, as was his show name, was going to […]
Golden Beetle Curriculum Guides
Word Circus: Calligraphy
SIGNATURE OF SEVENTH CLASS Calligraphy – Class 7 – Main Lesson Class 7 is the final year of primary in many Steiner schools. This was not always so, in the “Mutter Schule’ in Stuttgart, the first Waldorf School, that created (at first almost exclusively) for the children of the factory workers in the Waldorf cigarette […]
Word Circus: Encouraging Reading
TO KILL A READING BIRD “…a miracle breakthrough in overcoming reading problems…” trumpeted the T.V. current affairs host recently. Another reading breakthrough?! These have a predictable motion based on the phonics/flashcard (to simplify the ussie) pendulum swing. When the newest word deconstruction method pals, an ‘innovative’ whole-word-recognition breakthrough is discovered. After a couple of years […]
Word Circus: Alan Whitehead Experience in Japan
OVER THE ANGLO-NIPPON BRIDGE Your author has always had a strong karmic connection to Japan – and later to its people. As a small child during World War 11, I lived in a cauldron of fear, kept simmering by wild speculation of an impending Japanese invasion. I however redeemed by Nipon-phobia by being the very […]
Word Circus: Anzacs in Australia
THE ANZAC ILIAD The place the Spirit of Australia chose for its self-realization is, oddly, Anzac Cove; a timeless sacred site. It is also the womb, as it were, of the mysteries of Muliebrity. Here Zeus hurled the statue of Pallas, the Black Virgin, to earth – hence Palestine; the first of a stream of […]
Word Circus: Dutch Words in Australia
IN THE WAKE OF THE BULDEN DRAAK The name of that dear little 17th Century Dutch discovery pinnace, Duyfken, “falls trippingly off the tongue”. Nor does it lose any of its charm in translation – “little dove”. Other evocative Dutch ship names woven like silver thread through the tapestry of Australian maritime history are: Guldens […]
Word Circus: Steiner High School
“…to their full potential” Matriculation in a Steiner High School Disclaimer: Opinions in this article on the state of Australian high schooling should be viewed in light of my own 1950s NSW secondary ‘education’; one in which I was singularly undistinguished, and from which, at a tender 16 years, I departed in disgrace. All high […]
A Steiner Primary School? 8: The Four Temperaments
Return to the Main Page of the Golden Beetle Books: Book Club Here A Steiner Primary School? A Creative Approach to the Rudolph Steiner Educational Impulse: 8: The Four Temperaments Copyright Alan Whitehead & Earthschooling: No Part of this book, post, URL, or book excerpt may be shared with anyone who has not paid for these […]
Choirs of Colours: 5: Nine Color Clans: Class 3: Wet-on-Wet
Return to the Main Page of the Golden Beetle Books: Book Club Here Choirs of Colours: 5: Primary Painting, Sculpture, Drawing Class 1 to 7: A Rudolf Steiner Approach: Nine Color Clans: Class 3: Wet-on-Wet By Alan Whitehead Copyright Alan Whitehead & Earthschooling: No Part of this book, post, URL, or book excerpt may be […]
Choirs of Colours: 16: Honeycomb Houses: Class 1 Block Crayon Drawing Lesson
Return to the Main Page of the Golden Beetle Books: Book Club Here Choirs of Colours: 16: Primary Painting, Sculpture, Drawing Class 1 to 7: A Rudolf Steiner Approach: Honeycomb Houses: Class 1 Block Crayon Drawing Lesson By Alan Whitehead Copyright Alan Whitehead & Earthschooling: No Part of this book, post, URL, or book excerpt […]
Touch the Earth Gently: 23: Lord Shiva and the Hoof Foots: Class 1 Circle Dances Middle Lesson
Touch the Earth Gently: 23: Lord Shiva and the Hoof Foots: Class 1 Circle Dances Middle Lesson By Alan Whitehead Copyright Alan Whitehead & Earthschooling: No Part of this book, post, URL, or book excerpt may be shared with anyone who has not paid for these materials. Additional note by Kristie Burns of Earthschooling. Alan speaks […]
A Steiner Homeschool: 1: History of Steiner Homeschooling in Australia
Return to the Main Page of the Golden Beetle Books: Book Club Here A Steiner Homeschool: 1: A Creative Approach to the Rudolf Steiner Impulse: History of Steiner Homeschooling in Australia By Alan Whitehead Copyright Alan Whitehead & Earthschooling: No Part of this book, post, URL, or book excerpt may be shared with anyone who […]
Earthschooling – an Award Winning Curriculum
