Goodall

10:00am – 3:00pm Thursdays
Class Two, Age 7

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Students are invited to join us for a Waldorf-inspired schedule that includes: Main Lesson, Creative Movement, Lunch, and Handwork.

Main Lesson Teacher: Taylor Bell

Main Lesson

Second grade deepens academic learning while exploring themes of kindness, courage, and humor through storytelling. Students continue strengthening their reading and writing skills through spelling, grammar, creative writing, and longer reading passages. In math, students build confidence with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and problem solving.

Second Grade Blocks

• Hero & Saint Stories – exploring courage, kindness, and perseverance

• Trickster Tales – humorous stories that explore human nature

• Grammar & Writing – expanding sentence structure and storytelling

• Math Foundations – strengthening multiplication and problem solving

Art, nature study, and hands-on projects continue to support learning.

Additional activities may include:

• Circle Time- This is a beautiful time of connection, as we bridge home life and school life.

• Artistic Projects- There will be a focus on artistic activities that encourage the child’s natural sense of beauty and color.

• Outdoor and Play Times- These activities will be incorporated into the day so that students have a natural balance of active play time and time to quietly focus.

• Sensory Garden- Spending time in our outdoor sensory garden will allow students to use and nourish all of their senses while connecting to nature.

CREATIVE MOVEMENT

Students will tap into their imagination and spontaneous nature using movement. Creative movement techniques help individuals channel energy into motion and engage their auditory, visual, kinesthetic, and tactile senses. This class encourages body awareness, balance coordination, memory skills, and improved spatial awareness. Students will have fun learning to work individually or in groups while challenging their auditory and physical skills through activities such as rhythmic clapping exercises, echoing patterns, acting out stories through movement, using balls or other props to throw and catch to music, and much more!

HANDWORK

Students will work with an experienced handwork teacher to cultivate patience, focus and perseverance all while strengthening their fine motor skills and self-confidence.