by Señora Geraldine Strub | Spanish Teacher for grades 1-8 Celebrating El Día de los Muertos at the Waldorf School of the Peninsula is a cherished tradition. I have a deep connection to this holiday, and will lead the celebration this year. The school joins in the...
Curriculum
Practice Tips for Music Students
by Leah Lader | Music Teacher Welcome to the beginning of the school year, the perfect time to introduce, re-introduce, or solidify a practice routine with your musician at home! Consistency is key: a consistent practice routine increases musical fluency and builds...
Anvils Go Mobile
by Phil Dwyer| MS & HS Earth Arts Teacher Setting up for high school blacksmithing classes, although still a hefty chore, is rolling along with a bit more ease this year as the anvil stands were upgraded this summer. A number of "stumps" were crafted at varying...
Waste of Time
by Marina Budrys | HS Teacher This year, the 12th Grade Economics Main Lesson became an Economics AND Environmental Studies Main Lesson. Seniors are ready to be challenged to think about problems and propose solutions from two distinct fields. The field trip to...
Why Does a Waldorf Class Teacher Traditionally Stay with their Class in Grades One through Eight?
by Catherine Dwyer | WSP Class Teacher Years ago when I first taught elementary school, before I met Waldorf education, every year I would have a new group of students and I would spend the first few months getting to know them as they got to know me. As the months...
Knitting is Coding and More
by Ashley Brickeen | Admissions Director, Nursery-Grade 8 Imagine your child learning a coding language that could be read, used and accurately executed hundreds of years into the future. That is knitting. Hundreds of years before computer coding, fiber artists had...
The Garden Gate: Acorns, Frosts, and Composts
by by Phil Dwyer | Earth Arts Teacher Many crows gather early every morning under a large oak where I live. They take advantage of the cars squishing the acorns that fall in the residential parking lot and driveway. A number of gray and black squirrels busily scurry...
The Value of Form Drawing
by Ashley Brickeen | Admissions Director, Early Childhood - Grade 8 and by Catherine Dwyer | Class Teacher Form drawing is a unique part of Waldorf Education. At Waldorf schools, students mainly practice form drawing from First grade through Fifth grade. As with most...
WSP Students at Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum
by Kerstin Pintus | WSP Handwork Teacher On September 10th, WSP students and I, their handwork teacher, participated in a Living History event “A Walk Through Time” at the Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum. Representing the "golden days" of the rancho period, 1833...
Why Do We Bake Bread in Early Childhood?
by Ashley Brickeen | Admissions Director Nursery School -Grade 8 What are the children doing when they bake bread in Early Childhood? They are: developing fine motor strength and control: kneading the dough and shaping the loaves strengthens the hand muscles and...