Grades 1-8

WSOC engages students at each stage of their development. From nature stories and folk tales in the early grades to  the study of ancient Greece and Rome in middle school, the subjects resonate with students at each phase of their journey into young adulthood.

Our educators, who share an understanding of child development, deeply consider the students before them and infuse their lessons with movement, art, and plenty of outdoor learning opportunities.

View our Waldorf curriculum examples, and explore our grades curriculum to learn more about our unique, dynamic and engaging curriculum.

Example: Grade 4

8:30 – 8:45 Welcome

Welcome, check in, review schedule for the day

8:45 – 10:30 Main Lesson

Example: California History and Geography

• Review and practice from previous lesson (math or reading)
• New lesson
• Quiet working time, writing in main lesson book
• Myth from Norse Mythology – These images meet the child developmentally as well as provide characters for working out math problems and grammar lessons

10:30 – 11:10 Snack & Recess

11:10-11:50 Strings*

11:50-12:30 Spanish*

12:40-1:10 Recess & Lunch

1:15-1:50 Handwork*

2:00-2:40 Eurythmy*

2:50 Dismissal

* indicates that class is taught by a subject teacher.

Example: Grade 7

8:30 – 8:45 Welcome

Welcome, check in, review schedule for the day

8:45– 10:30 Main Lesson

Example: Physiology

• Review and practice from previous lessons. Students are asked to review and explain the complex systems of the human body in their own words.
• New lesson
• Quiet working time. Writing (using notes from previous day and review that morning) and illustrating systems in Main Lesson book.
• Historical stories from the Renaissance, these stories meet the “birth of the individual” in 7th grade.

10:30-11:10 Snack & Recess

11:05-11:55 Spanish*

11:55-12:45 Handwork/Woodwork*

12:40-1:10 Recess & Lunch

1:25- 2:15 Movement/Games*

2:20-3:10 Band or Orchestra*

3:15 Dismissal

* indicates that class is taught by a special subjects teacher.