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New Directions for Christopherus!
The Christopherus Curriculum
The Christopherus Curriculum - FAQ Arising from the spirit of flexibility and practicality which characterizes Christopherus Homeschool Resources, our new full curriculum will be designed to suit both the homeschooler who wants a complete curriculum as well as those who wish to purchase pieces separately. Our experience as homeschoolers, Donna's lifelong involvement with Waldorf education, our therapeutic experience and our commitment to anthroposophy enables us to bring you a rich, inspiring and doable curriculum. As Donna has taught at the pre-K, grades and high school level at several Waldorf schools as well as having homeschooled her now 14 and 16 year old sons, she is in the unique position to guide parents through the Waldorf curriculum and Waldorf pedagogy, explaining and translating the school experience to the home experience. As with our other materials, our curriculum will have a lively and warm "voice", helping you feel that Donna is talking directly to you, encouraging and supporting you as you create the right homeschool for your particular family situation. Each year's curriculum will be a full curriculum - not a guide and not simply focused on main lessons. There will be full lessons for all the language arts, math, science, history/mythology main lessons plus a full year's worth of specific lessons and ideas for handwork, crafts, painting, drawing, modeling, form drawing, music, movement and games, cooking and other lessons as appropriate. In the grades where it is appropriate, there will also be "practice lessons" in math and language arts. There will be an emphasis on art, with full color drawings and paintings in all volumes which will include "pictures in steps" - drawings and paintings in stages and with instructions so that people can understand how they were created. We are determined that this curriculum will not be intimidating and many alternatives, compromises and gentle possibilities will also be explored so that no parent feels inadequate when trying to work with our materials! As with our other publications, there will be plenty of discussion of teaching strategies; goals and expectations; how to cater to slower or faster children; alternatives to main lesson books; discussion of the deeper aspects of the curriculum so parents can understand why something is done; and always, always, practical advise designed from a homeschooler to homeschoolers so parents can use these materials around, despite, with and because of whatever family situation arises! For each grade several sections of the curriculum will be available for purchase separately. These will be books like our Unit Studies - Main Lessons for Homeschoolers series. donna@christopherushomeschool.org
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This is the plan:1st GradeOur First Grade Syllabus is already available though eventually it will be expanded to match the much larger and fuller yearly curricula planned. 2nd GradeSecond grade math book and Animal Legends language arts book available September 2007. Saints and Heroes is already available. Full curriculum available Summer 2008 - see here for an outline (We have a page to help you in putting together second grade before the full curriculum is ready.) 3rd GradeThird Grade Old Testament Stories available January 2008 Full curriculum available Summer 2008 - see here for an outline 4th GradeFull curriculum for Fourth Grade available Summer 2009 plus individual components, 4th Grade Math and Man and Animal 5th GradeIndividual components will be published during 2009, with the complete curriculum ready by 2010. 6th — 8th GradeGrades 6 - 8 are just that much more complex that we will need to do extra planning and figuring out (involving other people). But the plan is that the Christopherus Curriculum will definitely go through 8th grade. High SchoolA selection of materials are planned - check here periodically for updates. Comedy and Tragedy is now available.
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