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From Nature Stories
to Natural Science Donna Simmons Christopherus Homeschool Resources Spiral Bound $38.00 |
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If you are teaching early childhood, primary or secondary students, you will love this book!
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The Human Being and the Animal World Roy Wilkinson $6.95 |
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Up to age nine, children do not differentiate clearly between their own inner life and the world outside. They experience the animals as brothers and sisters who can speak and act as human beings. Types of animals have been characterised in the fables which Waldorf students ahve heard in their early years. At age nine, the student experiences the separation of him/herself from the world. Teaching students about the relationship of animals to human beings rebuilds the bridge between the student and the world. Contents include:
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Botany Charles Kovacs Softbound $16.95 |
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Charles Kovacs' ability to knowledgeably present any part of the Waldorf curriculum with warmth, grace and depth never ceases to amaze and delight me. His lesson notes, no matter the subject, are always useful and inspiring and interesting in the way that non-fiction seldom is. In Botany, Kovacs provides a tour de force through the Waldorf 5th/6th grade Botany curriculum - He beautifully characterizes and describes different plants and the families of which they are a part, how they look, how they grow, where they live, what they do. There are sketches illustrating key features, chapters about seeds, butterflies, pollen in addition to those about specific plants and plant types. At the end is a long section about the plants we human beings use. All of this is prefaced with one of the best essays I've ever read about the developmental stage of the 5th and 6th grader, and how to meet their needs educationally. Another great Kovacs book - what a gift to students and teachers, whether in the classroom or at home! |
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The Living World
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Botany Donna Simmons Folder Bound $17.00 |
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I've always been partial to the Waldorf school fifth grade curriculum -- to me it is balanced and beautiful the way children at that age are, each subject bearing itself gracefully into the classroom. Botany is one of those subjects, and Donna Simmon's introduction and overview of this main lesson block is as inviting and lively as the subject itself. It seems to me that she has given both children and the adults who teach them a guided tour of the plant world that will leave everyone in love with nature and knowledgable about our leafy and rooted friends. Needless to say, I'm smitten -- I think you will be, too, after you see this Unit Study. Contents:
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Drawing from the
Book of Nature Dennis Klocek Softbound $23.95 |
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Dennis Klocek, with his refreshing combination of depth and clarity, offers a wealth of insight into the lives of plants and animals. His text is enhanced with step-by-step lessons to help the reader bring the kingdoms of nature to life on paper. |
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Granite Johann Wolfgang Goethe Staple-bound $2.00 |
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Keeping a Nature Journal Clare Walker Leslie & Charles E Roth Foreword by Edward O Wilson Softbound, beautifully illustrated in pen and ink drawings and watercolor $18.95
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For many years now, both Bob and I have felt strongly that there was a need to offer 6th, 7th and 8th grade students (and high school students, for that matter) more direct contact with living nature than the conventional Waldorf curriculum calls for. In our view, our modern world has become so very separated from the Life of the world, that it has become a pedagogical need to balance that reality with something more. Keeping a Nature Journal offers a beautiful, lively way to do just this - and to do it in the contexts of Steiner's phenomenological approach to science, drawing & painting, and upper grades composition writing. Whether in a classroom or homeschool setting, this book opens doorways to really seeing our world and in the process, also really seeing ourselves and each other. It is simply a gifted work of art, something anyone who teaches will want to discover for themselves. There is even an entire section devoted to ways of teaching this to both children and adults. Our hope is that the offering of this book will lead many more adults to travel the seasons with their students, and to share the love for nature that grows from such a journey. |
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Muscles and Bones Charles Kovacs Softbound $20.00
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It amazes me each time a new book by Charles Kovacs appears that a single person could gift so very many with the fruits of his work. In Kovacs' case, these gifts seem to just continue to pour out into the world. Muscles and Bones is a wonderful overview of the material to be covered in the human physiology, anatomy, health and hygiene blocks of the Waldorf curriculum for Grades 7 and 8. It is illustrated throughout with really wonderful drawings and conveyed in the clear and insightful prose we have all come to expect from Kovacs. Kovacs' is someone whose soul-strength continues to work powerfully within the world even after his passing. This is simply great material! |
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Physics Is Fun! Roberto Trostli Spiral Bound $30.00 |
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Physics is Fun! is what every Waldorf class teacher or homeschooling parent has surely dreamt of: namely a reliable, detailed, and beautifully produced resource guide for teaching physics in grades six, seven, and eight, complete with professional illustrations, bibliography, materials lists, and sources for equipment and supplies. Roberto Trostli has given us more than a comprehensive compilation of demonstrations for the teacher and activities for the student. He has succeeded in bringing the many suggestions originally given by Rudolf Steiner concerning science teaching together with his own ample experience of teaching physics to the upper grades. Although his focus is on teaching in the classroom, virtually every demonstration and teaching approach can easily be modified to homeschooling. Contents:
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A Phenomena-Based
Physics Volume 1 for Grade 6 Manfred von Mackensen Softbound $10.00 |
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A Phenomena-Based
Physics Volume 2 for Grade 7 Manfred von Mackensen Softbound $10.00 |
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A Phenomena-Based
Physics Volume 3 for Grade 8 Manfred von Mackensen Softbound $10.00 |
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Teaching Chemistry Roy Wilkinson $14.95 |
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A Demonstration Manual for Use in the Waldorf School Seventh Grade Chemistry Main Lesson Mikko Bojarsky Spiral bound $25.00 |
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This is the most practical, hands-on, sure-to-convey-the-lesson chemistry curriculum guide published within the Waldorf movement to date. Mikko Bojarsky isn't just another science master teacher -- he is also a master at teaching teachers what they need to know in order to teach their students effectively. The straightforward clarity of his presentation takes you right into a classroom filled with lively (and not always attentive) students and gives you everything you need to make the lesson come alive in their eyes (and grab the attention of those not always committed to study). Although written for class teachers in a school setting, these lessons can be just as effective (and just as do-able) in a homeschool setting. Bojarsky covers:
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A Demonstration Manual for Use in the Waldorf School Eighth Grade Chemistry Main Lesson Mikko Bojarsky Spiral bound $30.00 |
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An outstanding resource - recommended with unreserved enthusiasm! |
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Hydraulics and Aeromechanics Mikko Bojarsky Comb bound $25.00 |
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After working through acoustics, heat, optics, electricity and magnetism, hydraulics and aeromechanics becomes the centerpiece of Waldorf 8th grade science. Now we have a thorough, clear, and, yes, exciting demonstration manual that is equal to the task of keeping 8th grade students enthralled with these fascinating subjects. You'll see from the Table of Contents, below, that once again Mikko Bojarsky has pulled out all the stops to gift anyone teaching 8th grade science with a resource they can really rely upon, whether in a classroom or homeschool setting. Table of Contents: Introduction
Pressure
Water Pressure
Archimedes' Principle
Pascal's Principle
The Hydraulic Press
Atmospheric Pressure
Barometers
Bernoulli's Principle
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Uprightness,
Weight, and Balance Manfred von Mackensen Copiously illustrated with black-and-white drawings Softbound $14.00
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The authors bring us a detailed phenomenological
study of anatomy for the eighth grade. Included are practical
exercises for the students to discover the scientific
basis for uprightness, balance, and their polarity with
gravity or weight. Many illustrations help to visualize
the underlying concepts. An outstanding resource! |
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Teach Me to Think Craig Holdrege Folder Bound $8.00 |
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Holdrege begins with the thesis that science teaching within the Waldorf high school curriculum can stimulate critical scientific inquiry while also cultivating the students' sense for responsibility. Out of his teaching experience and research, he shows with concrete examples how science teachers can help students develop facility in
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The Wonders
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Fundamentals for a Phenomenological Study of Chemistry Frits H. Julius Softbound $30.00 |
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Chemistry Colloquium AWSNA Spiral Bound $25.00 |
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Food, Nutrition and Health A Path of Discovery Book - originally published as part of the Grade 8 program, reproduced here together with additional material Comb Bound Eric Fairman $18.00
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Eric Fairman has taken this key 8th grade block lesson from his Path of Discovery - Grade 8 and expanded it to include more information on each topic previously covered, as well as new material on the role of exercise and our own food choices. New also is a list of references for anthroposphical and alternative resources. Contents:
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Astronomy Hermann von Baravalle, PhD edited and revised by Norman Davidson Softbound $7.95 |
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Astronomy is offered to 7th grade students within the Waldorf curriculum and von Baravalle's book will be wonderfully helpful in that context. However, Astronomy goes beyond a confined, pedagogical use in that it is actually a lovely introduction to the pleasures of gazing at the sky on a clear night. Baravalle clearly loved his subject, because that love radiates from every page. This is a book that will fire enthusiasm in young and old, and what is learned here and by carrying out the exercises will remain throughout a lifetime. A great little treasure, this one! Contents
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An Introduction to a Study of the Stars C. R. Mirbt Softbound $10.00 |
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Chaos: A New Main Lesson Marisha Plotnik & Jim Kotz Folder bound - Illustrated $12.00 |
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The Secret Language of Form Van James Softbound $29.95
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The pleasures of discovery that lie within this book are so exhilarating that you may want a cup of soothing herb tea alongside so that you won't interrupt yourself too often by jumping up and singing for happiness. Van James has explored form as it emerges from nature and finds its way into art and from there into the human soul. His journey into the heart of meaning as we humans find it among the many forms Creation has given us constitutes a tour through an Earthly-Cosmic landscape that is at once always grounded yet never removed from spiritual reality. Hundreds of photos, drawings, and paintings greet you to illustrate each illuminate each of the author's observations; and, to evoke wonder and awe in your own heart. This is a feast of beautiful awakening. Visit this book again and again, to study closely, to keep at hand for those times when inspiration seems far away, for surely you will find it anew within its pages. Contents: Part One: The Formative Nature of Art
Part Two: The Formative Art of Nature
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