Each day, the children are greeted by beautiful chalkboard drawings that deepen their connection to the curriculum. Gasps are often heard as the children walk into the classroom and see a new drawing!
“One of the tasks of the Waldorf elementary teacher is to present the curriculum in such a way that it stirs the imagination and feelings of the students, creating a context in which they can experience sympathy and antipathy, joy and sorrow, anger and tranquility, and much more.” Further on she states: “Through mythologies, great stories, and stirring biographies, the children’s own moral impulses are awakened, and an idealism begins to grow in them that will flower in adolescence.” -Joan Almon in “Educating for Creative Thinking: The Waldorf Approach”
Here are some drawings from the 1-5 grade classrooms at City Garden.
