Comments on: Waldorf Supplies — A Fresh Look https://oldsite.awaldorfjourney.com/2016/07/waldorf-supplies-a-fresh-look/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=waldorf-supplies-a-fresh-look experiences, resources and advice from a Waldorf teacher on the journey Sat, 23 Jul 2016 21:24:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: meredith https://oldsite.awaldorfjourney.com/2016/07/waldorf-supplies-a-fresh-look/#comment-7902 Sat, 23 Jul 2016 21:24:09 +0000 https://www.awaldorfjourney.com/?p=1972#comment-7902 Thanks for this, Marianne. Binding into one big book is such a great idea. We also review during the last week of school — such an important activity for them to realize their growth! I think the biggest takeaway from the loose paper method is flexibility!

]]> By: meredith https://oldsite.awaldorfjourney.com/2016/07/waldorf-supplies-a-fresh-look/#comment-7897 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 04:17:13 +0000 https://www.awaldorfjourney.com/?p=1972#comment-7897 In reply to Di Johnson.

Hello, Di. I started having students work on loose paper in 6th grade. I had always limited their practice of “starting over” on pages when they were working in books, so we wouldn’t run out of pages. But in 6th grade I finally decided that I wanted to give them every opportunity to do their best work. It actually worked quite well and I love the main lesson books that they created because we are able to include their drafts, handouts, quizzes and other work at the back of the book. It ends up being an excellent representation of their work for the block. Incidentally, working on loose paper and then binding at the end of the block in 6th-8th is a fairly common practice in many Waldorf schools.

]]> By: Di Johnson https://oldsite.awaldorfjourney.com/2016/07/waldorf-supplies-a-fresh-look/#comment-7893 Tue, 19 Jul 2016 06:00:51 +0000 https://www.awaldorfjourney.com/?p=1972#comment-7893 I wonder why you don’t use ready made main lesson books? Losing work or getting pages crumpled seems inevitable with loose leaves. I taught year eight several times ( our school double streams in year seven so a teacher was needed to teach the groups the class teacher wasn’t teaching) and found they preferred smaller books and finer work. We used watercolour pencils which can be wet for a soft painterly effect and each student had a water colour palette of solid paints. These weren’t used as often as I thought they would be. They did love having a gold texta-type pen for some work.

]]> By: meredith https://oldsite.awaldorfjourney.com/2016/07/waldorf-supplies-a-fresh-look/#comment-7876 Tue, 12 Jul 2016 16:32:12 +0000 https://www.awaldorfjourney.com/?p=1972#comment-7876 In reply to Maureen Sklaroff.

Oh yes. I remember hearing that too, though I haven’t tried it. My students sure love those pens!

]]> By: Maureen Sklaroff https://oldsite.awaldorfjourney.com/2016/07/waldorf-supplies-a-fresh-look/#comment-7873 Tue, 12 Jul 2016 05:58:12 +0000 https://www.awaldorfjourney.com/?p=1972#comment-7873 I have read that if you put things in the freezer that were erased by heat with the Frixion pens, you can get your writing back. Not sure if this is true, but I sure do love those pens. Thanks for a great review of art supplies, I’m going to check out some of these products that I was unfamiliar with.

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