https://oldsite.awaldorfjourney.com/2020/01/the-ultimate-guide-to-main-lesson/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-ultimate-guide-to-main-lesson experiences, resources and advice from a Waldorf teacher on the journey Mon, 20 Jan 2020 20:44:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://oldsite.awaldorfjourney.com/2020/01/the-ultimate-guide-to-main-lesson/#comment-11544 Mon, 20 Jan 2020 20:44:44 +0000 https://www.awaldorfjourney.com/?p=19570#comment-11544 My experience was with Grades 1 -3 in a Waldorf charter school in California, 28-30 students each year, with an assistant for Main Lesson. I tried to follow the rhythm of in-breathing and out-breathing, definitely transitioning from home (I love how you clarified that!) and the three-day concrete-pictorial-abstract learning steps, combined into two days through overlap. The story (concrete) was at the end of Main Lesson; next day, after review, was the pictorial (guided drawing) with the story retold (First Grade); third day was the guided writing, letters of the alphabet, etc. (abstract) and a new story (beginning Day 1 again.) In Third Grade there was a gap story that we didn’t put into the MLB’s for that second day. We did have time to act out the stories later in the day, but I see now how we could have done that for Review! I used popsicle sticks for review to make sure everyone got a turn. In Grade 1, the first day’s review, I asked for favorite parts, which got interest in hearing the story again. The next day they were able to get all the details and order of events in their retelling.

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