At Wild Roots Village, academic work begins when a child is developmentally ready, guided by a loving authority as their imaginative capacities are just blossoming. The curriculum is presented in an engaging manner, addressing the children’s growing capacities physically, emotionally, spiritually, and academically.
Inspired by Rudolf Steiner’s vision of human development and the Waldorf curriculum, Wild Roots Village incorporates traditional academic subjects such as reading, writing, and math, enriched with art and experiential opportunities. We also offer specialty subjects including music, handwork, and cooperative games. Each day begins with Main Lesson, covering the core curriculum listed below. Recess is spent outside, rain or shine, and the rest of the day is filled with skills practice, artistic work, and specialty subject classes.
Grade One
Pictorial and phonetic introduction to letters, form drawing, reading approached through writing
Qualities of numbers, introduction of the four processes in arithmetic, lower multiplication tables
Grimm’s fairy tales, folk tales, nature stories
Pentatonic flute and singing
Grade Two
Reading, spelling, writing, elements of grammar
Arithmetic, multiplication tables, further work with the processes
Legends of Saints and helpers of humanity, animal fables
Pentatonic flute and singing
Grade Three
Reading, writing, original compositions, grammar, punctuation and parts of speech, cursive writing
Higher multiplication tables, weights and measures, time and money
Hebrew Bible stories that introduce history and creation stories
Practical life skills study including: farming, house building, textiles, cooking, and gardening
Recorder and singing in rounds
Grade Four
Grammar, composition, spelling and letter writing
Fractions, multiplication, long division
Colorado history and geography
Study of humans and animals
Telling of Norse myths and sagas
Recorder and singing in rounds
Grade Five
Composition, grammar, spelling and reading
Decimals, fractions, freehand geometry
North American geography
Botany
History of ancient civilizations including: India, Persia, Mesopotamia, Egypt and Greece
Greek myths and culture
Recorder and singing with parts in harmony
“A healing social life is found when, in the mirror of each human soul, the whole community finds its reflection, and when, in the community, the virtue of each one is living.”
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