Curriculum
Oak Meadow publishes homeschool curriculum materials for Pre-K through High School. Not purely Waldorf (lessons are not set up in main lesson blocks), but influenced by Waldorf.
Live Education! publishes curriculum for Waldorf homeschoolers and teachers for grades K-8. There are curriculum book sets for each grade that come with consultation. Must purchase entire grade package.
Waldorf Essentials Melisa Nielsen is a Waldorf homeschooling parent who offers curriculum and support for grades 1-7 and an Early Years program. She also offers a training program for Moms called Thinking, Feeling, Willing.
Lavender’s Blue Homeschool offers a kindergarten curriculum organized by the seasons, as well as first- and second-grade curriculum. These are complete weekly guides, with stories, song recordings and verses.
Earthschooling Kristie Burns offers curriculum packages and lessons for grades preschool through 8th grade and high school as well. All lessons are created by a team of Waldorf and certified teachers and include videos, MP3s, and lectures for teacher support.
Math By Hand Hands-on, interactive math kits for grades 1-4, made specifically for homeschoolers by a CA Waldorf teacher. Each kit comes with all the materials needed to make each project. Effective, fun and complete.
Christopherus Homeschool Resources Donna Simmons is a trained Waldorf teacher and homeschooling Mom. She offers curriculum for grades 1-5 along with a variety of unit studies, a Kindergarten guide, a very informative Waldorf Curriculum Overview, and audio downloads on various topics.
Waldorf Supplies
Materials: Paper, Scissors, Stone: https://www.waldorfsupplies.com/
Stockmar Watercolor Paint Set – Washable Paint for Kids
Stockmar Crayons
Stockmar Modeling Crayons
Lyra Colored Pencils
Curriculum Support
Waldorf-Inspired Learning Website offers weekly inspiration through blog posts and a newsletter.
Waldorf Without Walls Barbara Dewey publishes many small, helpful books including one on Getting Started, a great Form Drawing book, and books on Handwork, Math, Watercolor Painting and more.
Waldorfish offers Weekly Art Lessons, an online program of videos that runs September through May. Great for learning Waldorf art techniques right alongside your children. They also offer Waldorf Art for Beginners if you want to learn the basics of Waldorf drawing, painting, and chalkboard drawing. Taught by two Waldorf teachers who also homeschool.
Celebrate the Rhythm of Life Lisa Boisvert-Mackenzie offers the Living Curriculum Program for early childhood that focuses on simple rhythms, songs, and verses; and eCourses to support and inspire parents and teachers. Here’s a link to an article about Homeschooling Getting Organized.
The Waldorf Connection Anne Cleveland offers training and support particularly for parents of young children as well as a Kindergarten and First Grade curriculum.
Bravewriter “Supports and nurtures the homeschool family in the areas of Language Arts and writing from grammar school until college with online classes, home study courses and language arts programs.” Publishes magazines on individual fiction titles complete with dictation, narration and writing ideas for both elementary and high school.
A Waldorf Journey Meredith Floyd-Preston is a mother of 3 teenagers and a Waldorf classroom teacher who blogs and podcasts about her experiences at A Waldorf Journey. She also offers curriculum and training materials for teachers and homeschoolers, and hosts a wonderful podcast.
Living Music Jodie Mesler has created a music curriculum called The Magic Flute for teaching penny whistle or recorder at home. Volume 1 is for the 6-year-old; Volume 2, for 7-9-year-olds. She also has Festival songbooks and CDs.
Syrendell Jennifer Tan is a fiber artist and Waldorf Mom who has handwork e-books for sale, among other things. Rick Tan is a Waldorf teacher and offers ecourses and workshops on chalkboard drawing and watercolor painting.
Jamie York Press Publisher of Waldorf math books for private, public and home schools, including the Making Math Meaningful curriculum and workbooks for each grade. This site also has wonderful Free Downloads of practice and review sheets, lesson plans, and math facts flashcards.
Movement for Childhood A resource for teachers and parents who want to provide children a path to healthy development through age-appropriate movement activities inspired by Waldorf education. Check out the article “Education for Balance and Resilience.”
The Baldwin Project “Bringing Yesterday’s Classics to Today’s Children,” The Baldwin Online Children’s Literature Project seeks to make available a comprehensive collection of stories for different grades for teachers and parents – folk tales, myths, legends, fairy tales. Its focus is on literature that is in the public domain, published between 1880-1922. A great resource for stories.
Whole Family Rhythms Meagan at Whole Family Rhythm offers beautiful seasonal guides for families with young children as well as a Return to Rhythm online course. Join the free challenge to help you create a strong, balanced and flowing family rhythm in just 5 days.
Wee Folk Art Patterns and crafts from three generations of crafters. They also have a free kindergarten curriculum plan with a simple schedule of story, activity, art and poetry for each week.
Promethean Press Promethean Press aims to produce valuable aids to Waldorf Teachers in Music, Singing, Speech and Drama, Geometry, Child Development, Anthroposophy and other areas. Books of verses and recorder music from Waldorf teacher John Miles.
Starlite Puppets is dedicated to sharing the art of storytelling through puppetry and live music. They offer a few books of stories and songs and puppet-making kits.
Juniper Tree Puppets is a resource for puppetry and storytelling arts, exploring the art and archetype, the magic and meaning, the wisdom and healing of story and ensouled puppetry. They offer puppet making kits, story resource books, and trainings.
Waldorf Curriculum This website includes free unit studies for kindergarten and the grades as well as tips on planning and an overview of the Waldorf curriculum.
Festivals, Family & Food by Diana Carey & Judy Large
Simplicity Parenting by Kim John Payne
Creative Pathways by Elizabeth Auer
Teaching as a Lively Art by Marjorie Spock
Waldorf Homeschooling Simplified: Your Toolkit for Grades 1 – 8 an eBook by Jean Miller
Waldorf Art for Beginners from Waldorfish
Living Music with Jodie Mesler
Homeschool with Waldorf a Waldorf-Inspired Learning community
Taproot Magazine The magazine for makers, doers, and dreamers. This is an ad-free, independent quarterly focusing on food, farm, family, and craft.
Books
You Are Your Child’s First Teacher: Encouraging Your Child’s Natural Development from Birth to Age Six by Rahima Baldwin
Understanding Waldorf Education: Teaching from the Inside Out by Jack Petrash
Waldorf Education: A Family Guide by Pamela J. Fenner, Mary Beth Rapisardo
The Waldorf Homeschool Handbook: A simple step-by-step guide to creating and understanding a Waldorf-inspired homeschool plan by Donna Ashton
The Waldorf Book of Poetry: Discover the Power of Imagination by David Kennedy
Waldorf Games Handbook for the Early Years: Games to Play and Sing with Children Aged 3-7 (Waldorf Education) by Valerie Baadh Garrett , Kim John Payne, Cory Waletzko
The Education of the Child: And Early Lectures on Education (CW 293 & 66) (Foundations of Waldorf Education) by Rudolf Steiner (Author), Christopher Bamford (Author)
Teaching Waldorf Mathematics in Grades 1-8 (Education Series) Second edition by Ron Jarman
A Child’s Seasonal Treasury by Betty Jones
Waldorf Early Childhood Education: An Introductory Reader by Shannon Honigblum, ed.
Writing to Reading the Steiner Waldorf Way: Foundations of Creative Literacy in Classes 1 and 2 (Waldorf Education) New edition by Abi Allanson (Author), Nicky Teensma (Author), Pie Corbett (Preface)
THE ROADMAP TO LITERACY: A Guide to Teaching Language Arts in Waldorf Schools Grades 1 through 3 by JANET LANGLEY, JENNIFER MILITZER-KOPPERL
Teaching Through Stories: Jane and Jeremy Learn to Knit by Elizabeth Seward, Jenny Hornung (Illustrator)
How to Tell Stories to Children by Joseph Sarosy, Silke Rose West
Waldorf Education: An Introduction for Parents by Waldorf Publications