Waldorf 7th grade reproduction Human A & P

The best book to read for teaching 7th-11th grade reproduction is 

You can get this book at Bob and Nancy's book Waldorf Book store. 

Linda Knodle has other books as well that are VERY good for this topic. The activities and the drawings are great for waldorf teachers

Human Fertility

June 30, 2010 by admin

For use with 10 - 12 year olds Grades 4-7

Linda E Knodle
Coming of Age Curriculum Series
Lessons in Support of the Inner and Outer Changes in Puberty and Adolescence
Softound
$29.95

We are happy to be able to offer Linda Knodle’s newest editions of her original Human Fertility curriculum. She has now created two separate curriculum guides to better support the needs of different adolescent age groups.
In this first volume, offered in support of students in grades 4-7, Linda guides teachers, parents and community leaders through a detailed curriculum offerings designed to create a warm understanding of the physical and emotional changes the students are experience. Further, Linda helps adults weave a welcoming community around these teenagers.
This is truly a heartfelt work which has already graced the lives of hundreds of adolescents and the adults who care for them.
Contents:
Part One: Preparation for the Course

• Introduction
• Sample Rotation for Middle School Blocks of Study
• Daily Main Lesson (Sample)
• Elements of the Lesson
• Preparation: Before Classroom Work
• Preparing Yourself
• Preparing the Faculty Letter for Faculty or Adult Community
• Preparing for Parents Letter for Parents
• Preview Questions for Interviews
• Overview
• Preparing for the Students Details of the Day
• Spelling List
• Resources for Teachers and Parents Resources for Students

Part Two: Lesson Plans
Part Three: Supplements

7th grade slippers again

this child is making a shark out of this slippers

waldorf 7th grade Human A & P

I taught 2 days of Human reproduction to the 7th grade.
Here are my board drawings

7/8 grade waldorf charcoal drawings

here is a basic exercise for 7th/8th grade

tempurments need certain drawings as well. the phlegmatic needs more angular forms like boxes and pyramids and the Choleric needs more round drawings like spirals and roses, or drawing marbels rolling etc

7th grade slippers and award

several people have asked about the 7th grade slippers and the pattern.

So here you go http://rayreynolds.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/felt-slippers/

just go to this site and check it out! we will be putting leather on the bottom
which reminds me...I need to go to a thrift store and get a leather skirt to cut up.


Award-
Thank you Cadi for the kind award. you are also a true friend in the waldorf world. Even with our long distance between us, I still feel like we share shoulders to cry on.



So to pass this award on.....I would like to pass it to some other waldorf inspired bloggers

1)In the Hills-
http://maymomvt.blogspot.com/ I enjoy checking in and seeing what you are up to. Keep up the good work!

2) Christopher Guilfoil-
http://guilfoil.blogspot.com/ A waldorf art teacher in OR who I know will never see this award but who is an amazing inspiration to me.

3) ithaca Waldorf
http://ithacawaldorf.blogspot.com/ Julia....who is a wonderful friend and who needs to start blogging again!!!!!

4)Harmony valley-
http://harmonyvalley.blogspot.com/ a wonderful person who draws amazingly well and who needs to show us more main lesson books that she is doing with her daughter so that we can ohhhh and ahhhh over them!.

5)Fairies nests-
http://thefairiesnest.blogspot.com/ An amazing doll maker...she kind of reminds me of an elf in santa's workshop...totally creative and magical!

7th grade pencil lantern walk drawing

Here is a drawing the 7th grade will do this week. it has shadow, reflection, negative and positive space, perspective with the fence and humans.

7th grade wet felting slippers

7th grade felted slippers in a waldorf school

Here is a preview of what 7th grade will be making this year .....along with a felted ball for their felting needles and 2 felted people....if we have time they will make a felted picture or landscape for the auction.

This is the tutorial again
http://rayreynolds.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/felt-slippers/

and I used white wool batting from west earl (where Ray in the video talks about some place in the UK...but since I am in the US....I went with West Earl...I love how the batting at west earl felts!)

8) wool batting and roving. they only do phone orders...there is no web site....$5.85 per pound! West Earl Woollen Mill, Ephrata PA 717/859-2241

and colored wool from Harrisville Design (they have great fleece for wet felting and needle felting)
http://www.harrisville.com/categories.php?cat=20