This is the foundation for the child learning to print and write. By third grade the forms become quite complicated and help to develop the child's spatial orientation and sense of balance and proportion. In fifth grade, with this experience behind them, the children practice free hand geometry. Eurythmy Eurythmy is a form of movement developed by Rudolf Steiner. It has become a well known dance form, on a par with ballet, on the stages of Europe.
Children take eurythmy once or twice a week from first grade on.
Eurythmic gestures and movements allow children to develop balance, spatial coordination, fluidity and grace. In the later grades, it gives them a way to understand the formative powers at work in language and music and to express in archetypal gestures a wide range of feelings. Handwork Each class learns handwork from the first grade on to strengthen the child's will and develop fine motor skills and the related brain functions which are the foundation for thinking. Woodwork Woodwork begins in the fourth grade. It has the same effect on the child described above for handwork.