The Waldorf grade school curriculum offers a classic liberal arts education. Math, reading, writing, history and science are presented in intensive blocks so that children may immerse themselves in each subject as the material unfolds. Art, music, handwork and movement classes are woven into the daily fabric of the Waldorf grade school curriculum.
Teachers also integrate music, movement, recitation, art and literature into academic lessons.
Nature stories present the outside world in imaginative pictures, laying the foundation for natural sciences. Children experience addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in lively ways such as stamping and clapping, number games, stories and drawings. World mythology, folktales and legends form the basis for language arts lessons throughout all the grades, introducing the children to complex language, profound concepts and a multicultural approach to life. When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking. Two foreign languages are introduced in grade one.