Music

A música e o canto são indispensáveis numa escola Waldorf. por Rubens Salles A importância da música na educação já é reconhecida desde tempos imemoriais. A educação centrada na música foi objeto de profunda reflexão por parte de Platão, que considerava que a harmonia e a predisposição da alma são determinadas por sentimentos estéticos, como vemos…

Poetry

Learning with poetry by Rubens Salles “Speech is the activity that connects the human being to the world, to others and to himself, the teacher's role is to beautify and enrich it, including as a counterpoint to the virtual and audiovisual image that increasingly occupies a larger space in the lives of these children.”

pedagogical theater

A educação e a arte do faz-de-conta por Rubens Salles Nas escolas Waldorf o teatro é uma atividade pedagógica muito importante, sendo realizado por todas as classes do ensino fundamental e também pelo 11° ano do ensino médio. Nele, o importante não é a representação final para os pais ou a comunidade escolar, mas o…

From trace to writing

Introduction to the drawing of shapes Credit: Text based on the book “Do Movimento ao Traço e à Escrita”, by Luíza Helena Tannuri Lameirão – Ed. João de Barro, 2016 The drawing of shapes is a pedagogical activity created by Rudolf Steiner, and is used from the 1st school year onwards, when the child is around…

stories

Images, inspiration and transformation Every day the main class ends with the teacher telling a story, which is chosen according to the age of the children in the class and what is important for their development at the time. These stories are also used as motive and inspiration for children to draw or paint.…

shape drawing

Introduction to shape drawing Shape drawing is a pedagogical activity created by Rudolf Steiner, and is used from the 1st school year onwards, when the child is around 7 years old. At this stage, drawing shapes forms the basis for learning to write and helps the educator…

Eurythmy – a new dance

The scenic expression of speech and singing In 1912, responding to a young woman's yearning for a “type of dance or gymnastics” that could harmonize with man's spiritual knowledge, Rudolf Steiner gave the first indications for the creation of a new art. movement, based on the conception of the world and the vision…

Where did you put the verb put?

by Julia de Mello e Souza My late cousin Julia de Mello e Souza was a teacher of Neo-Latin languages and wrote several chronicles. I was still going to write a headline “What the end took to the end”, but I don't know if I had time. It's just that dictionaries already accept the word "final" as a noun, when it was an adjective of…