The 2014 Waldorf School Calendar

The
2014
Waldorf
School
Calendar
What is Waldorf education? Developed in Europe by Rudolf Steiner in 1919, Waldorf education is based on a developmental approach that addresses the
needs of the growing child and maturing adolescent. The curriculum is carefully designed to strengthen a child’s moral purpose, creativity, and intellectual
abilities toward a balanced whole. Waldorf teachers strive to artistically transform concepts in learning to living realities so that the whole child – including
their intellect, their heart, and their volition – is enhanced.
The Wet-on-Wet Watercolor Method: Diluted paint is laid on wet paper,
allowing gentle color transitions and blending. Colors are able to ‘move’ on their
own and images may arise out of the interplay of such movement.
The Painting Curriculum in Waldorf Schools
Color Experience
Alexander de Castro
Grade 1
DaVinci Waldorf School
At least once a week, in Waldorf Schools all over the world, children paint. Watercolor
painting, as practiced in Waldorf Schools, is a means of developing a color language, or
color sense, that will artistically inform and enrich their experiences throughout life. Color
language transforms not only into enhanced artistic capacities but has the potential to enhance
sensitivity in other areas of life such as scientific observation and human relationships.
The weekly painting time balances and enhances the work of other lessons. The ritual and
regularity of the weekly painting lesson provide rhythm and security within which a child
is free to enter into the color experience. Just as thinking develops with the child’s use of
language, so artistic capacity and aesthetic discrimination develop with color language.
Once upon a butterfly
Alex Moses
Grade 1
Linden Waldorf School
Below we provide a glimpse into this important aspect of Waldorf education.
Preparing the paper
Cut paper to your preferred size. A medium-weight 140lb watercolor paper is good
for children. Fill a deep large tray with enough cool water to cover the paper when
it is placed flat in the tray. Insert paper one sheet at a time with the ‘toothy’ side
facing up. Let paper soak for 5 to 10 minutes. Soak thinner paper for less time.
Early Childhood and First Grade – The Language of Color
Preparing the board
In the youngest grades the children are nourished by a rich diet of fairy tales and nature
stories. These stories make use of archetypal images to bring strong moral messages and guide
the young child to grow into an upright human being. In the first grade these stories are also
used to introduce the alphabet. An image from one of these stories may be used in painting,
but only color will be used to create the mood of the image.
Use the smooth side of Masonite or
other waterproof boards cut slightly
larger than the paper dimensions.
Wipe the surface of the board with
water using a large sponge (a sea
sponge is ideal). This allows the
paper to stick to the board.
Second Grade – An Emerging Duality
Untitled
Caroline Martin
Grade 2
Spring Garden Waldorf School
Fox
Jacob Frerichs
Grade 2
Oakland Steiner School
Autumn Tree
Michael Rogers
Grade 3
Chicago Waldorf School
Octopus
Michael Panian
Grade 4
Oakland Waldorf School
The slightly more mature child of grade two still lives in the world of, ‘Once upon a time,’ but
there is a duality dawning within the consciousness of the eight-year-old that finds expression
in the interplay between the legends of holy people (often referred to as saints) and animal
fables. The saint stories bring images of the highest expression of humanity, while the fables
depict the weaker foibles of humanity embodied in such characters as the sly fox or the tricky
rabbit. In painting, children begin to bring more form to their pictures, but the mood of a
story is expressed with color.
Draining the paper
Pick up paper at two corners with the
‘toothy’ side up and let the water roll
off momentarily. The child should
have her board at the side of the
tray in order for you to lay the paper
without dripping too much water on
the floor.
Third Grade – In the Beginning…The Human Being on Earth
Most Waldorf schools use the stories of the Old Testament to address the awakening of
the individual, which dawns around this age. Beginning with the Genesis creation story the
children are immersed in stories that resonate with their own journey from birth to their
present age on earth, to self-awareness. Just as Adam and Eve had to learn how to live on the
earth after their banishment from Paradise, the children must learn how to find their way to
live on the earth. The Old Testament provides a rich background for the study of farming, the
building of shelters, cooking, textiles, measurement, commerce, and currency.
Applying the paper to the board
To avoid capturing bubbles under the
paper, lay it on the board in a rolling
manner. Smooth and swipe excess
water with a clean wet hand. The
water should be evenly distributed
over the paper. Depending on the
effect desired, a light even swipe with
a wet sponge produces a less porous
surface which is desirable for painting
more detail with older children.
Fourth Grade – The Norse Myths, Local Geography, Man, and Animal
Lonesome Fern
Maya Goode
Grade 5
Housatonic Valley
Waldorf School
The forces of nature and inner psychology of humanity found in the Norse myths provide an
exciting and fertile background for the fourth grader. The myths begin with the creation of
the world and end the year with the destruction of heavenly Asgard and the fall of the gods.
The children study their immediate surroundings and learn about where they live through
the study of local geography. Many outstanding paintings arise from the ‘Man and Animal’
block wherein each child researches an animal of choice and creates a project related to his
or her animal.
Fifth Grade – The Ancient World to Classical Greece, Botany,
North American Geography
The fifth grader begins with the mythology and legends of ancient cultures from Asia and
the Middle East. Stories from ancient India, Persia, Mesopotamia, and Egypt lead from the
dawn of history to classical Greece and the journey of Alexander the Great. Children of
this age study the plant world and its evolution and ecology. Geography moves from local
environment to the continent. The children study the terrain and people of their continent,
reproduce maps, and often report on individual states or provinces.
Untitled
Madlenka Pleskacova
Grade 5
Santa Cruz Waldorf School
Sixth Grade – Rome and its Legacy, Geography, Geology and Mineralogy
Leaving the ruins of Troy, Aeneas arrives on the western shore of Latium to begin the story
of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. Following in Rome’s glorious wake, the Middle
Ages take form. Geography moves off the native continent out over the globe and may
entail the study of South America or the earth’s varied biomes and the oceans. The study of
geology and mineralogy are enlivened to enhance the understanding of the earth’s substance
and prepare the way for the study of chemistry in seventh and eighth grade. Physics is
approached by providing experiences of causality with phenomena such as acoustics, optics,
magnetism, static electricity, and heat.
Aqueduct
Nick Kasun
Grade 6
Prairie Hill Waldorf School
Seventh Grade – The New World, Inorganic Chemistry
Mona Lisa
Margaret Johnson
Grade 7, Linden Waldorf School,
Untitled
Rose Grace
Grade 7, Waldorf School of Bend
Untitled
Ava Wild
Grade 8
Toronto Waldorf School
The laws and security of the Middle Ages are shaken by knowledge reawakened by
the truth-seekers of the Renaissance. The lives of such great thinkers as Leonardo da
Vinci inspire the study of anatomy, mechanics and perspective. New ways of looking
at the world inspire the Age of Exploration and the great explorers discover the world
anew. Fire and the process of combustion provide ample opportunity for experiments
and observations in the study of inorganic chemistry.
Untitled
Rochelle Peterson
Grade 12, Chicago Waldorf School
Supply List
Watercolor paper: Heavy or medium-weight watercolor paper is recommended,
preferably 140lb to 200lb. The surface of the paper should not be too smooth.
Tenth Grade – The Return of Color
Pigments: The youngest children begin painting with just three colors – red,
yellow, blue – and learn their pure nature and what occurs when these colors speak
to each other as they blend and transition. Later, children can paint with a collection of colors out of which they can create a wide variety of other colors.
Eleventh graders have a new ability to ask why things happen the way they do. The emphasis
is on analysis, and the prevailing question is “why?” In art, landscape painting meets this
challenge well. Learning to see and paint color relationships directly from nature is the very
model of analysis. Eleventh graders are receptive to the great thinkers of the enlightenment
who trusted their own reasoning as they searched for truth. In the junior year, the medieval
tale of Parzival offers opportunities to consider human courage, frailty, and compassion.
Twelfth Grade – The Human Being
Plein Air Landscape
Sarah Matthews
Grade 11
Chicago Waldorf School
In classrooms with many children, we
use vertical drying racks built to hold
the boards approximately ½-inch
apart. Paintings must be dry before
they can be hung on a wall or cork
board or they will curl.
The task of the sometimes stormy ninth-grade year is to exercise objectivity, harmonize
polarities, and find balance. In art, the black and white portrait demands close observation
and decisive action. In science, the thermal physics block addresses the opposition of heat
and cold. In history, revolution is an appropriate topic. In literature, the study of comedy
and tragedy draws on drama’s cathartic power. In mathematics, a block on permutations and
combinations shows freshmen how to balance the infinite possibilities of chance against the
laws of probability.
Eleventh Grade – Painting in the Open Air
Veil Painting Exercise
Michael Chungbin
Grade 11, Chicago Waldorf School
Drying method
The revelations of the Renaissance lead to the revolutions of the modern world. Revolutions
of all kinds — from the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, the American Civil
War — and across the scope of modern history to the present day are studied. In the study
of climatology, a development of an awareness of the human atmosphere that surrounds us
is balanced with the study of the earth’s atmosphere. In the study of organic chemistry, the
human being is the focus for the study of the creation and metamorphosis of substance.
In the tenth-grade year the focus is on process. It is time to look beyond the “what” to the
“how.” In art, color returns to the palette with the introduction of veil painting, where the true
subject is color itself. As students slowly apply thin layers (veils) of pure color, they recognize
the colors’ complementary and contrasting powers. The climatology block reveals how wind,
warmth, and water govern our weather. In kinematics, discovery of the laws of motion points
to ways of working with and against gravity. In history through language, sophomores learn
about the forces that shaped, and are shaping, the unique character and biography of English.
Calligraphy
Phillipe Collins
Grade 9
Chicago Waldorf School
Dip the brush into diluted pigment and wipe excess off brush onto the lip of the jar.
Apply color onto the wet or damp surface of the paper making sure to clean the brush
with each dip after two or more colors are used. Blending and color conversations reveal
the image the teacher is demonstrating. As the painting dries images may arise and
more detail may be applied.
Eighth Grade – The Modern World, Organic Chemistry
Ninth Grade – The World in Black and White
Current Age Drawing
Delphine Lazar
Grade 9
Chicago Waldorf School
Painting technique
The twelfth-grade year is the time for synthesis. The seniors are ready to explore the themes
of their education thus far and to ask the question, “who?” in self exploration and exploration
of others as they step out into the world. The twelfth grade portraiture block is very different
from the ninth grade experience. The emphasis is no longer form and proportion but another
person who is encountered in a social relationship. Seniors are also ready to pursue their own
deep interests and share what they have learned with the school community in our traditional
spring rite of passage, the senior project. As each senior takes the stage to present a topic or a
project that he or she has been working on for nearly a year, it becomes clear that the students
have learned their lessons well.
Brushes: Flat or slightly rounded soft brushes. Younger children can use a one-inch
flat brush. As children grow they may want a variety of sizes down to ¼-inch but
small pointed brushes encourage ‘drawing with the brush’ instead of letting the
color take the lead. Natural bristles such as sable and hog hold the color nicely,
however, some blends and synthetics work very well.
A simple palette for the grades is:
Two reds – carmine (cool) and a warm red such as vermilion
Two yellows – lemon yellow and golden yellow (a warmer yellow)
Two blues – ultramarine and Prussian
Red and blue violets and black or indigo
¼-inch Masonite or waterproof board
Small jars to hold paints
Hand-sized sea sponge for wetting boards
Rags to clean brushes between colors
Optional: a caddy to hold jars
Written by Susan Poole, Chicago Waldorf School
teacher. Thanks to Emma Hastings and Emily Lubin
who are pictured above.
A Painting Verse
The sunlight shines into each day
And sends the dark of night away
It brings the colors to my eyes
The bright green earth,
the deep blue skies.
The yellow sun, the red, red rose
That in the gentle garden grows.
And from within my loving heart
The light always conquers dark
So on my paper let it be
Sunlight and water – joyfully.
—Author Unknown
Crystals, Josie Spence, Grade 6,
Linden Waldorf School, Nashville, Tennessee
…formed from old chaos, into being thrust ­—
Shot full of nerves: quartz ganglia spread and crushed,
Split bent and twisted, shattered by rude shock,
Then bound, — inert millennia in this rock!
Inset: Castle in the Sky, Gabriella Poulos, Grade 8,
Tamarack Waldorf School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
—from Genesis by Josephine Spence
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Chinese New Year
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Grade 4
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Chicago
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Untitled, Michael
Michael Panian,
Panian, Grade
Grade 4
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Oakland
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Oakland Steiner School, Rochester Hills, Michigan
Light am
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Bright
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with joy
joy
Strong my
my arms
arms
Strong
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heart
Heaven above
above
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Strong
Strong my
my love.
love.
—vowel
—Vowel exercise
exercise by
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Roman Village,
Village, Aaron
Aaron Thorne,
Thorne, Grade
Grade 6
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Sunrise
Sunrise Waldorf
Waldorf School,
School, Duncan,
Duncan, British
British Columbia,
Columbia, Canada
Canada
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The lion is the King of Beasts.
No one dares disturb his feasts!
St. Jerome’s Lion, India Butchart, Grade 2
Waldorf School of the Roaring Forks, Carbondale, Colorado
Inset: Sheep, Reba Brennan, Grade 3
Chicago Waldorf School, Chicago, Illinois
—The Lion’s Pride by Dorothy Harrer
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RUDOLF STEINER DIED (1925) hindi new year (h)
The earth is the home of all men,
its ceiling the blue sky above.
Its floor is the ground on which we walk
upheld by a selfless love.
Adobe, Olivia Beam, Grade 3
Siskiyou School, Ashland, Oregon
Inset: Joseph, Maili McIntosh, Grade 3
Chicago Waldorf School, Chicago, Illinois
—from Shelters by Clifford Monks
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Holocaust remembrance Day Untitled, Jacob Flanagan, Grade 6
Prarie Hill Waldorf School, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
Substance of Earth
Essence of Life
Grace of Heaven
In us unite.
Inset: Tree of Life, Sadie Zweben, Grade 4
Chicago Waldorf School, Chicago, Illinois
—Grace said at gatherings, author unknown
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Hippo, Siena Royer, Grade 5
Santa Cruz Waldorf School, Santa Cruz, California
Stars form animals in the sky
And on the earth before my eye
Roam beasts of every shape and size
Where some of me goes walking.
Left inset: Elephant Cooling Off, James Reilly, Grade 4
Housatonic Valley Waldorf School, Newtown, Connecticut
—Animals and I by Susan Pellen
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Right inset: The Octopus, Meka Greenberg, Grade 4
Chicago Waldorf School, Chicago, Illinois
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Mushrooms, Lily Slaton Barter, Grade 5
Anchorage Waldorf School, Anchorage, Alaska
I have fathomed the nature of Man
And studied his maker’s art,
I now perceive the World
Down to its very heart
Its inmost purpose is Love, I know,
And I am here in Love, to grow and grow.
Inset: Carrots, Mayla Haruf-Arnold, Grade 3
Shepherd Valley Waldorf School, Niwot, Colorado
July
—Christian Morgenstern
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Sunrise, Christian Wood, Grade 8
Waldorf School of Bend, Bend, Oregon
Spirit victorious!
Flame through the impotence
Of irresolute souls,
Burn out egotism,
Ignite compassion,
That selflessness
The life-stream of humankind
Wells up as the source of spiritual rebirth.
—Teachers’ closing verse by Rudolf Steiner
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Inset: Clouds, Lindsay Garcia, Grade 8
Chicago Waldorf School, Chicago, Illinois
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Michaelmas Dragon, Madison Wittmer, Grade 7
Housatonic Valley Waldorf School, Newtown, Connecticut
I ride on my horse with a sword in my hand.
I ride through the wooded and mountainous land.
I battle with dragons, with giants I fight,
Defending the weak and upholding the right.
Inset: Monet Study, Theodore Matlin, Grade 8
DaVinci Waldorf School, Wauconda, Illinois
—The Knight, a Michaelmas verse by Molly de Havas
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Mother Earth to you we’re singing
Listen to our song!
Thanks for golden harvest bringing,
Listen as we sing to you!
Sing to you! Sing to you!
Songs of rain and sunshine!
­—Indian Harvest, traditional American folk song
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Corn, Sabine Foerg (left), and Sumaya Cilenti (right), Grade 5
Lake Champlain Waldorf School, Shelburne, Vermont
Left inset: Shelter, Olivia Snodgrass, Grade 3
Anchorage Waldorf School, Anchorage, Alaska
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Right inset: Magenta landscape, Caroline Krahl, Grade 3
Lake Champlain Waldorf School, Shelburne, Vermont
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Untitled, Adelin Barstow, Grade 4
The Bay School, Blue Hill, Maine
When days are darkest the earth enshrines
The seeds of summer’s birth
The spirit of man is a light that shines
Deep in the darkness of earth.
—Verse of dark days by Dr. Pelham “Docky” Moffit
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Left inset: Great Plains, Genevieve Mahoney, Grade 5
Linden Waldorf School, Nashville, Tennessee
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Right inset: Untitled, Lena Felt, Grade 7
Waldorf School of Bend, Bend, Oregon
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END DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
ALL SoulS’ DAY (C) dia de la muerta (MEXICO) ELection day (USa)
9 101112131415
VETERANS’ DAY Observed (USA)
remembrance day (canada)
st. Martin’s day (C) 16171819202122
REVOLUTION DAY (MEXICO)
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THANKSGIVING
(USA)
first sunday in advent (c)
Veil Painting Exercise, Juan Correa, Grade 10
Chicago Waldorf School, Chicago, Illinois
I place my Self into existence
With certainty I tread the path of Life
Love, I nurse in the core of my being
Hope, I lay into all my doing
Confidence, I infuse into all my thinking.
—A closing verse by Rudolf Steiner
Sunday
Monday
Insets: Advent, Ethan Dwelley (left), Johnny Ruffin (right), Grade 3
Waldorf School of Santa Barbara, Goleta, California
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st. nicholas' day (C)
7 8 9 10111213
second sunday in advent (C)
Guadalupe Day (mexico)
St. Lucia’s Day (C) 14151617181920
third sunday in advent (C)
First candle of CHANUKAH (J)
Second candle of CHANUKAH (J)
Third candle of CHANUKAH (J)fourth candle of CHANUKAH (J)
FIFTH candle of CHANUKAH (J)
21222324252627
Winter solstice
fourth sunday in advent (C)
boxing day (canada, uk)
Kwanzaa – kujichagulia
sixth candle of CHANUKAH (J)
Seventh candle of CHANUKAH (J)eighth candle of CHANUKAH (J)
Christmas eve (C)
Christmas Day (c)
Kwanzaa – umoja (UNITY) (self determination)
28293031
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January 2015
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Kwanzaa – ujAmAA
New year’s eve
30
(collective work and responsibility)
(Cooperative economics)
Kwanzaa – nia (purpose)
Kwanzaa – kumba (creativity)
The 2014 Waldorf School Calendar
The art in this calendar represents the classroom work of kindergarten, grade school
and high school students in Waldorf schools throughout North America. We hope
these beautifully reproduced paintings will inspire you all through the year.
There are over 900 Waldorf schools worldwide and over 160 schools in North
America. We encourage you to contact your nearest Waldorf school or for more
inforrmation go to the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America at
www.awsna.org.
To purchase, request guidelines for submitting artwork for next year’s calendar, or
for inquiries, contact the Chicago Waldorf School Calendar and Notecard Program
773.828.8451 or CalendarAndNotecards@chicagowaldorf.org
New Moon
First Quarter
Moon phases are based on Eastern Standard Time. Due
to time zone differences, moons phases may occur on
different dates in your region.
Full Moon
Last Quarter
Throughout this calendar, Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Hindu and Muslim holidays
are noted with a (B), (C), (J), (H) or (M) respectively.
* Note that Buddhist holidays are celebrated on different days by various Buddhist
traditions.
** Dates for Muslim holidays are those accepted by The Islamic Society of North
America (ISNA) and are based on astronomical calculations and not on the actual
visual sighting of the moon.
The verses excerpted in the calendar are cited when sources are known. Many of the
verses are passed down from teacher to teacher and of unknown authorship.
To order calendars
and notecards, call
773.828.8451 or visit
www.chicagowaldorf.org
and click on RESOURCES in
the upper right corner of
the web page.
Michaelmas Dragon, madison wittmer, Grade 7
housatonic Valley waldorf school, newtown, Connecticut
i ride on my horse with a sword in my hand.
i ride through the wooded and mountainous land.
i battle with dragons, with giants i fight,
defending the weak and upholding the right.
inset: Monet Study, theodore matlin, Grade 8
daVinci waldorf school, wauconda, illinois
—from The Knight, a Michaelmas verse by Molly de Havas
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autumnal equinox
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miChaelmas (C)
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Untitled (Atlas),
Mia McEachem
Grade 5,
Oakland Steiner School
Oakland, California
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The
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©2014 Chicago Waldorf School.
Printed on recycled paper with soy based inks.