Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction & Overview

    • How to Use This 1st Grade Handwork Curriculum

    • Who WHE Are
  • 2

    What is Waldorf Education

    • What is Handwork in Waldorf Education

    • What is Waldorf Education

    • Recommended reading
  • 3

    Child Development

    • How Handwork Supports Your Child's Growth and Development

    • Goodness, Beauty, and Truth

    • Why We Knit in 1st Grade
  • 4

    Handwork Curriculum

    • 1st Grade Horizontal Curriculum

    • Vertical Curriculum
  • 5

    How to Teach Handwork

    • Teacher Presence

    • Managing Expectations

    • Beginning and Ending Handwork Time; Using Verses

    • Order of Skills to Teach

    • Verses and Mnemonics
  • 6

    Organizing Materials & Time

    • Organizing Supplies

    • Rhythm of the Week & Rhythm of the Year

    • Why Use Natural Materials?
  • 7

    Stories and Imagination

    • Imagination and Images

    • Stories: Spin a Yarn, Weave a Tale

    • Story: Learning to Knit - Visiting the lambs

    • Story: Learning to Cast On - Watching the Birds

    • Story: Learning to Cast Off - Frogs in the Pond

    • Story: Changing Color - Jane Knits a Magic Row
  • 8

    Music in Handwork

    • Button Audio Recording

    • Button Sheet Music

    • Clean Up Songs Audio Recording

    • Clean Up Songs Sheet Music

    • Roll My Ball of Wool Audio Recording

    • Roll My Ball of Wool Sheet Music

    • Thing of Beauty Audio Recording

    • Thing of Beauty Sheet Music

    • Songs for Transitioning to Quiet - Audio Recording

    • Transition to Quiet Songs Sheet Music
  • 9

    How-To Videos

    • How & Why to Make Knitting Needles

    • Making Knitting Needles Video

    • Rolling a Ball of Yarn Video

    • Slip Knot Video

    • Casting On Video

    • How to KNIT!

    • Changing Colors Video

    • Casting Off Video

    • Counting Rows Video

    • Sewing Up Your Knitting Video

    • Knit 2 Together Video

    • Lock Stitch Video

    • Backing Up a Row Video

    • Picking Up a Dropped Stitch Video

    • Swirly Twirly Sewing Knot Video

    • Needle Weaving Ears for Knit Animals Video
  • 10

    Knitting Supplies, Patterns, & Videos

    • 1st Grade Handwork Supply List

    • Butterfly Pattern

    • Butterfly Video

    • Bunny Pattern

    • Bunny Video

    • Knitted Cats and Kittens Pattern

    • Knitted Cats Video

    • Rainbow Ball Pattern

    • Rainbow Ball Video

    • Knitted Flute Case Pattern

    • Flute Case Video

    • Lion Pattern

    • Lion Video

    • Lamb Pattern

    • Lamb Video
  • 11

    Additional Handwork Projects, Patterns, & Videos

    • 1st Grade Handwork Supply List

    • Finger Crochet Video

    • 4 Finger Knitting Video & Story

    • Twizzle Project Video

    • Mind the Gap Instructions

    • Mind the Gap Video

    • Shooting Stars Pattern

    • Shooting Stars Videos

    • Yarn Dollies Instructions

    • Yarn Dollies Video

    • Cat Finger Puppet Pattern

    • Cat Finger Puppet Video

    • Wool Painting Project Video

    • Little Birds Slip Knot Song and Game