FORM DRAWING
A complete Waldorf form drawing curriculum for grades 1-4!
Our Form Drawing courses include:
OVER 30 videos per grade (1-4) that model HOW to guide a year's worth of Waldorf form drawing exercises with your child.
Grades 1 and 2 include ongoing discussions w/ teacher Rev Bowen & demonstrations for adults covering:
Step-by-step tutorials showing each form (33 total) you will do with your child
An introduction to the WHY’s of form drawing
How and why to create rhythm in the lessons
Easy-to-implement ideas for practicing with your child
How to talk about a child’s work with them
How to model form drawing for your child
Rudolf Steiner's ideas about the significance of form drawing
Grades 3 and 4 include ongoing discussions w/teacher Rev Bowen & lessons taught “to the child" :
Step-by-step videos for each form (33 forms total)
Encouragement and ideas for practicing between lessons
Curious? try a sample lesson!
“It is not easy to see the educational value of form drawing by looking at the children’s drawings; for its effectiveness is realized in the process, not the product... form drawing is a present record of a past movement...just as the meander of a dried up water-course records the flow of a river.”
More Details:
All lessons available immediately after registration.
This content will provide you with the material you need to create a weekly Waldorf form drawing lesson for your child over the full school year.
As with all of our other courses, the lessons will continue to be accessible whether or not you are able to watch them before your school year ends.
Grades 1 & 2 of this series are not designed for children to watch. They have been created for parents to watch and study/plan with. Grades 3 & 4 are designed to be used either way.
Ready to enroll?
Grade One
Grade Two
(refund policy is in the FAQ section of this page.)
This pricing cannot be applied retroactively.
*Customers using charter funds may not use Bundle pricing.
This includes Charter Schools purchasing directly with a credit card.
*Payment plan options available through Afterpay and PayPal Pay Later.
Grade Three
Grade Four
(refund policy is in the FAQ section of this page.)
If you would like to Bundle two other Form Drawing grades OR a mixture of Form Drawing and other courses, please contact us, here. Please include the course names, grades, and preferred email address for us to enroll you with. We will send you a payment link - once paid, we will manually add you to your courses and notify you.
*Mixed Bundle pricing:
2 courses = 15% discount
3 courses = 20%
4 courses = 25%
5 courses = 30%
*Customers using charter funds may not use Bundle pricing.
This includes Charter Schools purchasing directly with a credit card.
Supply List:
After registration, you will receive a detailed supply list in your welcome email. In general, however, throughout this series we will be using:
drawing paper and/or Main Lesson book
colored pencils
stick crayons
chalkboard & chalk
Your Guide:
Rev Bowen was born and raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He earned his Waldorf Teaching Certificate from the Rudolf Steiner College in 2000 and his M.A. in Human Development from St. Mary’s University in St. Paul, MN in 2004.
As a class teacher, Rev has graduated three classes at the Live Oak Waldorf School- 2008, 2016, and 2018. He now serves in the role of Pedagogical Development Director. He loves listening to and making music, paddling in canoes or kayaks, swimming in lakes and rivers, backpacking, hiking and camping, reading and writing, and playing games of all kinds. His children both attended Waldorf schools, Preschool - 8th grade.
“I experienced Rev Bowen as a guide during my practicum teaching in my Waldorf teacher training and I still glean sparks of wisdom from that time. I was grateful for his sense of humor and approachability, and the way he brought intention and depth of understanding through all of the daily practical lesson choices. I signed up for these courses (Form Drawing), in large part, because I saw that he was leading them. ”
Frequently Asked Questions:
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We encourage families to think of our form drawing courses as "Levels" - they are designed to match the form drawing content typically taught in specific grades at Waldorf schools - however, if a child (or adult!) is in a different grade but has never done any form drawing, we encourage them to start as close to the beginning of the series as possible. The benefits of form drawing are cumulative, with each lesson building on the skills that came in previous lessons.
Grades 1 & 2 in this series have been designed for adult self-study. Grades 3 & 4 have been created for children to watch as well. Teacher Rev Bowen will check-in to answer questions in the classroom once per day, with the exceptions of weekends & holidays.
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Yes, all videos are high quality, so you will need a fairly high-speed Internet connection to view them. The videos are a vital part of the content of this course, so please do consider this. We are not able to provide alternative viewing options for people on dial-up or on very slow connections (and we cannot give refunds if you are having issues viewing the videos due to your internet connection). Therefore, please bear this in mind when registering. If you have regular broadband, you should be fine. The videos in this course are *not* downloadable.
If you are easily able to use any of our sample lessons with your current wi-fi/internet setup, then you're good to go!
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Students can view course content from any recently updated web browser or mobile device.
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Forever! Successfully register for the course, and you get access to the lessons for as long as you need them. ("Forever-access" does assume successful payment of both payments, for those who enrolled with a previous 2-payment option!)
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Due to the instant, all-access and digital nature of this course, there are no refunds.
*Contact us within 24 hours of purchasing your course if you need to request a grade switch (for another form drawing level ONLY.)
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This course is sold to be used 1 per household. If you would like to use this course in a homeschool group or class, please contact us first to discuss permission and price.
*I'm still not sure if this course is right for me.
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Work at your own pace.
Know that you’re ready for the week!
“To develop a feeling for form, the hands must be brought to feel the form; we need to see with our hands. We need to describe the feeling of the movement. We need to work through a form until it is incorporated into us.”
