WALDORFISH GEOMETRY
Where art meets math!
Looking for a Waldorf-inspired, homeschool geometry curriculum?
“She can’t wait to do her lessons every day– This course is speaking her language (art!) while simultaneously teaching her the fundamentals of geometry.”
Curious? Try a sample lesson!
What's included in our Waldorf geometry curriculum series?
Each grade 5-8 has it's own course of 15 lessons each, based on the Waldorf pedagogy.
Our program is a complete Waldorf geometry curriculum, AND, for those using other educational methods, our program is a perfect artistic supplement!
The content for each course will be delivered all at once.
This allows families to decide whether to use the course as a Waldorf-style block, or to spread it out over the school year.
In a similar fashion to our other programs, you will be able to access each course even after the school year is over!
Prepare for Success:
1. Purchase your course.
2. We'll send your supply list (check spam if it doesn't arrive in a few minutes.)
3. Gather and order your supplies.
4. Calendar your lessons (like you do for music lessons, or sports practice.)
Ready to Enroll?
Grade Five
Constructions of triangles, circles, and quadrilaterals through artistic, freehand geometry
Introduction to geometry vocabulary using exploratory methods
Basics of area and perimeter
Additional enrichment activities such as watercolor painting, nature based projects, and geometry through movement
Grade Six
Using tools of geometric drawing: compass, straightedge, and protractor
Basics of artistic methods when creating geometric forms
Essential construction skills as foundational aspects of geometry
Exploring the circle and it's relationship to triangles and quadrilaterals
Focus on learning using accurate vocabulary
Artistic activities and suggestions for curriculum incorporation included
Sample quizzes and practice problems
(refund policy is in the FAQ section of this page.)
This pricing cannot be applied retroactively.
*Customers using Charter School 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 Seven
A review of Area & Perimeter
An exploration of the Fibonacci sequence
Eratosthenes - circumference & angles
Leonardo Da Vinci - Golden Ratio
Spirals
Pythagorean Theorem
The Golden Ratio in nature, art & music
The Quality of Numbers
Mobius, Klein, Escher - mathematical paradoxes
Sample problems
Grade Eight
Plato - Platonic solids
Tetrahedron, Hexahedron, Dodecahedron, Octahedron, Icosahedron- nets & constructions
Volume
The Quality of Numbers in 3D space & time
6+ artistic constructions
all Platonic solid models
Sample problems
(refund policy is in the FAQ section of this page.)
If you would like to Bundle two other Geometry grades OR a mixture of Geometry 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.
*Customers using Charter School funds may not use Bundle pricing.
This includes Charter Schools purchasing directly with a credit card.
*Recommendation: We suggest purchasing at grade level if you've covered the previous grade's topics and your child is confident with them. We suggest purchasing a grade lower if you've covered some of the previous grade's topics and your child would benefit from further practice and review.
Example of the main lesson pages your family will create!
Additional Details:
Along with several videos per lesson, these courses also come with the support of your course teacher inside the online classroom. You can leave them comments & questions there, as well as directly via email.
Each course will include examples of practice problems (where relevant), etc. The choice to use them or not is yours.
Supply lists for each grade will be included in your welcome email after enrollment. Many of the supplies will overlap between grades 5-8.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Our program has been developed by 2 experienced Waldorf teachers (Brian Wolfe + Caitlin Amajor). Between them they have 18 years experience teaching Geometry. Their approach is inspired and artistic!
That said, they will cover much of what you remember (or don't remember, wink wink) from school and SO much more.
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Each Geometry course contains 15-16 lessons. Each lesson contains, on average, 2-4 videos. The videos vary in length - the G5 & 6 videos are a bit shorter than the G7 & 8 ones - however, they average out to about 10-15 minutes each.
Some families use the lessons in a typical Waldorf "block", which means they will cover a single grade in about 3-4 weeks. Other families spread the lessons from one grade out over the whole school year, doing 1 lesson every couple of weeks.
There's a lot of freedom around how you choose to use them, and you could definitely cover more than one grade in a year if you wanted to.
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Yes! In a similar fashion to our other programs, you will be able to access each course even after the school year is over.
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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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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 for pricing and permission.
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Due to the instant, all-access and digital nature of this course, there are no refunds.
*I'm still not sure if this course is right for me.
Uncertain if this is the right course for your family? Send us an email! We'll help you sort it out :)
“Inspiration is needed in Geometry, just as much as in poetry.”
Your Guides
Caitlin Amajor is excited to bring her love of art and teaching to the Waldorfish community! As a Waldorf student growing up in a small Northern California town, Caitlin’s love and appreciation of artistic and experiential learning began at a young age. With the encouragement of her parents, Caitlin pursued her certificate in Waldorf teacher training after college, and has been teaching in the middle school grades as a class teacher for the last six years. While the list is long, some of her highlights of being a teacher are teaching geometry and physics, watercolor painting, and observing the many triumphs and successes of her beloved students. Caitlin enjoys discussing and expanding Waldorf pedagogy and how it can evolve in the modern world, and also has a wealth of knowledge (because of much trial and error!) around the practical elements of teaching on a day to day basis. She offers helpful tips and observations from her own experience, and inspires others to explore the wide-ranging and artistic realm of geometry for the 5th and 6th grader!
Brian Wolfe has spent his entire adult life playing music, teaching, drawing & coaching his Waldorf kids. So basically, creating a generation of grounded families with beautiful memories ;) He grew up in a musical-theater family, where he spent his childhood painting backdrops for plays & musicals, as well as playing guitar in the house-band. Nowadays, when he's not teaching geometry, art & coaching local Waldorf students, Brian loves performing a wide range of musical styles (blues, jazz, rock, pop, etc). He has played in various blues and rock bands over the past 15 years and 8 years ago began performing as a solo, instrumental acoustic act at events such as weddings, wine tastings, gallery openings, and private parties. He has taught Art to teacher trainees. Summers often see Brian in China, Utah and California where he works with teachers, parents and students at various training centers. Brian teaches our G7 & G8 geometry courses.
“Geometry is knowledge that appears to be produced by human beings, yet whose meaning is totally independent of them.”
