Blog
Dive into our diverse range of topics designed to captivate and educate.
Founder Melisa Nielsen and Eurythmy Teacher Ms. Tiffany discuss these common questions:
- Can eurythmy be done at home?
- Do you have to be certified to implement eurythmy in your home and homeschooling?
Melisa and Ms. Tiffany go deeper into these topics in the Candle Access at Auriel's Light:
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Class Description
Eighth grade is an exciting and transformative year. The student’s intellectual capacities are beginning to flourish, allowing for rich conversation and greater depth in the lesson content. Individuality is also beginning to be strongly asserted, and with this comes strong...
Class Description
Welcome to Class Seven!
This year can be seen as a year of exploration and discovery. Students of this age seek to test the boundaries of that which is known and that which is allowed, the limits and authenticity of authority, and to discover the realms beyond that which they are...
Class Description
Children race to meet their twelfth-year-of-life experiences as they begin the journey through the year of Class 6. New capacities and new ways of experiencing and discovering the world emerge in their lives. While critical, independent thinking will truly unfold in High School,...
Class 5
Welcome to Class Five! We are about to embark on adventures of a very bright year of growing more awake and feeling ready to “look out into the world” with increasing confidence and strengthening of capacities. The curriculum of this school year meets the children in these...
Class Description
“For the Fourth Grade child, the inner and outer worlds are no longer one. The child experiences these worlds torn apart. Self-consciousness becomes stronger, and the soul life becomes more inward and independent. The task of the teacher and parent is to lead the child...
- Who is ready for grade 3? 9 or nearly 9.
- The content in each grade is designed when the time is right for that child. It feeds their soul.
- They become aware of everything around them at this age.
- The grade 3 student can do a lot more themselves.
- Society thinks we hold the...
Founder Melisa Nielsen chats with our teacher Ms. Tiffany about:
- Why Grade 2 is for the child that is 7.5 turning 8 year old child.
- This child has the foundation of letters, four processes and knows the process of main lesson time.
- Bridging into learning and doing more.
- Some...
Founder Melisa Nielsen chats with our teacher Ms. Tiffany about:
1. The power of waiting till the time the child is ready for the content.
2. The changes that happen in first grade.
3. Taking the fear our of fairytales.
Class 1
Once upon a time, a class full of knights, wizards, fairies,...
Family Testimonial
"Ms. Tiffany is a warm and welcoming teacher for both parents and students. She is able to make a personal connection with my daughter through our online classes and provides parents of toddlers with a great amount of resources to be successful in supporting their...
We would like to give a very excited welcome back our teacher Ms. Jaia for our 2024-2025 school year.
Ms. Jaia feels it is important to share with you why our hybrid model is successful for not only our families but also our teachers.
Why do I like teaching in our hybrid...
What music is in the Waldorf curriculum?
Class 1
In Music Class 1 we use singing games, dancing games, sing-alongs and stories to create music together. We explore physically the steady beat, how the beat relates to rhythm, and how beat and rhythm relate to melody in a naturally organic...