Teaching as a Lively Art
Steiner believed that a child was finally ready for school after they begin breaking through their second set of teeth. This usually happens around age six, Steiner believed students would be ready to learn at this age. The typical class for a child of this age lasted about two hours instead of the traditional forty minutes. The children were exposed to painting, drawing, writing the alphabet, the numerical system, nature, foreign language, handwork, and making and listening to music. English or language was not taught at this age, because Steiner believed that they were exposed to it enough at this age through the everyday use of the language that it did not need to be included in the curriculum. By the time the students reached seven years of age the students have had the same teacher through out their entire schooling experience. They are becoming creatures of habit and begin to see their teacher more as a parent figure than a stranger. The children are not taught the rules associated with grammar yet and the telling of fairytales is discontinued. Instead they are told more realistic stories about animals. Math is taught in a way, which revolves around patterns and number relationships.
special abilities of some animals such as giraffes and kangaroos. They start on History and Geography by learning about ancient Greek, Egyptian, Persian, and Indian civilizations. The drawing of maps was used in teaching American geography. They also pick up another language, Latin, to aid them with their History During the school years, different personalities haven't fully developed in kids. Many of the personalities drastically change from time to time. Steiner divided these personalities into four groups. The choleric personality tends to be of a short and stocky individual, who is very sturdy and has unlimited energy. He is seen as a leader and may explode from time to time. A taller and lankier individual may bee classified as being melancholic. These people are said to be shy, very impressionable, and often good in the arts. The third grouping is phlegmatic. This is characterized by being fat and dumpy. These individuals are said to be lazy, very nice and pleasant. Finally, a sanguine person would be the most normal or standard. Everything interests them and they are always doing something. There is no principal, no supervisor, but instead all teachers share the joint responsibility. Each teacher has equal say in the hiring and firing of all faculty members. The teachers must be fresh, eager to learn as well as have a mastery of subject matter. The teacher must also be spirited, gentle, patient, and firm in self-control. The teacher must be able to change from profound to witty with ease and be enthusiastic to learn together with the class. The kids also start to develop their fine motor skills through crochet. The 10 year olds continue with the study of man and animals, and explore the bodies don't freeze right away in the cold. They also begin to love both performing as well as listening to music. Astron
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