FOUNDATION STUDIES

DATES [Fridays and Saturdays]: 

Sept 13/14, 20/21

Oct 4/5, 11/12, 18/19

Nov 1/2, 8/9

FRIDAYS

4:00pm-5:00pm: Eurythmy

5:10pm-6:40pm: Singing

7:30pm-9:00pm: Theosophy [Yr 1 Students]/Reincarnation and Karma Study [Yr 2 Students]

SATURDAYS

10:10am-11:40am: Developmental Biology [Yr 1 Students]/Evolution [Yr 2 students]

DATES [Fridays and Saturdays]:

Jan 3/4, 10/11, 17/18, 31

Feb 1, 7/8

Mar 7/8, 14/15

FRIDAYS

4:00pm-5:00pm: Eurythmy

5:10pm-6:40pm:  Singing and Recorder with Introduction to Notation

7:30pm-9:00pm:  Biography [Yr 1 Students]/Kingdom of Childhood [Yr 2 Students]

SATURDAYS

10:10am-11:40am: Themes From Rudolf Steiner's book How to Know Higher Worlds [Yr 1 Students]/ Themes From the First Teacher's Course: 1 [Yr 2 Students]

Dates [Fridays and Saturdays]:

Mar 21/22, 28/29

Apr 4/5, 11/12, 25/26

May 9/10, 16/17

FRIDAYS

4:00pm-5:00pm: Eurythmy

5:10pm-6:40pm:  Singing and Pentatonic Flute 2 and Lyre

7:30pm-9:00pm: The 12 Senses [Yr 1 Students]/ The Social Impulse of Waldorf Education and the Movement [Yr 2 Students]  

SATURDAYS

10:10am-11:40am:  Central Ideas From Rudolf Steiner's book Philosophy of Freedom [Yr 1 Students online]/Themes From the First Teacher's Course: 2 [Yr 2 Students]  

 An  Introduction  to  the  Supersensible  Knowledge  of  the World  and  the  Destination  of  Man, Rudolf Steiner gives an introduction to many of the  fundamental concepts  that underlie his life work, Anthroposophy. Following upon a comprehensive description  of  the  human  being  composed  of  body,  soul,  and  spirit,  Steiner  develops  the  idea  of  destiny  and  reincarnation,  reveals  different  ways  in  which  human  existence  unfolds  after life on earth, and concludes with a succinct description of the path of knowledge  by which each one of us can develop for ourselves the capacities required to experience  the phenomena that he describes. 

 In  this  work,  Steiner  gives exercises  and meditation  techniques  that  are  designed  to  deepen,  strengthen  and  ultimately  open  the  human  soul  to  an objective  reality beyond  the physical  senses. Throughout  the book Steiner emphasizes  how the development of inner integrity, sound judgment, and a discerning intellect are  essential for reliable knowledge at this level of experience. 

 This  foundational  text  establishes  the  epistemological  basis  for  all  of  Steiner’s  subsequent  work.  Steiner  develops  a  basis  on  which  to  transcend  the  limits  to  knowledge asserted  for modern  consciousness  by  Kant. In  his  Philosophy  of Freedom,  he  develops  a  view  of  intuitive  thinking  and  its  far-reaching  consequences  from  a  phenomenological standpoint, that is, from the standpoint of what can be experienced  first-hand.  

 Designed by Michael Holdrege, a biology teacher, this course  introduces first year students to the physiological basis for understanding the future study of the morning lectures Rudolf Steiner gave to the first Waldorf teachers. 

 This course introduces students to Rudolf Steiner’s view of the stages of human development and themes that arise in seven year rhythms.

 The focus of this course is to introduce students to Rudolf Steiner's work on the 12 senses is fundamental to considering perception as a basis for a broader, deeper and more discerning experience of the foundation of thinking activity. Current research in the field of perception is an active aspect of this course.

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 In this course students will observe  art and architecture from different periods of history and different parts of the earth. Through observation, and practice in quick sketching, students will consider changes in the human experience of space, time, social organization and technology. In this context we will spend the later classes considering peoples whose contributions to the development of human culture have been marginalized or thwarted and look at what they are doing to raise their voices in the contemporary world. 

 This introductory course to Waldorf Education explores the essential and practical indications that Rudolf Steiner gave to the first Waldorf teachers through themes such as: the three seven-year cycles of child development, the need for observation in teachers; the dangers of stressing the intellect too early; children’s need for teaching that is concrete and pictorial; the education of children’s souls through wonder and reverence; the importance of first presenting the “whole,” then the parts, to the children’s imagination, the Kindergarten as an imitation of life; teacher' meetings as the heart of the school.

 This course is divided and studied in two consecutive terms in the second year of the training. It introduces students to the principal ideas that form the basis of Waldorf Education. The primary themes of breathing, the three fold human being,  will have been referred to during the first year of the training where appropriate.

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This introduction to Steiner’s art of movement is meant  to awaken  the student  to  the  movements inherent in language and music. We will explore how in eurythmy the entire  human being becomes the instrument of the creative word and tone. 

*Eurythmy  is taken  throughout all  terms  of  the  year  and both  years  of  the  training.  Students are required to take Eurythmy each term (6 total classes). 

 Harmony and strength within a community can be built through singing. In the singing  courses we will sing a variety of music, ranging  from western classical tunes to  folk and  world music.    In  addition  to  learning  new music,  this  class  focuses  on  healthy  singing  technique, reading basic rhythms and musical notation, playing the recorder/lute, and the healing aspects of music. 

*Singing/Music  is  taken  throughout  all  three  terms  of  the  year  and  both years  of  the  training.  Students are required to take Singing each term (6 total classes).