Waldorf Curriculum – Reading, Writing, and Language Arts
Guide your students to academic excellence with The Roadmap to Literacy Books.
Welcome to Renewal of Literacy®, a website dedicated to helping you become a successful and confident teacher. It is your guide to the Steiner-Waldorf language arts curriculum. It features books, online on-demand support courses, and mentoring--as well as information about Steiner-Waldorf education.
Renewal of Literacy® helps you and your school renew Waldorf education using The Roadmap to Literacy Books:
- The Roadmap to Literacy: Renewal of Literacy® Edition
- Continuing the Journey to Literacy.
- The Roadmap to Literacy: Original Edition
Renewal of Literacy® supports excellence in education through a balanced approach. The Roadmap to Literacy Books combine Rudolf Steiner's indications for education and modern best practices.
I invite you to renew literacy, for the 21st century--and beyond.
–Jennifer Militzer-Kopperl,
Author of The Roadmap to Literacy Books and creator of Renewal of Literacy®
New Publication from Renewal of Literacy®
The Roadmap to Literacy Renewal of Literacy® Edition by Jennifer Militzer-Kopperl is a new edition of The Roadmap to Literacy (Langley and Militzer-Kopperl 2018). It shows how to fix things teachers are doing wrong when they use Roadmap so they can get up to 95% of students reading and spelling at grade level by the end of third grade.
The Roadmap to Literacy Renewal of Literacy® Edition is a valuable resource for teachers who wish to find the balance between Rudolf Steiner's indications for Waldorf language arts instruction and modern best practices.
Online, On-Demand Courses
from Renewal of Literacy® School
Teaching reading in grades 1-3 can be overwhelming. "Unlocking The Roadmap to Literacy" shows how. It includes 16 aspects of language arts and ways to bring all reading methodologies so teachers can meet all students where they are at --and get up to 95% reading at grade level by the end of third grade.
NEW! Direct and systematic phonics instruction is one of the most important of the 16 aspects of language arts--and it is often missing from Waldorf training. This course shows you how to introduce phonics rules across grades 1-3--and presents the most effective practice activities so students learn to read and spell!
Now that you have taught your students to read, what is the language arts curriculum for grades 4-8? "Unlocking Continuing the Journey to Literacy" has the answer! It includes 17 aspects of language arts to teach in grades 4-8--and advice on how to bring these aspects as part of a comprehensive, wholistic curriculum.
DISCOUNTS FOR BULK PURCHASES
Discounts are available for schools and homeschool co-ops.
beware of faulty workshops
The Roadmap to Literacy is designed to get up to 95% of students reading at grade level. Watch this video to learn to spot practices that make Roadmap less successful.
The Roadmap to Literacy Books
The Roadmap to Literacy Books are textbooks for Waldorf teachers and homeschool parents. They show you how to guide your students to academic excellence using the best of Rudolf Steiner's indications and modern research to renew the teaching of language arts and the entire subject curriculum. These books help you create and deliver a structured, academically challenging, and enriching language arts curriculum, one that aligns with child development, the spirit of Waldorf education, and the spirit of the English language.
The goal of The Roadmap to Literacy Books is to renew education, starting with a renewal of literacy. The Roadmap to Literacy (grades 1-3) shows how to teach students to read. Continuing the Journey to Literacy (grades 4-8) shows how to teach language arts once students are ready to read to learn. It includes the entire Waldorf main lesson curriculum.
Take your students on a journey to excellence--one that will equip them for a lifetime of success.
Grades 4-8: Read to Learn
Once you have taught your students to read, check out the sequel to The Roadmap to Literacy: Continuing the Journey to Literacy: A Guide to Teaching Language Arts in Waldorf Schools Grades 4 through 8 by Jennifer Militzer-Kopperl. It shows how to teach language arts and the Steiner-Waldorf curriculum!
Grades 1-3: Learn to Read
The Roadmap to Literacy: A Guide to Teaching Language Arts in Waldorf Schools Grades 1 through 3 is the original edition by Janet Langley and Jennifer Militzer-Kopperl. It provides clear guidance on teaching language arts and literacy in the early grades in Waldorf schools.