I have been using the Jakob Streit books to introduce variations of Old Testament stories. ...
May 1, 2022
Ask The Waldorf Guide
A Blog by Jennifer Militzer-Kopperl
This blog addresses readers' questions. It covers remedial questions and technical questions. If you have a question you would like to see addressed on this blog, please ask.
Remedial Questions
Caveat: The answers to these questions are not meant to be diagnostic or definitive. They are meant to get you started on your journey. When it comes to remedial issues, it is not possible to state with certainty what is going on when a student struggles without first meeting the student and running some diagnostic tests. The advice contained below cannot take the place of an assessment with a qualified professional.
Note: I have tried to use s/he and his/her when referring to students
May 1, 2022
Thank you, Jennifer, your response was very helpful. I actually wasn't thinking of telling a ...
May 1, 2022
I am a homeschooling mom who is teaching first grade (yikes!) beginning this year. I ...
May 1, 2022
I'm wondering whether you might be able to direct me to any literature that shows ...
May 29, 2021
Both morphology and etymology refer to the meaning inherent in language; however, only one is ...
August 25, 2020
Question: I am teaching 5th grade this year. I have a question about the Storytelling ...
August 25, 2020
1. If you do the DIBELS assessment, does that mean that you would not test ...
August 25, 2020
Vimala is less a handwriting program than a path for soul development. This is the essence ...
June 7, 2020
Note: These questions were submitted by the same Waldorf teacher who submitted Question F. She ...
June 6, 2020
Note: These questions were submitted by a Waldorf teacher who encountered resistance when using Roadmap ...
May 8, 2020
Question Fourteen: I understand that part of the reading process is a child reading his ...
May 8, 2020
Question Thirteen: I am curious how to approach language arts remediation work with a 6th ...
May 8, 2020
Question Twelve: My question is really wondering how to determine if something is wrong and ...
May 8, 2020
How important is it that they write nice straight letters? We are trying different tricks ...
May 8, 2020
My question is regarding older children with severe dyslexia. My oldest son is 15 and ...
May 8, 2020
Background Information: I want to share a bit of our experience to provide some context. ...
May 8, 2020
My 4th grader exhibits a lot of dyslexic characteristics. Starting in the second grade we ...
May 8, 2020
How many writing projects per year should I expect for a 6th/7th grader and how long should ...
May 8, 2020
With the “later timetable” for reading in the Waldorf approach, how do we know when ...
May 8, 2020
How do I weave together main lesson block work and outside “assignments” from a speech ...
May 8, 2020
My third grader loves to write stories. We’ve not yet started correcting spelling. Is this ...
May 8, 2020
Any advice on bringing more writing to my fifth grader? We don’t write very much, ...
May 8, 2020
How do we encourage reluctant writers who physically have a hard time writing and fatigue ...
May 8, 2020
Writing and handwriting are big things I want to work on, penmanship. When and how ...
April 27, 2020
Background Information A Word about Remedial Issues Most of the questions are about remedial issues. ...
April 27, 2020
Would it be accurate that Steiner educators from your experience are trained in the use ...
April 27, 2020
And so perhaps literacy learning in Steiner schools uses an analytic phonic approach..? What are ...
April 27, 2020
I acknowledge that some literacy specialists have criticised the Steiner Education approach to literacy development ...
April 27, 2020
Do you refer to a particular evidence-based approach to reading in your book? Not per ...
August 15, 2018
Through this course, I’ve come across lots of research around the science of reading including ...
Technical Questions
May 1, 2022
I'm wondering whether you might be able to direct me to any literature that ...
August 15, 2018
Through this course, I’ve come across lots of research around the science of reading ...
April 27, 2020
Do you refer to a particular evidence-based approach to reading in your book? Not ...
April 27, 2020
I acknowledge that some literacy specialists have criticised the Steiner Education approach to literacy ...
April 27, 2020
And so perhaps literacy learning in Steiner schools uses an analytic phonic approach..? What ...
April 27, 2020
Would it be accurate that Steiner educators from your experience are trained in the ...
June 6, 2020
Note: These questions were submitted by a Waldorf teacher who encountered resistance when using ...
June 7, 2020
Note: These questions were submitted by the same Waldorf teacher who submitted Question F. ...
August 25, 2020
Vimala is less a handwriting program than a path for soul development. This is the ...
August 25, 2020
1. If you do the DIBELS assessment, does that mean that you would not ...
August 25, 2020
Question: I am teaching 5th grade this year. I have a question about the ...
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