About The Roadmap to Literacy
The Roadmap to Literacy: A Guide to Teaching Language Arts in Waldorf Schools Grades 1 through 3 by Janet Langley and Jennifer Militzer-Kopperl provides clear guidance on teaching literacy in the early grades. It builds off the work of Rudolf Steiner, founder of Waldorf education, by adding in material that is specific to the English language as well as modern research in literacy skills.
The Roadmap to Literacy presents the key phases students must master to become literate in English. It introduces these phases and provides the following:
- The essential concepts and skills that students need to learn in each phase
- An entire section on Phonics Rules
- Key pitfalls to avoid
- Ideas to introduce new concepts in an imaginative and lively way
- Fun and effective practice activities to help students solidify skills
- Comprehensive lesson planning
- Easy ways to assess the program’s efficacy
- How to handle common remedial issues
The Roadmap to Literacy provides educators and parents all the information necessary to teach their students the skills of reading, writing, grammar, and spelling so that they will be able to mee the demands of the upper grades—and beyond.
What Readers are Saying:
“A breakthrough . . . an essential resource for every Waldorf teacher who wants to insure that good reading takes place in his or her class!”—Bonnie River, M.Ed., Co-founder Gradalis Teacher Training Program
“An incredible compilation of Waldorf and public-school methods that can be used both by private Waldorf teachers and public-school teachers.”—Bethany Chaffin, M.Ed., Administrator: San Diego County Teacher of the Year, 2014
“This book will be a bible for early grades teachers! Educators will have everything they need to teach early literacy in one easy-to-use reference.”—Heather Handy, M. Ed., Class Teacher and School Mentor
Renewal of Literacy
Once students complete The Roadmap to Literacy, they are ready for the sequel: Continuing the Journey to Literacy: A Guide to Teaching Language Arts in Waldorf Schools Grades 4 through 8 by Jennifer Militzer-Kopperl. Together, these two books comprise a renewal of literacy. They bring Waldorf education into the twenty-first century and prepare Waldorf teachers and homeschool parents to teach an academically rigorous Waldorf curriculum, one that is in alignment with the spirit of Steiner’s indications and with the spirit of the English language.