Description
This online workshop intentionally interweaves material from 4th and 5th grade, and is designed so that participants work with and understand aspects of teaching math in these grades. You will be “doing math” through exercises in the workshop. We provide all participants with free downloads.
Workshop Topics include:
- Core Principles for Teaching Math
- Math Curriculum and Goals
- Wonder of Number Main Lesson
- The Developmental Picture of the Child
- Fractions
- Measurement
- Freehand Geometric Drawing
- Learning the Arithmetic Facts
- Mental Math
- Math Games and Puzzles
- Introduction to Long Division
- Main Lesson Books
- Learning Differences
- Freehand Geometric Drawing!
We recommend you refer to our book, Making Math Meaningful™ : A Sourcebook for Teaching Math in Grades 1-5, although you can take this workshop without it.
The workshop is co-presented by Jamie York and Amy Lloyd Rippe.
Amy Lloyd-Rippe was a class teacher at the Meadowbrook Waldorf School in Rhode Island for 18 years. She continues as a faculty mentor, as well as a Board member and Human Resource committee member. She has been a student of Anthroposophy for 23 years and is a graduate of the Antioch New England Waldorf Teacher Training program.