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THE MAGIC GARDEN - FAMILY MUSIC ALBUM
01 Magic Web.mp3 (1:37)
02 Mousie, Mousie.mp3 (3:34)
03 My Little Rooster.mp3 (2:31)
04 Blackberry Suite.mp3 (4:18)
05 White Bird.mp3 (3:17)
06 Little Pony.mp3 (2:38)
07 Old Joe's Backhoe.mp3 (2:48)
08 Follow the Swallow.mp3 (3:56)
09 Squirrels.mp3 (2:07 minutes)
10 Rain Dances.mp3 (3:54 minutes)
11 Where do all the Butterflies go?.mp3 (3:56)
12 Serena's Birthday Song.mp3 (2:21)
13 Everybody's Birthday Song.mp3 (2:15)
Curriculum Resources
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VIKINGS, GODS AND GIANTS (Hard copy)
Vikings, Gods and Giants is a popular go-to resource for teachers and home educators looking for practical and inspiring material for Class 4.
The 100-page manual, designed for experiential learning, has everything you need for the morning circle!
Background chapters include:
- Healing the 9th -Year Crisis through Norse Myths
- Pedagogical Imagination in Action
- Multiple Intelligence Theory and Eurythmy
- How to Write your own Alliterative Verses
The manual demonstrates a series of exercises for ‘Vikings-in-Training’, which call forth a healthy incarnation process for the 9th Year and beyond.
Video resources: Over a dozen video clips of children working through the sequences, many of which feature number-based sword-play routines that maximize concentration and skill development. Visual-spatial thinking paired with number patterns and rhythmic sword-clashing– a winning combo of skills!
Audio component: 10 musical tracks that include instrumental music, verses and original songs. Learning to chant the Volospa in English and Old Icelandic is a special highlight!
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VIKINGS, GODS AND GIANTS - DIGITAL
Vikings, Gods and Giants is a popular go-to resource for teachers and home educators looking for practical and inspiring material for Class 4.
The 100-page manual, designed for experiential learning, has everything you need for the morning circle!
Background chapters include:
- Healing the 9th -Year Crisis through Norse Myths
- Pedagogical Imagination in Action
- Multiple Intelligence Theory and Eurythmy
- How to Write your own Alliterative Verses
The manual demonstrates a series of exercises for ‘Vikings-in-Training’, which call forth a healthy incarnation process for the 9th Year and beyond.
Video resources: Over a dozen video clips of children working through the sequences, many of which feature number-based sword-play routines that maximize concentration and skill development. Visual-spatial thinking paired with number patterns and rhythmic sword-clashing– a winning combo of skills!
Audio component: 10 musical tracks that include instrumental music, verses and original songs. Learning to chant the Volospa in English and Old Icelandic is a special highlight!
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THE LEGEND OF ST. CHRISTOPHER (Digital)
CLASS 2 CURRICULUM RESOURCE:
THE LEGEND OF ST CHRISTOPHER
An exploration into “Eurythmic Transformational Drama” by Diane Tatum
THE LEGEND OF ST CHRISTOPHER is a “Play in a Box”, a drama resource for Class 2 teachers looking to integrate class play preparation into morning circle.
The resource includes:
- A 60-page manual with an original script and original music, with instrumental music, adapted from the classical and traditional repertoire
- Production video of Class 2 actors in performance
- A folder of audio files (on USB in hardcopy version) with the entire soundtrack of songs and narration – great for listening to in the car!
- Sheet music for songs and instrumentals
- Choreographic Notes for the Teacher/Director for 10 vignettes
- Background information on the legend, including "The Story behind this journey"
Forming a living relationship to a play as a teacher-director is an act of creation, employing the capacities of imaginative visioning and listening. As you read the script, your inner picturing, hearing and sense of movement are engaged in translating the printed words on the page into a mobile, dramatic enactment of the play in miniature. Your own imagination becomes the stage, and upon it a lively, creative process begins to take shape.
These resource materials, developed over the course of many years of working with the same theme, are designed to aid the process of calling a play to life over the course of several readings and visioning sessions. As the life of your imagination is intimately connected to the life of your class, it is important for your version of the play to reflect your class’ unique qualities. Each class is different, and your task as a teacher-director is to adapt the play to suit your children and their particular needs.
The Play of St Christopher
The script consists of seven pages of predominantly rhyming couplets, to be spoken in chorus and by individuals. Many teachers in Waldorf/Steiner Schools practice their plays in the early primary years entirely in chorus, allowing individual roles to crystallise out of the holistic unity of the play once the text has been fully internalised by the children. The Play of St. Christopher is suited to this kind of treatment, with blocking taking place for the individual roles in situ, while the chorus speaks.
Choreographic Forms
For the context of this play, much of the choreography falls into the category of “Applied Eurythmy” and can be navigated with sufficient forethought and preparation by most class teachers with the use of the Choreographic Notes in conjunction with watching the production video.
The choreography is adaptable to a variety of class sizes and constellations. Instructions for the Grand March, the Castle, the Minstrels’ Song, The Black-Riders in the Forest, Crossing the River, The Flowering Staff and 4 other vignettes are included. The format is intended to give as much enrichment as possible while allowing for maximum flexibility.
plays HSD, MITC
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CLASS 3 CURRICULUM RESOURCE: HEBREW SONGS AND DANCES - HARDCOPY
CLASS 3 CURRICULUM RESOURCE: HEBREW SONGS AND DANCES
Selected and Annotated by Diane Tatum
Hebrew Songs and Dances is a valuable resource for Class 3 teachers looking for practical and inspiring material for morning circles. The resource highlights the deep inter-relationships between the developmental stage of Class 3 children, the cultural content of the curriculum, and the significance of age-appropriate musical and movement skills. The dances of the Hebrew folk tradition, with their lively crossover patterns, timing and teamwork, bring a much longed-for sense of strength and empowerment to the early end of the ‘Nine-Year Change’. The evocative melodies of Hebrew songs provide a stirring accompaniment to morning circle work during the Old Testament main lessons and can be practised throughout the year.
The Hebrew Songs and Dances resource includes:
- A manual with sheet music, summaries of the dance steps and cues for teaching. The songs are a well-rounded mixture of - A) Traditional Hebrew rounds suited to learning part-singing in Class 3. B) Hebrew songs with original English renderings. C) Original lyrics purpose-written for specific scenes in class plays, based on traditional Hebrew melodies. D) Songs originally composed in English from traditional sources or by other songwriters, which support aspects of the Old Testament Main Lesson and lend themselves to class plays and morning circle work.
- A DVD/USB with instructional videos for teaching 7 dances.
- An audio CD/USB with 35 tracks – great for listening to in the car!
- A page of introduction to the Hebrew Alphabet
- The First Day of Creation from Genesis, printed in English and Hebrew, including a Hebrew pronunciation guide.
- BONUS TRACK: Audio recording of the First Day of Creation in Hebrew.
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CLASS 3 CURRICULUM RESOURCE: HEBREW SONGS AND DANCES - DIGITAL
CLASS 3 CURRICULUM RESOURCE: HEBREW SONGS AND DANCES
Selected and Annotated by Diane Tatum
Size: 1.46 GB.
Number of files: 44.
Hebrew Songs and Dances is a valuable resource for Class 3 teachers looking for practical and inspiring material for the morning circle. The resource highlights the deep inter-relationships between the developmental stage of Class 3 children, the cultural content of the curriculum, and the significance of age-appropriate musical and movement skills. The dances of the Hebrew folk tradition, with their lively crossover patterns, timing and teamwork, bring a much-longed-for sense of strength and empowerment to the early end of the ‘Nine-Year Change’. The evocative melodies of Hebrew songs provide a stirring accompaniment to morning circle work during the Old Testament main lessons and can be practised throughout the year.
The Hebrew Songs and Dances resource includes:
- A manual with sheet music, summaries of the dance steps and cues for teaching. The songs are a well-rounded mixture of A) Traditional Hebrew rounds suited to learning part-singing in Class 3. B) Hebrew songs with original English renderings. C) Original lyrics purpose-written for specific scenes in class plays, based on traditional Hebrew melodies. D) Songs originally composed in English from traditional sources or by other songwriters, which support aspects of the Old Testament Main Lesson and lend themselves to class plays and morning circle work.
- A DVD/USB with instructional videos for teaching 7 dances.
- An audio CD/USB with 35 tracks – great for listening to in the car!
- A page of introduction to the Hebrew Alphabet
- The First Day of Creation from Genesis, printed in English and Hebrew, includes a Hebrew pronunciation guide.
- BONUS TRACK: Audio recording of the First Day of Creation in Hebrew.
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CLASS 1 - MOVEMENT IN THE CLASSROOM - RESOURCE PACK
MOVEMENT IN THE CLASSROOM WITH DIANE TATUM
via zoom
Curriculum Ideas 2022 for Morning Circle, Class Plays and Festivals
In these sessions you’ll
- Learn new skills that you can apply immediately
- Explore deep principles in Steiner Education that guide and inspire
- Learn to approach Main Lessons through Music, Movement and Drama
- Get resources that put a spring in your step!
- Learn how to create your own material
$40 per Session
Handouts, Sheet Music and Audio Resources included.
NESA PD Hours
Available for NSW Teachers
Books
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Brigid of Iona - A Tale for All Time (Hardcover) | Offer | 5 books
Brigid of Iona is a transformational book that transports you and your family to the realm of magic, myth and mystery! It’s a journey of the heart, a tale of spiritual guidance, a story that builds faith, hope and love.
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BRIGID OF IONA - A TEALE FOR ALL TIMES (Pdf)
Brigid of Iona is a transformational book that transports you and your family to the realm of magic, myth and mystery! It’s a journey of the heart, a tale of spiritual guidance, a story that builds faith, hope and love.
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