We are joining with Eva and Flora and the Live Ed, Grade Three Waldorf Curriculum. For those of you not familiar with the Waldorf setting, children aged 8-9 years are in grade three as opposed to grade four in a regular school programme. Pip therefore will be following grade three for her main lesson work and grade four for all her other subjects, English, maths, science and humanities.
Eva has been extremely helpful in sharing what blocks she will be teaching and when, so this means that Pip and I can join in from across the pond :-) Today's first lesson was all about wheat. We lit the candle and sang our harvest song 'We plough the fields and scatter.'
We then read the story of wheat from the curriculum book, followed by the 'harvesting story' in the Pioneer Sampler book.
By then it was time to watch three programmes relating to wheat, one using industrial processing and the other a more simplified model:
Watching the programmes inspired us to make our own Harvest Bread and for the first time ever we successfully plaited a gluten free loaf!
Pip had fun being involved in all aspects of the bread making. From finding the ingredients, to weighing and measuring but I think her most favourite by far, was kneading :-)
Ben had made spiced carrot soup for lunch and the bread was enjoyed with butter and a cup of tea as a 'dessert.' I had forgotten that I react badly to home made bread ( which will explain why I very rarely make it!) probably because of the amount of yeast used and so consequently my insides have been grumbling along all day. At least now I know how to treat the problems and that by sticking to the paleo plus diet any gut flare ups are short lived.
After lunch, whilst Ben washed the pots and tidied the kitchen, Pip mowed the lawns. It was then time for maths and our last lesson of the day which involved our Patchwork Prayer book. And would you believe it, the prompt for the day was bread!
