Connected Learning
Our faculty and staff have prepared remote learning plans should we need to pivot to remote learning.
While the delivery of the Waldorf curriculum does not include the use of screens in early childhood through grade 5, and minimal usage in the middle school grades, we have integrated the measured use of technology into our remote learning program to ensure that students remain enriched and connected.
We are committed to maintaining a balance of screen time and hands-on learning, with a primary goal of providing a continuation of the curriculum and human connection—both student to student and student to teacher.
Remote Learning Grades 1-4: The curriculum will move forward through a combination of online synchronous learning and small group/individual asynchronous learning.
Independent assignments will also be completed offline.
Continued academic skill-building and world languages will be integrated throughout the day.
Asynchronous learning will be delivered through written communications, brief audio/video sharings, and outbreath activities such as handwork, art, movement, music practice, and outdoor play.
Remote Learning Grades 5-8: Students will have a morning lesson delivered by their class teacher that will cover academic subjects such as English, math, science, and social studies. Subject classes (e.g. world languages, math track class for grades 6-8, and practical arts) will be offered several times a week by their respective teachers. Faculty will provide an open classroom period for individual student help as well as office hours. Outbreath subjects will be taught using the same formats as noted in the grades 1-4.
We are dedicated to staying connected to all families in our Early Childhood classes.
If we pivot to remote learning, each Early Childhood family will receive suggested daily and weekly home schedules that incorporate the on campus classroom schedule. Faculty will provide enrichment for each class that promote gross and fine motor development, as well as sensory exploration—all mirroring activities that take place in our classrooms. We will focus on these activities as we will not be able to offer the developmentally rich, play based social experiences that we share on campus.
Community Resources
Now more than ever, we look to nature, the arts, and our community to nourish ourselves in mind, body, and spirit. Although we are in the midst of uncertain times, we are embracing this change as an opportunity for our community to shine in a new way, using the bonds we have forged in person to sustain each other in our separate homes.
Below you will find resources from our community and beyond! We happily invite families from outside our school community to make use of these to help support their own children during this uncertain time.
WSL's Recipe Collection
Recreate the delicious aromas of our classrooms and school kitchen with these beloved Waldorf community recipes!
Waldorf Kitchen Bread Loaves/Bread Buns
Huck-a-Buck Bread Recipe & Song
Miss Meg's Veggie Soup
Chef Geneva's delicious corn chowder
Storytelling & Songs
The Lion and the Mouse: Aesop's classic fable retold by Liaat Zehavi with piano accompaniment by Tudor Bota
Rabbit and the Carrot Puppet Show with Marilyn Pelrine and Ellen Bisshopp
Handwork & Gardening
Parenting Resources
Simplicity Parenting Covid 19 response: Waldorf parenting advice for this unusual time.
Instrumental Offerings from a WSL Alum
WSL alum Daniel Rodriguez ‘98 continues to share his extraordinary instrumental talent with the world during this period of physical distancing by offering weekly videos. Join Daniel as he plays No One Is Alone arranged by Fred Hersch, from Anthony de Mare's Liaisons Project and Mozart's Overture to Figaro arranged by the R. Keller.
After WSL, Daniel went to Lexington High School ('02) and Oberlin College, where he received a double degree ('07) in Classics (B.A. in Greek) and Collaborative Piano (B.F.A.). Since graduation, he has been an active member of the local musical theatre scene, with musical directing credits at the Huntington Theatre Company, American Repertory Theatre, Lyric Stage Company, Moonbox, New Repertory Theatre, Reagle Music Theatre and Wheelock Family Theatre. He also works at the Boston Conservatory, Emerson, Brandeis, and other area schools. His work has earned him five IRNE awards for Best Music Direction. He lives in Somerville with his wife Katie and a delightful cat, Watson.