Wood Working Projects- Building

In Human Striving, Take Care Not To Do

Anything Beyond Your Power

In the Grade Three curriculum students are introduced to buildings and structures. Students explore how a Society's environments effects how the homes and structures are built. In the Third Grade students also start their formal gardening classes. 

I had the opportunity to cross over what I am doing in my current teaching profession with a Grade Three class. I am currently working and teaching High School age students who are either terminally ill or struggling with a life long health crisis. To connect my students with the outside world and other people I have them participate in Project Feeder Watch which is part of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. While Social Media and computers are not normally part of the Waldorf school curriculum Social Media allows my students to connect with each on a common topic. 

This year for Project Feeder Watch three of my students designed and built Finch Feeders and Finch bird houses.

It was those designs we used to have a Waldorf Third Grade class build feeders and bird houses for their class project. 

Finch Bird Houses and Simple Seed Feeders

Thursday: Right Striving I am working on: " In human striving, take care not do do anything beyond your power."

I am making peace with working with wood. In a recent Module we made wood stools which is part of Grade 6 curriculum. The stool became a lesson on letting go and learning to breath for me. My Son, who is a cello player, loved the height and asked me to leave it at the height it is currently in. As Mr. Jack has said, "you need to make three more to understand the concept."  Onto chair #2

My chair is the one at the is under the corner of the table.