RENTAL PROVIDES 1 YEAR OF ACCESS! Teaching Literacy in Grade 1 was created by Janet Langley and Patti Connolly. It includes a 2 hour segment on ‘Singing Games’ with singing guru, Anna Rainville. The workshop is based on Janet and Patti’s combined 65+ years of Waldorf teaching experience, including over 40 years mentoring teachers in the area of early literacy instruction. Included in our course is a session on the science behind reading; the importance of developing phonological awareness; hand writing and how to introduce the alphabet; a fun-filled, yet effective approach to teaching early phonics rules; the writing approach to learning to read (Kid Writing); and a number of other skills you will need to bring a comprehensive, creative, and effective language arts curriculum to your first-grade class. Each aspect of this course is presented through the lens of meeting the needs of the developing child, as described by Rudolf Steiner, founder of Waldorf Education.