RENTAL PROVIDES 1 YEAR OF ACCESS! Teaching Literacy in Grade 2 was created by Janet Langley and Patti Connolly. It includes a two hour segment on ‘Singing Games and Movement’ with singing games 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 phonemic awareness; cursive hand writing; a fun-filled, yet effective approach to teaching phonics rules; the transition from Kid Writing to composition; creative ways to introduce basic grammar and language mechanics; how to nurture reading and spelling; as well as a number of other skills you will need to bring a comprehensive, creative, and effective language arts curriculum to your second-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.