https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEJVyW3epSg

Curious to know how a Waldorf Main Lesson differs from a Unit Study? The way I manage teaching multiple grades at one time is to modify the Main Lesson approach. The new version is neither a unit study nor a main lesson but a hybrid.

As much as I would love to teach each grade at grade level because there is so much wisdom in the placement and order of lessons in a Waldorf curriculum, time just doesn’t permit me to that. Our solution is to take the main lesson and modify to accommodate various grade levels, use Charlotte Mason ‘living books’ and treat each main lesson block like a unit study.

It’s not quite so ‘all over the place’ as it sounds. It actually seems to be working pretty well, and if you’re interested in trying this approach, I hope my tips help you.