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| The school curriculum in many areas addresses the need for children to be physically active during parts of every day. From the early childhood programs through eighth grade every class teacher incorporates movement into the curriculum. In addition to focusing the energies of the children, much is gained in the motor and intellectual skills areas. A young child is immersed in the world of movement and imitation. For example, an older student works with movement and his connection to others in his class in a subject like math to reinforce and internalize the times tables. Two subject classes in the curriculum focus on movement. One is a gym and games class that every grade, third through eighth, has twice a week. The other is eurhythmy classes, a subject class in Waldorf schools in which music and speech are made visible through individual and group movement. |
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