Creating a meaningful learning experience in a digital age
The lesson begins with a warm welcome, inviting every child to feel seen and part of the group.
We open with the familiar morning verse, cultivating presence and gratitude as we begin our day together.
Next come joyful songs, gentle movement through dance, and the melodious notes of the recorder.
Reciting a poem together helps center our focus and brings a sense of shared wonder.
To review and deepen previous learning, children engage in creative ‘Free Rendering’—working with construction paper and art supplies to express concepts in their own way.
This creative process allows ideas to blossom and gives each child space to bring their individuality to the lesson.
Online Classes provide equity in education
Not everyone lives near a Waldorf School or a school that works for their child. There are so many reasons parents choose homeschooling. Over the last decade I have heard so many stories of why homeschooling was the right choice. I have had students that needed a break from traditional schooling, I have worked with travel families, I have worked with families who live homeschooling lives, I have worked with rural folks and with students who just struggle in traditional schools. There are so many reasons people homeschool. Online supplemental classes can help parents in their quest to provide the best education for their children.
My lessons follow a predictable sequence that helps students build memory capacities, trust, and foundations. Using what we know about the brain and learning, I use a combination of recitation, games, cafting, arts, and composition in my thematic units. Over the course of a month students will discover how one theme connects to other topics through STEAM type activities. Waldorf was the original STEAM curriculum! Interconnectedness is the key to robost education for the 21st century student.
Lessons begin with a morning verse that all Waldorf students around the world say each day. We connect to the greater Waldorf educational community. Then we have a variety of warm up activities that range from recitation and mental math to singing, dancing, recorder playing.
Then the lesson begins with a review from the last class. I like to use this time to create a reflection with unusual materials. Students have the oppurtunity to craft with construction paper etc to express a concept in an unusual way.
From there, we move into the heart of the lesson: the presentation of something new and exciting to explore.
Children participate actively, practicing and refining both new and familiar skills, guided with care and encouragement.
Each child creates a page in their Main Lesson Book which can serve as a portfolio of their learning for the year. Through drawing, writing, or painting, your child records their learning journey in a way that is beautiful and meaningful—a keepsake of their year.
Storytelling is a central part of our lessons, sparking imagination and deepening connection to the material.
We close each lesson with a heartfelt verse or song, carrying the sense of togetherness and accomplishment with us beyond our virtual classroom.
Every Morning Lesson is designed to honor the child’s natural curiosity and creativity, all within a warm, supportive community—even online. This is truly an enchanted classroom.
is Online Class right for my child?
In our online program, each Morning Lesson is thoughtfully designed to nurture your child’s head, heart, and hands. This three-fold approach is time tested and translates easily to online spaces. In addition, the pedagogical guiding light of The Morning Lesson is the child. Where is the child in their development? What part of the world does this child live in? What are the child’s interests and hobbies? Who is this child and what are the ways to meet this person? The goal is to create an educational space that will allow the young child to become who they are meant to be.
The Morning Lesson draws from traditional Waldorf principles and indications of Rudolf Steiner, founder of the Waldorf method. Laura uses her years in the classroom to gauge when projects should be utilized to draw students in and when individual work needs to be the focus. Laura’s experience has led her to creating an enchanted wonder pedagogy that embraces all human beings in their becoming.
The Morning Lesson with Ms. Laura 