Waldorf Block: G3: Third Grade Form Drawing

The Waldorf third grade form drawing block is a key element of the Earthschooling Waldorf curriculum, engaging students in a process-oriented artistic practice that supports their overall development. This unique block focuses on the exploration of forms that explore relationships and change, helping children develop a deeper understanding of balance, harmony, and their emerging sense of individuality. Join Waldorf Teacher Mellie and Teacher Amy in this exciting and fun block! This block includes step-by-step instructions for teaching all the basic forms for third grade. It also includes the e-book “Waldorf Form Drawing Basics” and access to all the Main Lesson Book pages for third grade form drawing. This block is laid out in such a way that there is no teacher preparation for the lessons.

Waldorf Third Grade Form Drawing Block: Developing Form, Balance, and Individuality
The Waldorf third grade form drawing block is a key element of the Earthschooling Waldorf curriculum, engaging students in a process-oriented artistic practice that supports their overall development. This unique block focuses on the exploration of forms that explore relationships and change, helping children develop a deeper understanding of balance, harmony, and their emerging sense of individuality.
What is Waldorf Third Grade Form Drawing?
Building upon the foundational work of the earlier grades, third grade introduces more complex mirror forms, challenging children to think abstractly and explore different perspectives. This is a time when third graders are becoming more aware of themselves as individuals, and form drawing provides a space to explore this budding sense of self through creative expression.
Key Aspects of the Earthschooling Third Grade Form Drawing Block:
  • Mirror Forms: Students practice creating symmetrical forms across a central axis, developing their understanding of balance and reflection.
  • Exploring Relationships and Change: The forms presented in third grade emphasize dynamic relationships and encourage students to find harmony in new ways, reflecting the nine-year-old's changing relationship with the outer world.
  • Process over Product: The emphasis is on the experience of drawing the forms and the movement involved, rather than achieving a "perfect" final product. This allows for creativity and individual interpretation.
  • Developing Fine Motor Skills and Hand-Eye Coordination: Repetitive drawing of shapes and patterns enhances children's pencil control and coordination, crucial for writing and other academic tasks.
  • Cultivating Spatial Awareness: Form drawing helps students develop an integrated sense of spatial orientation (upwards, downwards, left, right, etc.).
  • Supporting the Development of Individuality: By making the forms their own and exploring different possibilities, children are encouraged to appreciate their own unique perspective.
Benefits of Earthschooling Waldorf Third Grade Form Drawing:
This engaging block offers numerous benefits for children's development, including:
  • Improved Hand-Eye Coordination and Fine Motor Skills: Essential for writing and drawing.
  • Enhanced Spatial Awareness: Promotes understanding of space and form.
  • Development of Concentration and Focus: Requires attention to detail and controlled movement.
  • Nurturing of Creativity and Flexibility of Thought: Encourages exploration and individual expression.
  • Integration of Body and Mind: Form drawing engages both the physical act of drawing and the cognitive process of visualizing and understanding forms.

The Earthschooling Waldorf third grade form drawing block provides a valuable opportunity for children to develop essential skills and artistic sensibilities within a holistic educational approach. This unique practice fosters not only practical abilities but also a sense of beauty, rhythm, and balance that supports their growth as individuals.

Living Lessons are video lessons where a teacher leads the class through the main lessons for this grade. You can use these lessons as examples to follow for your own teaching or can use them as supplements to your own teaching (we all need a break now and then. I would have loved to have these available on days I was ill or was taking care of my fussy baby).

Join Waldorf Teacher Mellie and Teacher Amy in this exciting and fun block! This block includes step-by-step instructions for teaching all the basic forms for third grade. It also includes the e-book “Waldorf Form Drawing Basics” and access to all the Main Lesson Book pages for third grade form drawing. This block is laid out in such a way that there is no teacher preparation for the lessons.

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Your Instructor


​​Mellie Mae Lonneman
​​Mellie Mae Lonneman

Mellie Mae Lonnemann lives in Asheville, North Carolina with her husband and two sons. Mellie was a class teacher at the Green Meadow Waldorf School in Chestnut Ridge, NY before the arrival of her first son, Joseph. She then taught homeschool students morning lessons, clay art, quilting, and gardening. She taught handwork at the Asheville Waldorf School before the birth of her second son..Mellie received her Waldorf Teacher Certificate from Sunbridge Institute, a BFA with a concentration in ceramics from Alfred University, and an Art Certificate in Professional Maiolica from the Ballardini State Institute of Art in Faenza, Italy. Mellie loves spending time outdoors, being creative, and learning from her beautiful sons! She wishes to impart a love for learning through curiosity, discovery and creativity. 


Course Curriculum


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