Insights and Indications on Early Childhood                                     1

            Wholly Sense Organ                                                                         1

            Avoiding Pre-Mature Intellectuality                                             5

            Imitation and Early Childhood                                                        6

            The Teacher’s Task                                                                            7

            The Educational Importance of Play                                              9

            Three Phases of Early Childhood                                                     12

            The Formative Forces                                                                       12

            The First Two and a Half Years                                                      14

            The Child Absorbing the Influences in its Environment               14

            Baby Talk, Forced Premature Standing and Walking                  15

            The Years Two and a Half to Five                                                  15

            Toys that Work with the Child’s Imagination                               16

            The Fifth Year Onward                                                                    17

 

A Healthy Home Life for the Kindergarten Child                              18

            Activities                                                                                           19

            Bedtime                                                                                              20

            Clothing                                                                                             21

            Manners and Behavior                                                                     22

            Speaking with the Young Child                                                       23

            Media and Television                                                                       26

 

The Role of the Story in a Waldorf School                                           28

 

The Pedagogical Value of Housework                                                   31

 

The Pedagogical Value of Ringtime and Circle Games                      33