Living Kindergarten Introduction Description This book on the kindergarten overview provides the teacher with background information on childhood development from a Waldorf perspective. It describes the course of the day in a typical Waldorf kindergarten and how that can be applied in the home. Kindergarten activities such as watercolor painting, beeswax modeling, circle games stories,…
Living Kindergarten Autumn Description This book is loaded with seasonal activities, stories, recipes, games and crafts that would typically be found in a Waldorf kindergarten during autumn. The children will create Thanksgiving baskets, leafed transparencies, costumes, and kites. Dramatic skits, songs and circle games are introduced along with cooking nut loafs, muffins, and harvest soup…
Living Kindergarten Winter Description The many activities included in the kindergarten winter book include circle games, finger knitting, sewing, and dollmaking, and candle dipping. One will also find stories, songs, and celebratory activities for Christmas, Candlemas, Los Posadas and Hanukkah. ContentTable of ContentsContent Sample Lesson St. Nicholas Saint Nicholas, or Father Christmas as he is…
Living Kindergarten Summer Homeschooling carries right on into the summer with celebrations of Midsummer, Fathers day, Yom Kippur, and Independence Day. Activities includes songs, crafts, verses, and games including many ideas for how to celebrate a birthday with children at this age. Sample LessonTable of ContentsSample Lesson Sample Lesson Midsummer The celebration of Midsummer’s Eve…
Living Kindergarten Spring Description In spring time the kindergarten children celebrate the renewal of life in nature through crafts, stories, games, and festivities. Valentines, hot cross buns, colored eggs, ring time games, butterflies and flowers, all created by the children, will adorn the classroom and your house and home. Sample Lesson Sample LessonTable of ContentsSample…
Folk and Fairy Tales for the Kindergarten Description Not all of the stories that you find in the Grimm’s fairy tale book are appropriate for children this age. Here is a collection of fairy tales and folk tales for the kindergarten that many Waldorf kindergarten teachers find best suited for children of this age. Sample…
The First Seven Years Description This book speaks with deep wisdom and descriptions of Rudolf Steiner’s insights into the developing child in his first seven years of life and how best to raise and educate a child at this stage. This book provides the background to the “hows and whys” of the Waldorf approach to…