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The following new publications of interest to the Waldorf community are now available:

 

From Songbird Press:
Let's Do a Play (Volume 1) by Colin Price

To Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Waldorf Education in North America!
Educating As An Art, Essays on Waldorf Education Edited by Carol Ann Bartges and Nick Lyons
from the Rudolf Steiner School of New York

From the Waldorf Early Childhood Association:
Working with the Angels: The Young Child and the Spiritual World Gateways Series #2

From Bell Pond Books:
Living Alphabet by Famke Zonneveld

From AWSNA Publications:

Painting in Waldorf Education by Dick Bruin and Attie Lichthart

Child Development and Pedagogical Issues Compiled and edited by David Mitchell
Waldorf Journal Project #2

Difficult Children: There is no Such Thing by Henning Köhler

Space and Counterspace by Louis Locher-Ernst

From Floris Books:

Waldorf Education, Rudolf Steiner's ideas in practice by Christopher Clouder and Martyn Rawson

 

 

	Difficult Children: There is no Such Thing by Henning Köhler This book serves as a guide to both parents and teachers for dealing with children. It comes to us at a time when there is great uneasiness from the increasing numbers of children demonstrating so-called behavioral disorders who are being classified as "educationally difficult." The author protests against the present societal labeling that makes life unbearable for children. He challenges these accepted patterns of thought and outlines a spiritually deepened concept of education and upbringing that is truly refreshing. soft cover, 214 pages   Published by AWSNA Publications Available from the publisher and the following vendors: Bob and Nancy's Bookshop Rudolf Steiner College Bookstore Sunbridge College Bookstore Waldorf Association of Ontario Bookstore, Toronto

	Educating As As Art, Essays on Waldorf Education In celebration of the 75th Anniversaryof Waldorf Education on North America and the founding of the Rudolf Steiner School of New York Edited by Carol Ann Bartges and Nick Lyons A collection of essays by Waldorf teachers and student art. Several essays were previously published in the magazine Education As An Art. Also included are contributions by a new gereration of teachers reflecting on important developments in Waldorf education over the past 25 years. From the Table of Contents: The Lower School: The Seeds of Science by Margaret de Ris The True Meaning of Discipline by Nanette Grimm The Windows of the Lower School by Virginia E. Paulsen The Class Teacher by Tim Hoffman Fairy Tales in the First Grade by Dorothy Harrer Introduction to Numbers by Harry Kretz and William Harrer Why Do we Teach the Norse Myths? by Rudolf Copple Watercolor Painting in the Lower School by Lucy Schneider The Winged Horse: An Essay on the Art of Reading by Henry Barnes Speech and Poetry in the Lower School by Christy Barnes The Importance of Handwork in the Waldorf School by Patricia Livingston The Music Curriculum by George Rose Eurythmy by Kari Van Oordt The High School: History Teaching/Dramatic Art by Henry Barnes High School Physics and Chemistry by Hans Gebert About Crafts by Margaret Frohlich The Schooling of the Imagination Through Literature and Composition by Christy Barnes The High School Visual Arts Program by Rallou Malliarakis Hamshaw Chaos Theory: Description Not Prediction by Marisha Plotnik Communication Technology in the Waldorf High School by Richard Oliver Morality and the Teaching of Literature in the High School by Carol Ann Bartges The Art of Thinking by Craig Holdrege Soft cover, 208 pages, with student art in full color Published by the Rudolf Steiner School of New York Inquiries should be directed to the Rudolf Steiner School 15 East 79th Street New York, NY 10021 (212) 744-4497 Book price $25.00, additional for postage Avaialble from AWSNA Publications

Child Development and Pedagogical Issues Waldorf Journal Project #2 Complied and Edited by David Mitchell An excellent collection of translations and supportive articles, translated into English from foreign journals that focus on child development and pedagogical issues from the Waldorf perspective. Published by AWSNA Publications   Available from the publisher and the following vendor: Sunbridge College Bookstore Rudolf Steiner College Bookstore

 

	Living Alphabet By Famke Zonneveld How many things beginning with A can you find?....and B...and C, all the way to Z. A radiant first book of letters for the young child. Luminous illustrations and an Afterword by William Ward, longtime teacher at the Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School. Published by Bell Pond Books 400 Main Street Great Barrington, MA 01230 www.bellpondbooks.com Hardcover, 55 pages Available from the publisher and the following vendors: Sunbridge College Bookstore Waldorf Association of Ontario Bookstore, Toronto
	Working with the Angels: The Young Child and the Spiritual World Gateways Series #2 Editor: Susan Howard The articles collected in this volume are written by Waldorf educators, doctors, parents and grandparents, and by Rudolf Steiner. They explore the thresholds of birth and death, and the relationship of children, parents and caregivers to those who dwell on the other side of the threshold - not-yet-born children, the so-called dead, and the world of the hierarchies, including the guardian angel of the child. major sections of the book include: Working with the Angels The Destiny of the Child in Our Times The Gateway of Birth - the Sistine Madonna The Gateway of Death - Working with Death in the Kindergarten The Inner Path Published by the Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America Softcover, 127 pages Available form the publisher and the following vendors: AWSNA Publications Sunbridge College Bookstore Rudolf Steiner College Bookstore Waldorf Association of Ontario Bookstore

Let's Do a Play - Volume 1 by Colin Price Eleven class plays for grades 1 to 5, with musical accompaniment. An amazing resource for the class teacher. Included are 11 orginal plays and full musical accompaniment, composed by the author. From the Contents: Grade One: The Legend of Christmas Night Little Rufty Tufty Grade Two: The Queen of the Snow Raven and the Sun, Moon and Stars Grade Three: Esther, Queen of Persia David and Saul Grade Four: The Death of Baldur Grade Five: The Golden Touch The Masque of Midas The Home-Coming of Odysseus Grades One to Five: A Michaelmas Pagent The Appendix offers a complete listing of plays written by other authors and where they may be purchased. Published by Songbird Press Available from the publisher Softcover, 245 pages

Waldorf Education - Rudolf Steiner's ideas in practice by Christopher Clouder and Martyn Rawson Revised edition, 2003 A basic introduction to the Steiner/Waldorf School and its philosophy. Rudolf Steiner's innovative ideas on children's mental, physical and emotional development are clearly described, and examples from the classroom and the curriculum are included. This is an informative guide for teachers and parents. Published by Floris Books Distributed by Steiner Books Available from the distributor and the following vendors: Sunbridge College Bookstore Rudolf Steiner College Bookstore Waldorf Association of Ontario Bookstore

Painting in Waldorf Education by Dick Bruin and Attie Lichthart The uniqueness and importance of watercolor painting is significant to the stages of child development in Waldorf schools. This extraordinary book was written by two experienced Waldorf teachers from Holland who present the rationale as well as detailed practical excecises for teaching painting from Kindergarten through the grades and high school years. Included with the book is a CD containing sixty color and black and white images selected from the work of their students. Published by AWSNA Publications Softcover 215 pages Available from the publisher and the following vendors: Rudolf Steiner College Bookstore Sunbridge College Bookstore Waldorf Association of Ontario Bookstore, Toronto

Space and Counterspace - An Introduction to Modern Geometry by Louis Locher-Ernst Translated by Paul Courtney Editor, David Mitchell This classic examination of Projective Geometry will be a great aid to waldorf teachers and others seeking to penetrate the thinking behind this important topic. From the Table of Contents: Fundamentals 1. The Archetypal Phenomena of Mutual Belonging 2. The Common Elements of Two basic Forms 3. Limit Elements in Space 4. The Polar Structure of Space 5. The Fundametal Structure 6. The Archetypal Phenomena of Ordering 7. Surrounds and Cores in a Plane 8. Surrounds and Cores in Space 9. The Complete Spatial 5-point and 5-plane 10. Continuity Schooling 11. The Four Basic Metamorphoses 12. The Structuring of the Field and Bundle by Four and Five Elements 13. Two Basic Exercise for Understanding Counterspace 14. The Six-structuring of Space 15. The Simple Curved Surface, which is Saddle-shaped Everywhere 16. Curves and Envelopes of Curves 17. The Structure of the Plane Theory 18. Harmonic Fours 19. The Fundamental Theorem 20. Products of Projective Basic Forms: Conic Sections 21. The Three Archetypal Scales References 22. References and Notes 23. Bibliography Published by AWSNA Publications Soft cover, 236 pages Available from the publisher and the following vendors: Rudolf Steiner College Bookstore Sunbridge College Bookstore Waldorf Association of Ontario Bookstore, Toronto

 

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