A step-by-step guide to drawing forms for the four temperaments, a resource to use with children aged 6 to 12 years. This activity has a harmonizing, transformative, and strengthening effect on child development. Creative form drawing supports many learning capacities and abilities: improved hand–eye coordination, spatial orientation, observation skills, focusing attention, confident movement, drawing skills, and foundational skills for handwriting. Designed specifically by Angela Lord for addressing the four temperaments, these exercises also strengthen personal growth. Originally suggested by Rudolf Steiner, creative form drawing is used widely in Steiner–Waldorf Schools to support healthy child development and learning.
The features of the book include:
Understanding and identifying the temperaments: phlegmatic, choleric, sanguine, and melancholic
The purpose and benefits of form drawing for children
How and why specific form drawing exercises work
Overview and descriptions of the four temperaments
Form drawing exercises, lessons, and teaching methods
Clearly defined age-appropriate forms for each temperament
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Description:
A step-by-step guide to drawing forms for the four temperaments, a resource to use with children aged 6 to 12 years. This activity has a harmonizing, transformative, and strengthening effect on child development. Creative form drawing supports many learning capacities and abilities: improved hand–eye coordination, spatial orientation, observation skills, focusing attention, confident movement, drawing skills, and foundational skills for handwriting. Designed specifically by Angela Lord for addressing the four temperaments, these exercises also strengthen personal growth. Originally suggested by Rudolf Steiner, creative form drawing is used widely in Steiner–Waldorf Schools to support healthy child development and learning.
The features of the book include:
Available from Steiner Books