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Paperback. Condizione: New. Marti, Roland (illustratore). The many wonderful stories about St Francis of Assisi have been loved for over seven hundred years, and yet the power of them is undiminished.This concise book includes key stories, retold by master storyteller Jakob Streit, to introduce children to the works of the great saint.Suitable for children aged six and up.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Gaban, Jesus (illustratore). Streit's father was a watchmaker who also kept bees, and it was in early childhood that Jakob developed a passion for the honeybee. This exquisite reader for Steiner-Waldorf schools factually and scientifically allows one to enter into the magic and mysterious world of the bees.It offers a useful transition from Class 4 to Class 5, moving from the Animal and the Human Being lesson block, to the Botany block. It is also recommended for Class 3.Along with another of Jacob Streit's books, Little Bee Sunbeam, it is one of two books recommended for the sexuality curriculum in the Waldorf school.

Paperback. Condizione: New. This is a collection of original material written by master class teacher Dorothy Harrer for her own classes at the Rudolf Steiner School in New York. She understood deeply the need for children to hear beautiful words and inspiring stories, especially accompanying their everyday life.Verses and Poems and Stories to Tell is rich with delightful tales and rhymes to keep children engaged during chores, walks and play. For both parents and teachers, the book offers a treasury of ideas and storylines which can be used as part of many daily or bedtime routines.It is especially suited to children aged 6 to 11.

Paperback. Condizione: New. This stirring collection of three medieval tales from master storyteller Jakob Streit includes the stories of Henry the Afflicated, Gerald the Good, and Magelone the Beautiful.The stories include includes issues of courage, sacrifice and integrity, and are suitable for children in Years 6 or 7 (age 12-14) or older.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Eurythmy is an essential part of the curriculum in Waldorf schools, and it's essential that schools and teachers support eurythmists as they develop as teachers.This concise booklet addresses the best techniques for mentoring eurythmy teachers in a straightforward, succinct and genuinely helpful way.

Paperback. Condizione: New. This thoughtful book, written by an experienced Waldorf teacher in Denmark, explores ways of making arithmetic and maths lessons active, engaging and concrete for children. Anderson concentrates on methods which use aspects of movement and drawing to make maths 'real', drawing on children's natural need for physical activity and innate curiosity.The techniques discussed here will work well for younger classes in Steiner-Waldorf schools.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Lesch, Christiane (illustratore). Little Tatatuck is a gnome who dreams of working in the crystal caves, but he is small and not very strong. The head gnome tells Tatatuck that he must journey over seven mountains to the highest cave on Crystal Mountain and bring back a crystal to achieve his dream. Many gnomes have embarked on this journey before, but none have returned. Tatatuck encounters many adventures on his quest. He gathers treasures and friends along the way, faces many hazards, and develops courage and strength on the journey. This is a delightful tale masterfully told by renowned storyteller Jakob Streit.Children in Class 1 of Steiner-Waldorf schools will especially delight in these tales, but they will be loved by older children too.

Paperback. Condizione: New. The idea for the Harry Potter books came to Joanne Rowling while she was travelling on a train in 1990. She says that she was not looking for magic and sorcery, but that magic and sorcery sought her out. This prompted Frans Lutters, an experienced Waldorf teacher, to ask: who really is Harry Potter, and where did he come from?Lutters explores the archetypes of the seven books, including Harry and Dumbledore. He draws on his deep knowledge of esoteric and classical thinking to find comparable characters, and draws parallels to Parsifal, Mani, Michael and Ahriman.This thought-provoking little book looks beyond the glitter of the movies and the hype and revisits the storytelling power of these popular books.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Master storyteller Jakob Streit retells stories from the Old Testament, including the stories of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Joshua, Saul and David.This book is perfect for use in Year 3 (age 9-10) in the Steiner-Waldorf curriculum, or as a reader in Year 4.This is the second of Jakob Streit's three books of Bible stories, along with And There Was Light and We Will Build a Temple.

Paperback. Condizione: New. This stirring collection of three medieval tales from master storyteller Jakob Streit includes the stories of Henry the Afflicated, Gerald the Good, and Magelone the Beautiful.The stories include includes issues of courage, sacrifice and integrity, and are suitable for children in Years 6 or 7 (age 12-14) or older.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Lesch, Christiane (illustratore). Little Tatatuck is a gnome who dreams of working in the crystal caves, but he is small and not very strong. The head gnome tells Tatatuck that he must journey over seven mountains to the highest cave on Crystal Mountain and bring back a crystal to achieve his dream. Many gnomes have embarked on this journey before, but none have returned. Tatatuck encounters many adventures on his quest. He gathers treasures and friends along the way, faces many hazards, and develops courage and strength on the journey. This is a delightful tale masterfully told by renowned storyteller Jakob Streit.Children in Class 1 of Steiner-Waldorf schools will especially delight in these tales, but they will be loved by older children too.

Paperback. Condizione: New. The idea for the Harry Potter books came to Joanne Rowling while she was travelling on a train in 1990. She says that she was not looking for magic and sorcery, but that magic and sorcery sought her out. This prompted Frans Lutters, an experienced Waldorf teacher, to ask: who really is Harry Potter, and where did he come from?Lutters explores the archetypes of the seven books, including Harry and Dumbledore. He draws on his deep knowledge of esoteric and classical thinking to find comparable characters, and draws parallels to Parsifal, Mani, Michael and Ahriman.This thought-provoking little book looks beyond the glitter of the movies and the hype and revisits the storytelling power of these popular books.

Paperback. Condizione: New. The 'Rubicon' -- sometimes called the watershed or crossing point -- is usually associated with the transition children go through around the age of nine, as they feel themselves start to grow apart from the world.This book addresses both that classic Rubicon, and the other thresholds that children experience between the ages of seven and twelve. The change of teeth at seven, the shift in independent consciousness at nine, and the advance of puberty at twelve, are all covered in this comprehensive collection of Steiner's insights.This is a useful resource for both parents and teachers who seek to better understand the children in their care.

Paperback. Condizione: New. The contemporary culture, language and artistic sensibilities of the west originated and were shaped by the ancient cultures that are vividly explored in this book. Dorothy Harrer, a skilful storyteller, has compiled a rich collection of insights into the cultures of Ancient India, Persia, Babylon, Mesopotamia, Egypt and Greece. For each civilisation, she illuminates their rise and decline through pictures, biographies and poetic samplings, linking their ancient wisdom, spirituality, literature and illustrious people to our current times.This is an invaluable book for Waldorf teachers in Class 5 or Class 10, and for anyone interested in the evolution of western civilisation. It could be used as a reader for students aged thirteen and up.

Paperback. Condizione: New. In the Waldorf education system, history is often taught through the use of biography, in order to introduce students to historical events with a human context. In this collection, Susan Cook has gathered together the stories of twenty remarkable men and women from around the world, including Marie Curie, Mohandas Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Hellen Keller and Martin Luther King Jr. These stories are told in vivid and lively detail and enhanced with illustrations from Waldorf students. The result is a valuable tool for Steiner-Waldorf teachers using biography in their Class 8 teaching, giving them a wealth of stories to draw upon to enhance their lessons.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Mitchell, Susanne Althea (illustratore). This is a lovely collection of stories by master storyteller Jakob Streit, drawn from the northern lands of Europe and featuring brave, good and helpful gnomes, elves, trolls and other little folk. In particular, we follow the adventures of Liputto, a curious gnome who helps mountain flowers to grow.Children in Class 1 of Steiner-Waldorf schools will especially delight in these tales, but they will be loved by older children too.

Paperback. Condizione: New. A classic early reader for Steiner-Waldorf schools to teach children about the important life of the honey bee on a farm. Beekeeper Bruce rescues a swarm of bees and gives them a home on a small farm. He introduces the bees and helps children understand more about them, allowing them to overcome their fear of insects and encouraging them to love these tiny creatures. The book travels through the seasons on the farm with the rich watercolour illustrations. As children see how the bees live and work together in harmony in the hive to make honey and in the fields to pollinate many types of flowers and vegetables they discover that the honeybee is one of the farmer's best friends.

Paperback. Condizione: New. The recorder was first documented in the Middle Ages and for generations has been a popular instrument to teach to children because it is easy to learn and produces a clear, sweet sound. In Waldorf schools, recorder playing is part of everyday life in the classroom.This teacher edition for Class 4 (9-10 years) contains simple and happy songs from around the world to play with children. It helps the teacher understand how to play themselves and introduces some simple finger and breathing techniques.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Children learn best through experiencing a phenomenon before trying to understand it theoretically. This approach underpins this valuable resource book for teachers of physics to 13-14 year olds.Covering the basic principles of mechanics, acoustics, optics, heat, electricity and magnetism, von Mackensen ensures that all lessons and experiments are age-appropriate, and focus on developing an interest in and familiarity with the phenomena being described.Written specifically for class teachers in Waldorf schools, but accessible to any teacher who wants to bring a more phenomenon-based methodology to their classroom, the book starts by introducing the fields of physics appropriate to the age group, followed by a discussion of the main topics and detailed descriptions of simple experiments.This book is recently revised and reformatted in a handy workbook size for ease of teacher reference in preparing main lesson presentations and experiments, and is illustrated throughout.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Mueller, Martina Angela (illustratore). In Rudolf Steiner's teachings he speaks about the 'Christ impulse', a universal force that exists independently of Christian churches, working for all humanity.This rich collection of essays explores the question, what does Rudolf Steiner mean by the Christ Impulse and how can one speak about it in Waldorf teacher education programs and schools without it being misconstrued? The essays are written by experienced Waldorf teachers and leaders in the Steiner-Waldorf movement including Roberto Trostli, Douglas Sloan, Betty Staley and Dorit Winter. Chapters include: How Do Teachers Transform Themselves and Come to Experience the Christ Impulse, The Chariot of Michael, and Anthroposophy Is Not a Religion.

Paperback. Condizione: New. 1st. This book is a wonderful teacher resource for helping children learn to read.The Word Mastery Primer empowers teachers to organise sounds and words into families, and to invent picture-filled stories which bring the sounds of words and phonemes to life for children learning to read. The lovely short stories allow children to practise the sound families they've learned.This book has been used in manuscript form for teacher training in the Education Department at Antioch, New England, for many years. It's a gem of a reading primer, which has helped hundreds of teachers decide on the most memorable approach to putting sounds together with letters.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Children learn best through experiencing a phenomenon before trying to understand it theoretically. This approach underpins this valuable resource book for teachers of physics to 12-13 year olds.Covering the basic principles of acoustics, optics, heat, electricity and magnetism, von Mackensen ensures that all lessons and experiments are age-appropriate, and focus on developing an interest in and familiarity with the phenomena being described.Written specifically for class teachers in Waldorf schools, but accessible to any teacher who wants to bring a more phenomenon-based methodology to their classroom, the book starts by introducing the fields of physics appropriate to the age group, followed by a discussion of the main topics and detailed descriptions of simple experiments.This book is recently revised and reformatted in a handy workbook size for ease of teacher reference in preparing main lesson presentations and experiments, and is illustrated throughout.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Steiner-Waldorf educators have long felt that how well their students sleep has a significant impact on how they learn in the classroom. In this collection of insightful essays, respected voices in Steiner-Waldorf education including Florian Osswald and Betty Staley explore contemporary research on what happens to our bodies when we sleep. Together, the educators examine key areas including rhythms, movement, healing forces, and the threshold between sleeping and waking. This fascinating book will help Steiner-Waldorf teachers to understand why sleep plays such an important role in effective teaching.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Theres often no better way of learning about a historical period than through the biographies of those who lived at the time. This applies equally to the history of science. This concise book traces the evolution of modern chemistry through the rich stories of those who devoted their lives to its advancement. Its a valuable resource for Waldorf teachers who want to add colour and context to chemistry lessons, or to characterise the different phases of understanding that have led to our current sophisticated levels.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Music has been recognised as a wonderful way to help children to remember the sounds and shapes of letters. In this delightful story, a little boy called Xavier has a song for every letter of the alphabet. Accompanied by beautiful, simple illustrations the sweet, memorable songs are the perfect way for a parent or teacher to introduce the alphabet to children in Class 1 in the Steiner-Waldorf curriculum. Links to online recordings of the songs are included in the book so that the parent or teacher can learn the songs to sing them to their children. A helpful, fun resource for parents or class teachers.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Integrating arts and practical handwork into academic learning can have a wealth of benefits for children and their development.An experienced Waldorf crafts and class teacher here shares her extensive experience of doing hands-on activities with children aged 6 to 14, in a school context.This is both an inspiring and a practical book for Steiner-Waldorf teachers.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Stone, Ursula (illustratore). This book could have been titled, 'how to get your pre-teen to fire you as a manager and hire you back as a consultant'. Parents and carers of twelve to fifteen year olds often find their children pulling away and almost disappearing from view. Based on her decades of experience as a Waldorf high school teacher, Betty Staley offers clear explanations for pre-teen behaviour that parents can use to actively support young teenagers.Full of insightful ideas and illuminating examples, this book will guide parents to help their young person over the bridge of early puberty and on to a productive life as a young adult. Far from seeing them as problems to be solved, this book is a celebration of pre-teens and offers a wise understanding of these wonderful, powerful, strange and private souls who are looking for an identity apart from childhood.

Hardback. Condizione: New. Aivel, Esther (illustratore). "Today, the mulberry tree spoke to me," said Jonathan at dinner, in a moment of quiet. His mother looked at him strangely, and his father coughed. His sister laughed out loud."Really, really," said Jonathan, his eyes filling with tears.Jonathan is a quiet little boy. He loves to dream and play by himself, and feels that the other children at kindergarten don't like him. One day, the mulberry tree in his back garden starts to talk to him. It tells him what the weather is going to be, and warns him of a fire. Their friendship deepens.But as Jonathan grows up, will he still remember the tree?This is a charming story book about love, loss, loneliness and friendship, and about how children can connect to places in ways that adults cannot.

Paperback. Condizione: New. The ability to write well is a key skill as children progress through school, to college and into fulfilling careers. But how can we best teach children in the middle school (aged 11-14) to write clearly, precisely and creatively?This useful guide is based on years of experience of teaching this age group. It offers bold, simple and successful advice for engaging children in writing. Packed with examples from the classroom, it includes ideas and exercises which will help steer children away from the maudlin, the sentimental, the unbelievable or the bland, and towards the harbour of strong, lively writing.

Paperback. Condizione: New. The 'Rubicon' -- sometimes called the watershed or crossing point -- is usually associated with the transition children go through around the age of nine, as they feel themselves start to grow apart from the world.This book addresses both that classic Rubicon, and the other thresholds that children experience between the ages of seven and twelve. The change of teeth at seven, the shift in independent consciousness at nine, and the advance of puberty at twelve, are all covered in this comprehensive collection of Steiner's insights.This is a useful resource for both parents and teachers who seek to better understand the children in their care.