Education
Early Years
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Reflexes, Movement, Learning & Behaviour
Analysing and unblocking neuro-motor immaturity£29.99How neuro-motor immaturity influences physical, behavioural, learning and emotional blockages in children and adults, and what can be done to help.
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Waldorf Games Handbook For The Early Years
Games to Play and Sing with Children aged 3-7£19.99This Waldorf Games Handbook for playing and singing with young children contains 142 games including finger and clapping games, beanbag and skipping games, tumbling, water and chasing games, and story and singing games.
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The Parenting Toolkit
simple steps to happy & confident children£9.99Parenting is often seen as a skill which is instinctive and does not need to be learned. However, many parents and guardians can benefit enormously from learning child-sensitive techniques which help them reflect on their parenting. Here is a unique toolkit for parents and guardians who wish to give their children the best start in life.
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Reclaim Early Childhood
The Philosophy, Psychology and Practice of Steiner Waldorf Early Years Education£14.99A lively overview of the philosophical, developmental and educational foundations of Rudolf Steiner-Waldorf early years education as adaptable, creative and dynamic, informed by a profound respect for the uniqueness of each child.
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Simplicity Parenting
Using the power of less to raise happy, secure children£16.99This is for parents who want to slow down, but who don’t know how; for families with too much stuff, too many choices and too much information. Here are four simple steps for decluttering, quieting, and soothing family dynamics so that children can thrive at school, get along with peers, and nurture well-being.
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Creative Place-Based Environmental Education
Children and Schools as Ecopreneurs for Change£19.99How can schools become creative hubs for enriching the community, for caring for nature, the landscape and place? This book presents the why, what and how of creative place-based education as action researched successfully by educators in Norway.
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Movement
Your Child's First Language£25.00This revolutionary book challenges our mainstream assumptions about early development and learning with a rich distillation of perennial wisdom and cutting-edge science. What are children’s real age-appropriate needs – as opposed to the ones that impatient adults think they should have?
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Born to Move
How movement and music assists brain development in children ages 3-7 years£7.00In this revolutionary new book, Sally Goddard Blythe eschews politically-correct accelerationism with her refreshing focus on children’s real age-appropriate needs – as opposed to the ones that impatient adults think they should have.
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Raising Happy Healthy Children
Why Mothering Matters£16.99Here is a fully-updated second edition of What Children and Babies Really Need. It draws on the latest scientific research to show how the first few years determine the way children develop, body and mind, for the rest of their lives.
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Genius of Play
Celebrating the Spirit of ChildhoodChildren move like quick fire from the fantastic to the everyday, when free to express the genius of play. What is play? Why does it matter? Here is an outspoken Children’s Play Charter for parents and teachers, which celebrates the playful spirit of childhood.
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Too Much, Too Soon?
Early Learning and the Erosion of Childhood£7.00In twenty-three hard-hitting chapters, leading educators, researchers, policy makers and parents advocate alternative ways ahead for slowing childhood, better policy-making and, above all, the ‘right learning at the right time’ in children’s growth — learning when they are developmentally ready.
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The Genius of Natural Childhood
Secrets of thriving children£9.99Sally Goddard Blythe draws on neuroscience to unpack the wisdom of nursery rhymes, playing traditional games and fairy stories for healthy child development.
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The Parent and Child Group Handbook
A Steiner/Waldorf Approach£9.99Rudolf Steiner’s insight into the spiritual, sensory and intellectual needs of early childhood has inspired a unique kind of parent and child group. Drawing on this approach, Dot Male’s book shows parents how they can join together with others to create a supportive family community.
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The Well Balanced Child
Movement and Early Learning£16.99This fully revised edition is a passionate manifesto for a “whole body” approach to learning which integrates the brain, senses, movement and play.
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Set Free Childhood
£3.00Set Free Childhood shows how to counter screen culture and create a calmer, more enjoyable family life.
Outdoor Education
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Available Now!Woodland Crafting
30 projects for children£16.99The perfect companion for any family outdoor day, a joyful introduction to the crafts available in any piece of woodland.
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Games Children Play II
Games to develop social skills, teamwork, balance and coordination£19.99With 237 tried and tested games to play with children and groups of all ages, Games Children Play II is a thoroughly updated second edition of the classic, Games Children Play (1996) with new games added, by popular demand.
It is designed to be a companion to the Waldorf Games Handbook for the Early Years (2020).
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The Children’s Forest
Stories & songs, wild food, crafts & celebrations all year round£28.99This book encourages children’s natural fascination with the forest and its inhabitants. The authors have produced an enchanting book where imagination, story and play bring alive the world of the forest.
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Creative Place-Based Environmental Education
Children and Schools as Ecopreneurs for Change£19.99How can schools become creative hubs for enriching the community, for caring for nature, the landscape and place? This book presents the why, what and how of creative place-based education as action researched successfully by educators in Norway.
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Findus, Food and Fun
Seasonal Crafts and Nature Activities£14.99Brimming with Sven Nordqvist’s ingenious illustrations, here is a craft and activity book that will get you up and active.
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New Eyes for Plants
A workbook for observing and drawing plants£18.99New Eyes for Plants offers fresh ways of seeing nature on a journey through the seasons with observation and drawing exercises. Simple observation exercises interwoven with inspiring illustrations invite you “to see” with a fresh pair of eyes. This opens a door onto a new way of practising Science as an Art, using the holistic approach of Goethe.
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Gardening for Life
The Biodynamic Way£14.99Biodynamic techniques recognise that plant life is intimately bound up with the life of the soil; that the soil itself is alive and that the degree of vitality influences the health of the crops. You will soon be able to grow quality produce which possesses vitality and has the highest flavour, through the nurture of the soil.
Steiner Waldorf
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Games Children Play II
Games to develop social skills, teamwork, balance and coordination£19.99With 237 tried and tested games to play with children and groups of all ages, Games Children Play II is a thoroughly updated second edition of the classic, Games Children Play (1996) with new games added, by popular demand.
It is designed to be a companion to the Waldorf Games Handbook for the Early Years (2020).
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Colour Dynamics II
Painting the twelve-fold colour language of Aristotle and Rudolf Steiner£30.00In this follow-up to her popular workbook Colour Dynamics, Angela Lord invites readers to futher deepen and extend their colour insights and ways of seeing.
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Making Waldorf Crafts
Step-by-step crafts for children from 6 to 8 years£16.99This is a recipe book to guide young people through making things on their own (with a little help or guidance from an adult, if needed) with plenty of pictures to follow and helpful rhymes for remembering.
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Creative Form Drawing with children aged 9–12 years
Workbook 2£25.00Creative Form Drawing with children aged 9-12 is a form drawing resource for teachers. It is designed to be used with the Steiner/Waldorf curriculum in classes four and five, although it will also be valuable to home-educating parents using the Steiner/Waldorf ethos as their base.
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Waldorf Games Handbook For The Early Years
Games to Play and Sing with Children aged 3-7£19.99This Waldorf Games Handbook for playing and singing with young children contains 142 games including finger and clapping games, beanbag and skipping games, tumbling, water and chasing games, and story and singing games.
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Teaching Waldorf Mathematics in Grades 1-8
Engaging the maths genius in every child£24.99The second edition of this time-tested resource for teachers and home educators, back by popular demand. Teach math with imagination and confidence, laying the foundations for life!
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Creative Form Drawing for the Four Temperaments with Children aged 6–12
Workbook 3£25.00A step by step guide to drawing forms for the four temperaments, a resource to use with children aged 6–12 years. This has a harmonizing, transformative and strengthening effect on child development.
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Writing to Reading the Steiner Waldorf Way
Foundations of Creative Literacy in Classes 1 and 2£24.99This theory and practice-based book outlines the foundations for creative literacy and teaching children how to write and read in Classes 1 and 2, or UK Years 2 and 3. It explores how Steiner/Waldorf pedagogy dovetails with mainstream primary approaches and specialist dyslexia-friendly methods.
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Form Drawing and Colouring
For Fun, Healing & Wellbeing£15.00Creative form drawing is a fascinating and meaningful artistic activity for health and wellbeing. It engages the right side of the brain through the flow of colour, form and movement. Form Drawing and Colouring: for Fun, Healing and Wellbeing offers space for personal creativity, with stunning colourful forms to stimulate originality. It aims be both calming and enlivening, and is a valuable aid to harmonising body and soul.
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Creative Form Drawing with children aged 6-10 years
Workbook 1£25.00Creative Form Drawing with children: Workbook 1 is a form drawing resource for teachers working with ages 6-10. It is designed to be used with the Steiner/Waldorf curriculum from classes one through three, although it will also be valuable to home-educating parents using the Steiner/Waldorf ethos as their base.
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Living Literacy
The human foundations of speaking, writing and readingThis book will help teachers and parents to prepare children for the transition to literacy through conversation, story, song and play, ensuring that formal reading and writing are introduced in a relevant and living way.
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Colour Dynamics
Workbook for watercolour painting and colour theory£25.00The creative, healing power of colour affects us profoundly. Colour Dynamics reveals the essence of each colour, renewing your ability to see the world afresh. This leads to painting from the heart of each colour. You can feel with Paul Klee who said, “Colour has me, colour and I are one. I am a painter.”
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The Parent and Child Group Handbook
A Steiner/Waldorf Approach£9.99Rudolf Steiner’s insight into the spiritual, sensory and intellectual needs of early childhood has inspired a unique kind of parent and child group. Drawing on this approach, Dot Male’s book shows parents how they can join together with others to create a supportive family community.
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Creative Form Drawing 1
£16.99Workbook 1 of Rudolf Kutzli’s 3-part guide to creative form drawing.
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Creative Form Drawing 2
£16.99Workbook 2 of Rudolf Kutzli’s 3-part guide to creative form drawing.
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Creative Form Drawing 3
£16.99Workbook 3 of Rudolf Kutzli’s 3-part guide to creative form drawing.
