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Early Childhood Bibliography
I.
Lectures and Writings by Rudolf Steiner
on Education
Balance in Teaching, 4 lectures, Stuttgart, September
1920, MP and RSC. Also
called The Meditatively Acquired Knowledge of Man,
includes the inner attitude of the teacher, supersensible
physiology, three fundamental forces in education, and balance
in teaching.
The Child’s Changing Consciousness,
8 lectures, 1923, Dornach, AP.
Curative Education, 12 lectures for doctors and teachers,
Dornach, June-July 1924, AP and RSC.
Fundamental course on curative education.
Deeper Insights Into Education: The
Waldorf Approach, 3 lectures, Stuttgart, October 1923, AP
and RSC. The task and
influence of the teacher.
Discussions with Teachers, 15 talks accompanying the Study of Man lectures, AP and RSC.
Education as a Force for Social Change,
6 lectures, Stuttgart, August 1919, AP.
Imitation, reverence and love as the basis for free
spiritual life, economic brotherhood and equality of human
rights in social life.
Education and Modern Spiritual Life, 14 lectures in Ilkley, England, August
1923, AP. Connects
the results of a pedagogy based on spiritual insights and
values with a mature, responsible, adult way of life.
*The Education of the Child in the Light of
Anthroposophy, 1909, AP and RSC.
Short introduction to Waldorf education and child development.
*The Essentials of Education, 5 lectures, Stuttgart, April 1924,
OP. Development of
the child, the task of the teacher, the “bodily religion”
of the young child, relationship of teacher and child, curriculum.
Faculty Meetings with Rudolf Steiner, Volumes 1 & 2, AP.
*The Foundations of Human Experience (formerly The Study of Man), 14 lectures, Stuttgart,
August-September 1919, AP and RSC.
Difficult, fundamental lectures on the physical, soul
and spirit organization of the child, and on the psychology
of education.
The Genius of Language, 6 lectures, Stuttgart, December 1919
– January 1920, AP.
Human Values in Education, 10 lectures, Arnehim, Holland, July
1924, OP.
An Introduction to Waldorf Education, essay written in 1919, RSP.
*The Kingdom of Childhood, 7 lectures in
Torquay, England, August 1924, AP and RSC.
Child development and Waldorf education.
Includes the incarnation process, child as a sense
organ, imitation, development of fantasy, the kindergarten,
as well as teaching main lessons, numbers, plants and animals.
A Modern Art of Education, 14 lectures, Ilkley, England, August
1923, AP and RSC. Education
in Greece, the Middle Ages, and modern times, includes “The
Connection of the Spirit and Bodily Organism”, “Walking Speaking,
Thinking.”
The Poetry and Meaning of Fairy Tales, 2 lectures, Berlin, December 1908
and February 1913, MP.
Practical Advice to Teachers, 14 lectures accompanying the Study of Man, AP and RSC. Teaching the various subjects of the Waldorf
School curriculum, including work with the temperaments, the
art of teaching with imagination, and practical advice to
the first Waldorf School teachers.
The Renewal of Education, 14 lectures, Basel, April 20-May
11, 1920, RSC. Introductory
course given to Swiss teachers, includes on imitation, the
rhythmical elements in education, and the child at play.
*The Roots of Education, 5 lectures, Berne, April 1924, Steinerbooks.
Development of the child, the task of the teacher,
the “bodily religion” of the young child, relationship of
teacher and child, curriculum.
Rudolf Steiner in the Waldorf School, lectures to children, parents and
teachers, AP.
A Social Basis for Education, 3 lectures, May 11, 18, June 1, 1919,
CV.
*Soul Economy and Waldorf Education, 16
lectures, Dornach, Christmas 1921-22, AP and RSC. Lectures on phases of child development, health
and illness, aesthetic, physical, religious and moral education. Includes “The Child Before the Seventh Year”
and “Knowledge of Man as a Basis for Education.”
The Spirit of the Waldorf School, 6 lectures and I essay, Stuttgart
and Basel, 1919, AP. Inspiriting
introduction to Waldorf education.
Includes goals, intentions and guiding principals of
the first Waldorf school, parental involvement, pedagogy,
etc.
Spiritual Ground of Education, 9 lectures, Oxford, August 1922,
AP. Speaks of the kind
of knowledge needed by a teacher and the development of curriculum
based on a thorough knowledge of human nature.
The Spiritual Guidance of the Individual
and Humanity, 1911, AP. The first three phases
of child development – walking, talking and thinking – are
related to the Christ.
Understanding Young Children, Excerpts from various lectures which
pertain to the young child. WECAN.
The Waking of the Human Soul and the
Forming of Destiny, Prague,
April 28, 1923, Walking, speaking, and thinking in relation
to the third Hierarchy.
Waldorf Education and Anthroposophy
I,
9 lectures, 1921-22, AP. Public
lectures on Waldorf education, includes discussion on understanding
the spiritual nature of the child and major phases in child
development.
*Indicates
foundation books for Waldorf early childhood education.
Please Note: The
Anthroposophic Press is currently in the process of publishing
all of Steiner’s education lectures, including those not currently
available in English. Check
their catalogue for new editions.
II.
Other Relevant Works by Rudolf Steiner
The Alphabet, Lecture given in Dornach, December
18, 1921, MP.
The Calendar of the Soul, Fifty-two verses for the soul’s journey
through the year, AP.
The Cycle of the Year as a Breathing
Process of the Earth,
5 lectures, March-April 1923, AP.
Festivals and Their Meaning, 29 lectures in a collection, AP.
The Four Seasons and the Archangels, 5 lectures, Dornach, October, 1923,
AP.
The Four Temperaments, RSC.
From Symptom to Reality, RSP.
An Introduction to Eurythmy, RSC.
Man’s Being, His Destiny, and World
Evolution,
6 lectures, Oslo, 1923.
Prayers for Parents and Children, AP.
Spiritual Insights, compiled by Helmut von Kügelgen,
Meditations and spiritual content for the teacher excerpted
from Rudolf Steiner, WECAN.
Truth Wrought Words, Meditative verses, AP.
The Universal Human, 4 lectures, 1909-1916.
Verses and Meditations, AP.
The Younger Generation, 13 lectures, Oct. 3-15, 1928.
Youth’s Search in Nature, Lecture given to youths, Koberwitz,
June 17, 1924, MP.
Waldorf Education for Adolescence, 8 lectures given to teachers in Stuttgart,
June 1921, RSC.
The Work of the Angels in Man’s Astral
Body,
RSP.
III.
Child Development and Health
Aeppli,
Willi, The Care and
Development of the Human Senses, AP.
Alliance
for Childhood, Fool’s
Gold.
Anschutz,
Marieke, Children and
Their Temperaments and But
Who Made God? Religion
and Your Growing Child, AP.
Drake,
Stanley, The Path to
Birth, AP.
Evans, Russell, Helping
Children to Overcome Fear: The
Healing Power of Play, HP.
Frommer,
Eva, Voyage Through
Childhood into the Adult World, AP.
Gabert,
Erich, Punishment and
Self-Education in the Education of the Child, RSC and
Educating the Adolescent:
Discipline or Freedom and The
Motherly and Fatherly Roles in Education, AP.
Glas,
Norbert, Conception,
Birth and Early Childhood, AP.
Glöckler,
Michaela, Education
as a Saluto-Genetic Approach. RSP.
Goebel,
Wolfgang, and Michaela Glöckler, A
Guide to Child Health, AP.
Harwood,
A.C., The Recovery of
Man in Childhood, AP and RSC and The
Way of the Child, AP.
Holtzapfel,
M.D., Walter, Children’s
Destinies and Children’s Illnesses, MP.
Jenkinson,
Sally, The Genius of
Play: Celebrating the Spirit of Childhood, HP.
Jones,
Noragh, In Search of
Home: Women Working, Caring, Sharing, AP.
Klocek,
Dennis, Knowledge, Teaching,
and the Death of the Mysteries, 5 lectures on child development
and embryology.
König,
M.D., Karl, Brothers
and Sisters: A Study in Child Psychology, AP and RSC;
The First Three Years of the Child, AP,
Eternal Childhood, AP.
Linden,
M.D., Wilhelm zur, When
a Child is Born – A Guide to Natural Mothering, Pregnancy,
Birth and Early Childhood, AP.
Lievegoed,
Bernard, Phases of Childhood,
AP and RSC.
McAllen,
Audrey, Sleep: The Unobserved
Element in Education and The
Listening Ear: The Development of Speech as a Creative Influence
in Education, AP and RSC; The Extra Lesson, RSC.
Meyerkort,
Margaret and Rudi Lissau, The
Challenge of the Will, RSCP.
Muller,
Heinz, Healing Forces
in the Word and Its Rhythms, RSC.
Christine
Murphy, ed., The Vaccination
Dilemma, Lantern Books.
Salter,
Joan, The Incarnating
Child and Mothering with Soul, AP.
Soesman,
Albert, The Twelve Senses,
AP and RSC.
Udo
de Haes, Daniel, The Young
Child: Creative Living with 2-4 Year Olds, AP.
Heydebrand,
Caroline von, Childhood: A Study of the Growing Soul, AP and RSC.
Weighs,
M.D., Thomas, Children
in Need of Special Care, Souvenir Press, London, OP.
IV.
Practical and Philosophical Aspects
of Waldorf Early Childhood Education
Baldwin, Rahima, You
are Your Child’s First
Teacher, AP and RSC.
Barz, Brigitte, Festivals
with Children, Gryphon House.
Berger, Thomas, The Christmas
Craft Book, RSC and The
Harvest Craft Book, AP and RSC.
Berger, Thomas and Petra, The Easter Craft Book, AP and RSC.
Britz-Crecelius, Heidi, Children at Play: A Preparation for Life,
Park St. Press.
Burton, Michael, In the
Light of a Child, AP.
Carey,
Diana and Judy Large, Festivals,
Family and Food, AP and RSC, and Celebrating
Festivals Around the World, AP.
Clausen,
Anke-Usche and Martin Riedel, Schoepferisches
Gestalten, ZeichnenSehen
Lernen and Schoepferisches Gestalten mit Holz, workbooks
with many illustrations on modeling, drawing, painting and
woodcarving. F. CH Mellinger Verlag, Stuttgart.
Cooper, Stephanie, et. al, The Children’s Year, AP and RSC.
Davy, Gudrun and Bons Voors, eds. Lifeways – Working with Family Questions, AP and RSC.
Day,
Christopher, A Haven
for Childhood: the Building of a Steiner Kindergarten,
Steiner Books, 1998.
Druitt, Ann, All Year
Round, AP.
Ellersiek, Wilma, Giving
Love – Bringing Joy, WECAN.
Fallon, Sally, Nourishing
Traditions, New Trends.
Finger Plays, Fifty-two finger plays, MP.
Fitzjohn, Sue, Minda Weston, and Judy Large, Festivals Together, HP.
Foster, Nancy, the Acorn Hill anthologies, Dancing As We Sing and Let Us Form A Ring, Acorn Hill.
Glas, Norbert, Once Upon
a Fairytale: 7 Favorite Folk and Fairytales from the Brothers
Grimm, fairytale interpretations.
Glöckler, Michaela, The
Dignity of the Young Child: Care and Training for the First
Three Years, The Goetheanum, and A
Healing Education, RSCP.
Graf,Emma, Cooking with
Grains, Interaction, UK.
Grahl, Ursula, The Wisdom
in Fairytales, OP.
Green, Marian, A Calendar
of Festivals, Traditional
Celebrations, Songs, and Seasonal Recipes, RSC.
Grunelius, Elizabeth, Early
Childhood Education
and the Waldorf School Plan, RSC.
Haller, I., How Children
Play, AP.
Haren, Wil van and Rudolf Kischnick, Child’s Play 1 and 2, AP.
Heckmann, Helle, Nøkken:
A Danish Waldorf Child Care, WECAN,
Jacobs, Rita, Music for
Young Children, AP.
Jaffke,
Freya, Feste im Kindergarten
Elternhaus, Work and Play in Early Childhood, AP, and
Toymaking with Children,
AP and RSC; Advent for
Children, OP.
Kenison, Katrina, Mitten
Strings for God, Warner Books.
Knierim, Julius, Quintenlieder,
Introduction to the mood of the Fifth, for adults who wish
to sing, play, and dance with their young children in the
kindergarten or at home, RSC.
Köhler, Henning, Working
with Anxious, Nervous and Depressed Children, AWSNA.
Lebret, Elisabeth, Pentatonic
Songs, OP.
Leenwen, M. van and J. Moeskops, The Nature Corner, AP and RSC.
Lenz, Friedel, Celebrating
the Festivals with Young Children, AP.
Mellon, Nancy, Storytelling
and the Art of Imagination, RSC.
Meyers,
Sarah E., Recipes from
the Old Mill: Baking with Whole Grains, Good Books.
Mitchell,
David, ed., Developmental
Insights: Discussions between Doctors and Teachers, AWSNA.
Müller, Rudolf, Painting
with Children, AP and RSC.
Neuschutz, Karin, The
Doll Book: Soft
Dolls and Creative Play, OP.
Oldfield,
Lynne, Free to Learn:
Introducing Steiner Waldorf Early Childhood Education,
Hawthorne Press.
Patterson, Barbara and Bradley, Beyond the Rainbow Bridge, Michaelmas Press.
Peckham, Margaret, Fairy
Tales and Nature Stories, RSC and MP.
Petrash, Carol, Earthways: Simple Environmental Activities for Young Children,
AP and RSC.
Reinckens, Sunnhild, Making
Dolls, AP.
Russ, Johanna, Clump-a-Dump
and Snickle-Snack, pentatonic songbook, MP.
Schunemann, Mary songbooks for children, The Wonder of Lullabies, The Christmas Star, Sing a Song of Seasons, The
Singing Baby.
Scott, Ann, The Laughing
Baby: Remembering Nursery Rhymes and Reasons, Bergin &
Garrey.
Smith, Susan, Echoes
of a Dream, artistic activities for young children, RSC.
Spock, Marjorie, Fairy
Worlds and Workers, OP.
Strauss, Michaela, Understanding
Children’s Drawings, AP.
Tudor, Tasha, A Time
to Keep, Simon and Schuster.
Waldorf Early Childhood Association., Gateways, the newsletter of the Waldorf Early Childhood Association,
Volume I: An Overview
of the Waldorf Kindergarten, Vol.
II: A Deeper Understanding of the Waldorf Kindergarten,
Understanding Young Children, First
Steps in Natural Dyeing, Spiritual
Insights, Sexual
Abuse of Children, Plays for Puppets, Let Us Form a Ring,
Dancing As We Sing, Giving Love – Bringing Joy, Nøkken: A
Danish Waldorf Child Care.
Willwerth, Kundry, Let’s
Dance and Sing, Story Games for Children, MP.
Wynstones Kindergarten, Summer,
Autumn, Winter, Spring, Spindrift, Gateways. Collection of songs,
stories and verses from the British kindergartens.
Bronja Zahlingen, Plays
for Puppets and Marionettes, WECAN.
V.
Waldorf Education: Elementary and Secondary; Also Parent, School
Issues
Aeppli, Willi, Rudolf
Steiner, Education and the Developing Child AP and RSC;
Teacher, Child and Waldorf Education and
Biography in Waldorf
Education, AP and On
The Threshold of Adolescence, RSC.
Anschutz, Marieke, Children
and Their Temperaments, RSC.
Barnes, Henry, et al, An
Introduction to Waldorf Education, MP.
Carlgren, Frans, Education
Towards Freedom, AP and RSC.
Education as an Art, with “The Child at Play” and “The
Child When He Paints” by Caroline von Heydebrand, “The Needs
of Young Children” by Nora von Baditz, and “Education and
the Science of the Spirit” by Rudolf Steiner, AP.
Edmunds,
Francis, Rudolf Steiner
Education: The Waldorf School, RSC; Renewing Education, AP and RSC.
Fenner, Pamela J. and Karen Rivers, Waldorf Education, A Family Guide, Michaelmas Press, and Waldorf Student Reading List, AP and RSC.
Fitzjohn, Sue, et al, Festivals
Together: A Guide to
Multi-Cultural Celebration, AP and RSC.
Hahn, Herbert, The Wellsprings
of the Soul – Towards
the Religious Education of the Young, OP.
Mitchell, David, The
Art of Administration, AWSNA.
Mitchell, David, and David Alsop, Economic Explorations: A Handbook
for Waldorf Schools, AWSNA.
Mitchell, David, et. al., Possible Source Materials and Book List K-6, AWSNA.
Multicultural Journal,
Vol. I – Integration of African culture and Waldorf Education, Vol. II – Teaching Africa in the High School, and., Vol. III – Fairy Tales from Around the World,
AWSNA.
Pusch, Ruth, ed., Waldorf
Schools, Volume I and II, MP.
Richards, M.C., Toward Wholeness: Rudolf Steiner Education
in America, RSC.
Querido, René, Creativity
in Education, RSC.
Schwartz, Eugene, The
Waldorf Teacher’s Survival Guide; Plays
for Children and Communities;
Rhythms and Turning Points
in the Life of the Child; Seeing, Hearing, Learning,
The Interplay of Eye and Ear in Waldorf Education; and
Adolescence: The Search for the Self, RSC.
Setzer, Valdemar, Computers
in Education, AP.
Sleigh, Julian, Thirteen
to Nineteen: Discovering
the Light – Conversations with Parents, AP and RSC.
Sloan, Douglas, et. al, Computers
and Waldorf Education, AWSNA.
Smit, Jürgen, The Child,
The Teachers and the Community, AWSNA.
Spock, Marjorie, Teaching
as a Lively Art, AP and RSC.
Staley, Betty, Between
Form and Freedom: A
Practical Guide to the Teenage Years, AP and RSC.
Trostli, Roberto, Rhythms
of Learning: Selected Lectures by Rudolf Steiner, AP.
Waldorf Education Exhibition Catalogue for UNESCO, RSC.
Waldorf Schools: Kindergarten and Early Grades and Waldorf Schools: Upper Grades and High School, RSC and MP. Collections of articles from “Education as an
Art.”
Wyatt, Isabel, The Seven
Year Old Wonder Book, RSC.
Zimmerman, Heinz, Speaking,
Listening, Understanding, Lindisfarne Press.
VI.
Other Books of Interest
Buzzell, Keith, The Children
of Cyclops: Influences of Television Viewing on the Developing
Human Brain, AWSNA.
Elium, Don and Jeanne, Raising
a Son, Raising a
Daughter and Raising a Family, AP.
Elkind, David, The Hurried
Child and Mis-Education: Preschoolers
at Risk, RSC.
Gatto, John Taylor, Dumbling
Us Down: The Hidden
Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, AP.
Gerber, Magda, Your Self-Confident
Baby, Wiley, and Dear
Parent: Caring for Infants with Respect, Resources for
Infant Educarers – RIE..
Healy, Jane, Endangered
Minds: Why Our Children
Don’t Think, Simon and Schuster, Your
Child’s Growing Mind, A Guide to Learning, Doubelday,
and Failure to Connect, Simon and Schuster. .
Hogan, Pat, Alison’s
Gift, Nosila Publishing.
Large, Martin, Who’s
Bringing Them Up? Television
and Child Development, AP and RSC.
Mander, Jerry, Four Arguments
for the Elimination of Television, RSC.
Pantheon Edition of Grimm’s
Fairytales, with introduction by Padraic Colum, RSC.
Pearce, Joseph Chilton, Magical
Child, Bantam, Magical
Child Matures, Dutton, Crack
in the Cosmic Egg, Julian Press, Bond
of Power, Dutton, and Evolution’s
End: Claiming Potential of Our Intelligence,
Harper, Plough Publishing,
Sing Through the Day and Sing Through the Seasons, (800) 521-8011.
Postman, Neal, Amusing
Ourselves to Death, Viking Penguin.
Prokofieff, Sergei, The
Cycle of the Year as a Path of Initiation, Temple Lodge.
Sanders, Barry, A is
for Ox: Violence, Electronic Media, and the Silencing of the
Written Word, Pantheon Books.
Schmidt-Brabant, Manfred, The Spiritual Tasks of the Homemaker, Temple Lodge.
Talbott, Stephen, The
Future Does Not Compute, RSC.
Uphoff, James et. al., Summer
Children: Ready or
Not, J&J Pub
Winn, Marie, Children
Without Childhood, OP, The
Plug-In Drug, RSC and Unplugging
the Plug-In Drug, Viking Penguin.
Publishers
- AWSNA
– Assn. of Waldorf Schools of North America, 3911 Bannister
Rd., Fair Oaks, CA 95628 (916) 961-0927, fax: (916) 961-0715,
email: awsna@awsna.org, web site: www.awsna.org.
- AP
– Anthroposophic Press, P.O. Box 960, Herndon, VA 20172-0960,
(800) 856-8664, fax: (800) 277-7947, email: service@anthropress.org, web site:
www.anthropress.org.
- CV
– Camphill Village USA, The Gift Shop, 104 Camphill Village
Road, Copake, NY 12516, (518) 329-4811, fax: 518-329-0377,
email: camphill@taconic.net, web site: www.camphillvillage.org..
- FL
– Floris, 15 Harrison Gardens, Edinburgh EH11 1SH England.
- HP
– Hawthorne Press, 1 Lansdown Lane, Lansdown, Stroud, Gios.,
GL5 1BJ England.
- MP
– Mercury Press, 241 Hungry Hollow Road, Spring Valley,
10977, (845) 425-9357, fax: (845) 425-2107.
- RSC
– Rudolf Steiner College Bookstore, 9200 Fair Oaks Blvd.,
Fair Oaks, CA 95628, (916) 961-8729, fax: (916) 961-3032,
email: Bookstore@steinercollege.edu,
web site: www.steinercollege.edu.
- RSP
– c/o Biblios, Star Rd., Partridge Green, Horsham, W. Sussex
RH13 8 LD, England
- SSF
– Steiner Schools Fellowship, The Sprig, Ashdown Road, Forest
Row, Sussex, RH18 5BN, England
- WECAN
– Waldorf Early Childhood Association, 285 Hungry Hollow
Road, SpringValley, NY 10977, (845) 352-1690, fax: (845)
352-1695, email: info@waldorfearlychildhood.org,
web site: www.waldorfearlychildhood.org.
Many books can be borrowed from the Rudolf Steiner Library,
65 Fern Hill Road, Ghent, NY 12075 (518) 672-7690, Fax (518)
672-5827, email: rsteinerlibrary@taconic.net, web
site: www.rslibrary.elib.com.
For further information about Waldorf Early Childhood education,
contact the Waldorf Early Childhood Association.
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