Educating the Will
ISBN 9781936367788
Regular price $30.00by Michael Howard
This is an in-depth study of the important educational topic of developing the 'will' of our children, as well as developing their bodies and minds.
Explores the nature of the 'will' in children, and offers practical exercises based on sculpture to help develop the will in a healthy, positive way.
After exploring the nature of the will, Michael Howard then offers some practical exercises and activities for teachers and parents. Projects include indoor sandboxes, form modelling, seed drawing, sand modelling, modelling human and animal forms, stone carving, wooden spoons and bowls, and working with platonic solids.
Comprehensively illustrated, this is a challenging and thought-provoking book for all educators.
Includes advice and practical ideas and guidelines for modelling, woodworking, carving, for Grades 1 and up.
Softcover. 228 x 152 mm. 124 pages.
Floris books, 2015.
About the Author
Michael Howard was born in Vancouver, Canada, in 1946. He has taught sculpture to adults and children for over 30 years. He edited a collection of lectures entitled Art as Spiritual Activity: Rudolf Steiner's Contribution to the Visual Arts. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.
A Handbook for Steiner-Waldorf Class Teachers
ISBN 9781782502494
Regular price $29.95Written and compiled by Kevin Avison
This popular book is a useful and practical resource for Steiner-Waldorf teachers with detailed suggestions and checklists for teaching all lessons for Classes (Grades) 1 to 8.
The extensive appendix features a compilation of planners for the Waldorf teacher's use, as well as a collection of example record tables for both students and their teachers.
Avison's sage advice provides an interesting and easy-to-navigate handbook for creative classroom activities and management.
Softcover, 144 pages. 24 x 20.8 cm.
Floris Books, 3rd Edition.
Table of Contents
SECTION ONE
1.0 The Imponderables
1.1 Readiness for Class One
1.2 Checklist: Class One Readiness
1.3 Starting Out -- Class One
1.4 Recording and Self-evaluation
1.5 Checklists for Classes One--Three
1.5.1 Numeracy
1.5.2 Form Drawing
1.5.3 Literacy
1.5.4 Other Skills
1.6 About Imitation
1.7 ...and Circle Time
1.8 Movement Skills for Classes One--Four
1.8.1 Class One Movement Skills Checklist
1.8.2 Class Two Movement Skills Checklist
1.8.3 Classes Three and Four Movement Skills Checklist
1.8.4 Classes Four and Five Checklist
1.9 Classes Four and Five Skills Checklist
1.9.1 Numeracy
1.9.2 Literacy
1.9.3 Other skills
1.10 Classes Six and Seven Checklist
1.10.1 Numeracy
1.10.2 Geometry
1.10.3 Literacy
1.10.4 Other skills
1.10.5 Movement skills
SECTION TWO
2.0 Planning Ahead
2.1 Preparation
2.2 Readiness
2.3 Review
2.4 Rehearse
2.5 And the Fourth "R"!
2.6 The Curriculum
2.7 Curriculum and Basic Skills
2.8 Class One
2.8.1 Morning Lesson: Form Drawing
2.8.2 Morning Lesson: Stories/Literacy
2.8.3 Morning Lesson: Understanding the Natural Environment
2.8.4 Morning Lesson: Number
2.8.5 Non-Morning Lesson
2.9 Class Two
2.9.1 Morning Lesson: Form Drawing
2.9.2 Morning Lesson: Literature and Language
2.9.3 Morning Lesson: Arithmetic
2.9.4 Non-Morning Lesson
2.10 Class Three
2.10.1 Form Drawing
2.10.2 Morning Lesson: Literature and Literacy
2.10.3 Morning Lesson: Practical Activities
2.10.4 Morning Lesson: Mathematics
2.10.5 Non-Morning Lesson Subjects
2.11 A Selection of Lessons from the Curriculum for Classes Four–Eight
2.11.1 Morning Lesson: Arithmetic -- Class Four Fractions (two Morning Lessons are envisaged -- possibly three)
2.11.2 Morning Lesson: Human and Animal -- Classes Four and Five Zoology, Botany in Class Six
2.11.3 Morning Lesson: History -- Class Five
2.11.4 Morning Lesson: Physics -- Classes Six and Seven
2.11.5 Morning Lesson: English -- Class Seven
2.11.6 Morning Lesson: The Human Body -- Anatomy and Development -- Class Eight 36
2.12 Morning Lessons
2.12.1 Shaping the Morning Lesson
2.12.2 Elaboration of These Points
2.12.3 The 'Problem' of Transitions
2.12.4 Some Ideas for 'Circles'
2.12.5 Recall: Why and Some Alternative 'Hows'
2.13 Parent and Teacher -- Enthusiasm for Education!
2.13.1 Suggestions for Class Evenings
2.14 Of Meetings and Learnings
2.14.1 Guidelines for Child Study
APPENDICES
Appendix A Movement Skills
Appendix B Checklist: Indicators of Possible Special Learning Needs
Appendix C An Interpretive Device
Appendix D A Possible Foundation Script
Appendix E Number Orientation -- to help your children face number symbols correctly
Appendix F Self-evaluation
Appendix G Planners and Record Sheets
Appendix H Record Keeping -- for individual children
Appendix I When Nothing Seems to be Working
Appendix J Your Most Precious Resource -- care for your voice!
Appendix K How Are Your Children Sitting?
Appendix L An Aid to Note Taking
Downloadable forms are available for this book (all PDF format):
Daily lesson planner
General observations and responses
Lesson planning sheet
Record keeping for individual children -- morning lesson
Record keeping for individual children -- subject lesson
Record sheet -- free writing
Record sheet -- handwriting
Record sheet -- key skills
Record sheet -- reading early stages
Record sheet -- silent reading
Record sheet -- speaking and listening
Record sheet -- speech
Teaching Skills summary
Year Planner
A Journey Through Time in Verse and Rhyme
ISBN 9780863152719
Regular price $60.95 Sale price $39.95 Save 34%Edited by Heather Thomas
An invaluable collection of poetry for use by teachers at every stage of school life from primary to mid-teens.
The poems are arranged by age of the child from six to fourteen, and provide support for the subject matter of lessons from botany and physics to history and astronomy. They encompass a wide variety of moods from gratitude and wonder at the natural world to the courage and heroism of individuals pitted agains the odds, and range from ancient Egypt to modern times.
Works by well-known poets -- Shakespeare, Blake, Wordsworth, Browning -- are found together with the refreshingly unfamilar.
Sections on alliterative verse, riddles, tongue-twisters, action verses and the seasons of the year provide a stimulus for practical activities in the classroom. Also included are meditative verses for teachers to help them deepen their understanding of the children in their care.
A resource book to treasure, it will awaken a love of poetry in both young and old.
Recommended for children ages 6-12 years.
Hardback, 368 pages. 234 x 156 mm.
Floris books, 1998.
Reviews
'It was a great joy to many Waldorf teachers when this classic resource was finally republished in 1998. Written from the author's personal collection for use in the classroom, it is a treasure-trove of verses addressing themes across the curriculum in an easy to find organization. From the beautiful to the funny, from action verses to math to grammar to history to meditations for teachers (to name but some), you're sure to find inspiration here.'
-- Kristin, Waldorf Resources Consumer Reviews (www.waldorfresources.org)
'Simply put, this book is easily one of the best "resource" purchases I've made so far. I use it to find seasonal or subject-appropriate material and my children read it on their own too. Worth every cent.'
Elizabeth H., Waldorf Resources Consumer Reviews