Spring by Gerda Muller
ISBN 9780863151934
Regular price $14.95 Sale price $14.50 Save 3%One of a series of four board books without text which lead young children through the seasons. Full of fun, active illustrations, this chunky board book shows the joys of playing with lambs, sowing seeds, painting Easter eggs and watching baby birds.
Please note that the Gerda Muller seasons board books are currently in circulation in 3 sizes. If you already own some of the seasons books, you may wish to measure your book(s) if you'd like to acquire other seasons matching in dimensions. Please refer to comparison photo.
Board book. 11th printing, 2020 edition. 15.4 cm wide x 18 cm high.
Floris Press.
About the Author: Gerda Muller was born in 1926 in Naarden, Holland. She attended the Fine Arts School of Amsterdam and later on, Ecole Estienne of Paris. She illustrated over 120 books for children and worked with many publishers. Her books have been translated in many languages.
Summer by Gerda Muller
ISBN 9780863151941
Regular price $14.95 Sale price $14.50 Save 3%One of a series of four board books without text which lead young children through the seasons. Full of fun, active illustrations, this chunky board book shows the joys of fishing for tadpoles, playing at the beach, eating ice-cream, and enjoying evening picnics.
Please note that the Gerda Muller seasons board books are currently in circulation in 3 sizes. If you already own some of the seasons books, you may wish to measure your book(s) if you'd like to acquire other seasons matching in dimensions. Please refer to comparison photo.
Board book. 2020 edition, 11th printing. 15.4 cm wide x 18 cm high.
Floris Press.
About the Author: Gerda Muller was born in 1926 in Naarden, Holland. She attended the Fine Arts School of Amsterdam and later on, Ecole Estienne of Paris. She illustrated over 120 books for children and worked with many publishers. Her books have been translated in many languages.
Autumn by Gerda Muller
ISBN 9780863151910
Regular price $14.95 Sale price $14.50 Save 3%One of a series of four board books without text which lead young children through the seasons. Full of fun, active illustrations, this chunky board book shows the joys of playing in leaves, collecting conkers, flying kites and making jam.
Please note that the Gerda Muller seasons board books are currently in circulation in 3 sizes. If you already own some of the seasons books, you may wish to measure your book(s) if you'd like to acquire other seasons matching in dimensions. Please refer to comparison photo.
Board book. 11th printing, 2019 edition. 15.4 cm wide x 18 cm high.
Floris Press.
About the Author: Gerda Muller was born in 1926 in Naarden, Holland. She attended the Fine Arts School of Amsterdam and later on, Ecole Estienne of Paris. She illustrated over 120 books for children and worked with many publishers. Her books have been translated in many languages.
The Gerda Muller Seasons Collection
ISBN 9781782504733
Regular price $45.95 Sale price $39.95 Save 13%This charming gift box includes four mini board books, one for each season. Each chunky mini board book is full of fun, active seasonal illustrations, with touching details to spot and no words.
Gerda Muller's beautiful 'seasons' board books are loved the world over. Beautifully illustrated, and with no words, children and parents can imagine their own story or simply spend time spotting characters and details in the lively seasonal scenes.
As spring arrives children play with lambs, sow seeds and paint Easter eggs. In summer they fish for tadpoles, play at the beach and eat ice-cream. By autumn the leaves have fallen and it's time to collect horse chestnuts, fly kites and make jam. In winter the snow has come and they have fun ice-skating, feeding the birds, and being cosy inside with the Christmas tree.
Please note that the Gerda Muller Seasons Gift Box books are in a smaller, chunkier format than the Gerda Muller seasons books sold individually. Please see comparison photo. Also noteworthy is that the ~2015 printing of the books were larger format, and the 2019/2020 printing is 'mid-size' between the two.
Overall box dimensions are 16 cm high x 13.5 cm wide.
Floris Books, Third Printing, 2021.
Through the Rainbow: A Waldorf Birthday Story for Children
ISBN 9781782505075
Regular price $29.95by Lou Harvey-Zahra; Illustrated by Sara Parrilli
A faithful and inspiring retelling of the Waldorf birthday story accompanied by soft, ethereal illustrations, which together create a beautiful picture book which can be personalised for each child.
Children's birthdays are a time of reflection to look back over the last year, and remember the day they arrived in the world. The Waldorf tradition is to tell the birthday story -- the tale of a little soul who crossed the rainbow bridge, came to earth, found a loving family and became the birthday boy or girl.
The birthday story has been told for generations and holds a unique place in the hearts and memories of thousands of families. Through the Rainbow is a faithful and inspiring retelling of the most well-known version of the story by parenting coach and Waldorf parent Lou Harvey-Zahra, and is accompanied by soft, ethereal illustrations by Waldorf artist and teacher Sara Parrilli.
This beautiful picture book can become part of a family's traditions, read every year to celebrate a child's special day. Through the Rainbow can be personalised, making it unique for each birthday child.
Recommended by the publisher for 4-10 years old.
Hardcover. 260 x 280 mm. 32 pages with colour illustrations.
Floris books, 2018.
Lou Harvey-Zahra grew up in England and now lives in Melbourne, Australia with her family. She has taught in kindergarten, primary, special needs and Steiner-Waldorf schools and is a respected parenting and creative discipline coach leading workshops worldwide. Lou is the author of Happy Child, Happy Home and Creative Discipline, Connected Family.
Sara Parrilli is an artist and Waldorf teacher living in New York State. She holds a BA in Fashion Design, from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City and completed a two-year anthroposophically-based painting training at the Free Columbia Art Course in Philmont, NY. She completed her Waldorf teacher training at the Alkion Center and is currently working at the Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School, in Ghent, NY.
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.
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
Autumn & Winter Nature Activities in Waldorf Kindergartens
ISBN 9781782506676
Regular price $37.95 Sale price $34.50 Save 9%by Irmgard Kutsch and Brigitte Walden; Translated by Jane R. Helmchen
Encourage children to engage with the seasons as they craft willow hanging baskets, harvest and prepare fruit, care for birds and make Advent wreaths.
A wonderful resource book for any Waldorf or Waldorf-inspired kindergarten.
As well as fun nature activities -- both indoor and outside -- for children, this book also includes valuable background reading and advice for teachers, such as how to create your own kindergarten garden.
All the activities in this book are based on practical experience from the Children's Nature and Garden Centre in Germany, and are fully tried and tested.
Introduction
September:
October:
November:
December:
January:
February:
Resources
Hardcover, with over 300 colour illustrations. 160 pages. 29 x 19.2 cm.
Floris Books, 2019.
Irmgard Kutsch, born 1952, trained as a vet before working with children with special needs. She established the Children's Nature and Garden Centre in Reichshof in 1994, where children and teachers can learn about nature and participate in workshops.
Brigitte Walden, born 1953, worked as a Waldorf teacher for fifteen years. She is a carer at Haus Hohenfried in Bavaria, Germany, a centre for people with special needs.
'The activities included will be inspiring for all, including those seeking outdoor nature-based ideas and projects for children up to the age of seven and beyond. It is richly illustrated with lovely photographs of young children engaged in these nature activities… With its spring/summer companion it would make a lovely gift and provides a resource to return to as the seasons turn.'
-- Kindling
'This is another wonderful book full of resources and ideas for activities with children, following the rhythm of the seasons of Autumn and Winter... This book is a worthy addition to any home or Kindergarten Library!'
-- Blathu