SWSF Bookshop - Arts, Crafts & Activities

SWSF Bookshop - Arts, Crafts & Activities

Beyond the Rainbow Bridge - Nurturing our children from birth to seven
By Barbara J. Patterson and Pamela Bradley
This book discusses healthy rhythms in both home and school, play, and how it stimulates imagination; how to protect and enliven the child's twelve senses; creative discipline, the creation of birthday stories and craft projects for the young child.
MP, 195pp, no discount £11.50

Echoes of a Dream - Creative Beginnings for Parent and Child
By Susan Smith
Now in its third printing, this book has been enjoyed by thousands of families worldwide. It is packed with inspiring suggestions for creative play, craft work, recipes and gardening ideas for parents and children. Full colour cover, colour plates.
Published by the London Waldorf School, Ontario WSA, 68pp, no discount £9.50

Pull the Other One! – String Games and Stories Book 1
By Michael Taylor
This well-travelled and entertaining series of tales is accompanied by clear instructions and explanatory diagrams – guaranteed not to tie you in knots – and will teach you tricks with which to dazzle your friends! With something for everyone, these ingenious tricks and tales are developed and taught with utter simplicity, making them suitable from age 5 upwards.
When we go wrong playing Cat's Cradle, we call it Dog's Cradle!' – Megan
Gain, aged 6, London
HP, 128pp, no discount £9.99

Games Children Play - How games and sport help children develop
By Kim Brooking-Payne, illustrated by Marije Rowling
An accessible guide to games with children of age 3 upwards. These games are all tried and tested, and are the basis for the author's extensive teacher training work. The book explores children's personal development and how this is expressed in movement, play, songs and games.
Each game is clearly and simply described, with diagrams or drawings, and accompanied by an explanation of why this game is helpful at a particular age. The equipment that may be needed is basic, cheap and easily available.
HP, 192pp, no discount £14.99

Making Waldorf Dolls
A Waldorf doll-making handbook
By Maricristin Sealey
How to create handcrafted dolls from natural materials. A range of simple, colourful designs will inspire both beginners and experienced doll makers alike. These dolls are old favourites, originating in Waldorf Steiner kindergartens where parents make dolls together for their children, and for the school.
Maricristin's book is a fine source for the beginner doll maker. It is a valuable primer, full of practical tips, simple designs and clear, easy to follow instructions – Sara McDonald, Magic Cabin Dolls
HP, 128pp, no discount £14.99

Educating Through Arts and Crafts
An integrated approach to craft work in Steiner Waldorf Schools
Ed. Michael Martin
This book not only describes the full range of crafts taught in Steiner Waldorf schools, it also puts them into the context of the developing human being. It is becoming more and more recognised that the skills acquired in working with wood, metal, textiles, ceramics, among other materials, enable the individual to develop a whole range of transferable skills which form a basis for lifelong learning, as well as cultivating insight into technology and a sound relationship to the earth. A separate section describes the work of the Hiram Trust who helped to make the publication of this book possible.
Fully illustrated.
210pp £19.50 Available Now

Educating the Will
Michael Howard
Mr. Howard penetrates the depth of Waldorf education’s unique process of educating the "will" in children. He takes the reader on a thought-filled journey into the qualities and training of the "thinking will", the "feeling will" and the "comprehensive or common will". The final chapter offers practical exercises for application along with photographs of sample projects. The projects include: indoor sandbox, form modelling, seed drawing, modelling human and animal forms, stone carving, wooden spoons and bowls, and platonic solids.
142 pages. No Discount. £12.50 (AWSNA)

Painting in Waldorf Education
Dick Bruin and Attie Lichthart
The uniqueness and importance of watercolour paintings are significant to the stages of child development in Waldorf schools. This extraordinary book was written by two experienced Waldorf teachers from Holland who present the rationale as well as detailed practical exercises for teaching painting from kindergarten through the grades (classes) and high school years. Included with the books is a CD ROM containing sixty colour and black and white images selected from the work of their students.
215 pages. No Discount. £12.50 (AWSNA)