Early Years Recommended Reading List

Below is a selection of books that discuss the aspects of Early Years Education.

• Free To Learn – Introducing Steiner Waldorf Early Childhood Education.
  Author: Lynne Oldfield. Publisher: Hawthorn Press. ISBN 1 903458-006-4.
• Understanding the Steiner Waldorf Approach (Early years education in practice series)
  Authors: Janni Nicol and Jill Taplin. Publisher: Routledge. www.routledge.com
• Work and Play In Early Childhood.
  Author: Freya Jaffke. Publisher: Floris Books ISBN 0-86315-227-9.
• Bringing the Steiner Waldorf Approach to your Early Years Practice (Part of a Series of Comparative Approaches to Early Childhood).
  Author: Janni Nicol. Publisher: David Fulton. ISBN 978-1-84312-433-7.
• Under the Stars – The Foundations of Steiner Waldorf Earl Childhood Education.
  Author: Renate Long Breipohl. Publisher: Hawthorn Press.
• The Genius of Play.
  Author: Sally Jenkinson. Publisher: Hawthorn Press. ISBN 1-903458-04-8.
• Ready to Learn.
  Authors: Martyn Rawson and Michael Rose. Publisher: Hawthorn Press ISBN 1-903458-15-3.
• You are Your Child’s First Teacher.
  Author: Rahima Baldwin Dancy. Publisher: Hawthorn Press.
• Bringing the Steiner Waldorf Approach to your Early Years Practice(Comparative Approaches to Early Childhood Education – a Series).
  Author(s): Janni Nicol. Publisher: David Fulton.
• Well I Wonder – Childhood in the Modern World.
  Author: Sally Schweizer. Publisher: Sophia Books.
• KINDLING – Journal for Steiner Early Childhood Education and Care.
  Email: earlyearsnews@aol.com.
• Meeting the Child in Steiner Kindergartens: An exploration of beliefs values and practices.
  Edited by Rod Parker-Rees. Routledge 2011
• Waldorf Education.
  Authors: Christopher Clouder and Martyn Rawson. Floris Books.
• Festivals, Family and Food.
  Authors: D Carey & J Large. Publisher: Hawthorn.
• All Year Round.
  Authors: A Druitt, C Fynes-Clinton, & M Rowling. Publisher: Hawthorn Press.
• Toymaking with Children.
  Author: F Jaffke. Publisher: Floris.
• The Parent and Child Group Handbook.
  Author: D Male. Publisher: Hawthorn Press.
• Storytelling with Children.
  Author: N Mellon. Publisher: Hawthorn Press.
• Creative Play with your Baby.
  Authors: Christopher Clouder & Janni Nicol. Publisher: Gaia Books.
• Creative Play with your Toddler.
  Authors: Christopher Clouder & Janni Nicol. Publisher: Gaia Books.