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Leaving Room for
the Angels
Eurythmy
and the Art of Teaching

This is a remarkable book!
Every Waldorf teacher will
want to read the first section,
whether they teach at home
or in the classroom. It contains
wisdom and practical advice
that can carry all of us far.
It is especially insightful
with regard to adolescence.
The second part of the book
is for eurythmists. Reg Down
illustrates forms and gives
special hints to make life
easier for all eurythmy teachers.
$16.00
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Waldorf Curriculum Guides
Eurythmy - Games - Gymnastics
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Eurythmy for the Young Child
A Guide for Teachers and Parents
Estelle Bryer
Softbound
$23.95
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Eurythmy for the Young Child is a stunning collection of stories, songs and poems that will serve
your children equally well as the basis for eurythmy, storytime, circle time or simple, delightful
interludes throughout the day.
Estelle Bryer has had 45 years experience working with kindergarten
children as teacher, advisor, puppeteer and eurythmy therapist but specialising as kindergarten
eurythmist. The all-encompassing contents are a culmination of her work. The delightful lessons are
suitable for circle time or eurythmy lessons (ages 3-8years), and are complete in themselves.
They cover
the seasons, festivals and stories
such as the Turnip or Golden Goose and more, and include written music. They have separate suggestions
for use by the kindergarten or eurythmy teacher.
There are also helpful suggestions and instructions for the kindergarten teacher or eurythmist in handling
problems, creating moods and using descriptive gestures or vowels and consonants. The importance
of eurythmy and the why and how it effects the development of the young child is clearly gone into as
well as all the vital elements used for healthy growth. The stories, songs and poems are highly imaginative
and fun!
This is another wonderful contribution by our friends at WECAN.
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Eurythmy for the
Elementary Grades
Francine Adams
Softbound
$12.00
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For eurythmy teachers, class teachers, and parents wanting to
further their understanding of the development of eurythmy through
the elementary years. There are diagrams, poems, and instructions for
each grade level.
However, I feel I should add that if you know nothing
of eurythmy, this book will not enable you to conduct eurythmy
with students. It will further your understanding enormously,
but it presupposes a significant level of training to be
able to implement the exercises and performances suggested.
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Come Unto These Yellow
Sands
Eurythmy, Movement and Classroom Experience
Molly von Heider
Softbound
$27.95
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This book is one of those real gems that was available when my
own children were young (I still have my well-worn copy), then went
out of print and now is available again. I feel enormous gratitude
to the publisher that this delicious collection of songs, poems, games
and master-teacher suggestions and thoughts is once again available.
There are so many ways to use this book - if you are a parent,
the rhymes and songs will gladden your children's days (and
your's!); if you are a class teacher, there is a wealth of
group games, songs to sing and poems to recite; if you are
a eurythmist or movement specialist, you'll find each of
the songs or poems suggests its own special movement and
von Heider's comments and suggestions will inspire your own
creative insights.
I personally used this book both as a source book for the
delight of my children and also when when I was working with
special needs children to devise ways to help them connect
more fully to the world through movement. I found it an inexhaustible
treasure trove, one which I now recommend without reservation.
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Allegro
Music for the Eurythmy Curriculum
Elisabeth Lebret
Softbound
$14.00
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This is a wonderful collection of music for eurythmy classes from
kindergarten through high school. The selections are beautiful!
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The Healing Art of
Eurythmy
Truus Geraets
Spiral Bound
$30.00
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If you have ever wanted to understand Eurythmy - more specifically,
how Eurythmy works on and with the human organism - you'll want to
read The Healing Art of Eurythmy. More than that - you'll
return again and again to the wellspring of health, inspiration and
understanding that it offers.
Truus Geraets has practice Eurythmy as a healing art throught
the world for over five decades - that she has shared her
treasury of insight and experience with us is a cause for
celebration. Her prose is personal, accessible and forthright;
through stories, anecdotes and considered discourse she passes
along her knowledge of how this art of movement works to
heal body and soul. What a joy her book is!
Whether you are a patient, a parent or a eurythmist, there
is no better book available on the subject of this art.
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Dance as Movement
History
Spacial Dynamics of Social Dance for the High
School
Valerie Baadh
Softbound
$10.00
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One of a series of research papers, "Dance as Movement History" offers
both a spiritual/historical consideration of dance as well as a cogent
discussion of the place of dance as part of the curriculum of a Waldorf
high school.
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The Human Being
as Music
Lea van der Pals
Softbound
$19.95
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Lea van der Pals was very much involved
in the founding of eurythmy. She performed and taught
the art throughout her life, travelling extensively in
Europe and North America. The Human Being as Music reflects
van der Pals' extensive experience as teacher. The book
is specifically aimed at students of eurythmy and assumes
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Joyful Movement
A Resource for Nurturing Balance, Movement and the Senses
Christopherus Homeschool Resources
Donna Simmons
Spiral bound
$25.00
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Donna Simmons always seems to know what I want her to write next -- perhaps because she is
so tuned in to what we all want for our children and what we need that is missing from available
resources. Joyful Movement answers the longing for a simple, do-able approach to integrating
movement (and joy!) into home and homeschool life. Even when the integrator is not a dancer,
eurythmist, gymnast or even particularly graceful. Donna, in her wonderful spirit of warm practicality,
takes even the least "movement trained" of us by the hands, soothes away our sense
of guilt and inadequacy, and then playfully leads us into as much delight as our children experience.
This is so much more than just a book about movement -- this is a book about moving
into life with joy, about awakening all our senses to the wonder of the world -- and
while we're at it, learning to move with beauty and grace. Joyful Movement focuses primarily
on the needs of children from birth to 9 and is ever aware of what an adult teaching them needs
as support. Wonderful!!!!
Contents:
- Waldorf as Therapeutic Education
- Creating a Nurturing Environment
- Ideas and Advice - Body & Spatial Awareness; Fine Motor Skils, etc.; the Senses; Memory;
Calming Down
- A Waldorf-inspired Backyard Assault Course (that's British for "Obstacle Course")
- Songs, Fingerplays, Movement, Verses
- Tongue-Twisters, Clapping Verses (Hand Games)
- Groups
Joyful Movement is a joyful resource for any parent or teacher wishing to embrace
a joyful approach to learning.
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Touch the Earth Gently
Games and Sports - Class 1 to 12
Alan Whitehead
$18.95
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A great collection of games and movement activities
for Waldorf physical education through all 12 grades.
Contents: the class trip, family and fun, games and
sport, elementary games, water games, facilities, ball
games, 7 movements, children's gymnastics, 4 temperaments,
bush games, field games, indoor games, equipment games,
high school sports, sport physiology, scuba diving,
martial arts, sport's a joke!, fishing? clean-up, Australia,
hunting?!, dancing, Steiner as sportsperson
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Looking Forward
Games, Rhymes and Exercises to Help Children Develop Their Learning
Abilities
Molly
von Heider
$25.00
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Molly von Heider years' of experience as a class teacher and
eurythmist has enabled her to give us marvelous collection of games,
songs, verses, etc. for children in grades 1 through 5. The qualities
of the verses and the activities of the games benefit children in
the early years and lay the foundation for sound learning later on.
Also included is a very special section on "Gardening with Children" by
Peter Hughs and Fiona von Heider, one of the few written accounts
of a Waldorf gardening class.
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Games Children Play
How games and sport help children develop
Kim Brooking-Payne
$30.00
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This is an exciting collection of games and activities
for children from preschool through the teenage
years. Interspersed with over 200 games, organized
by age group, are articles and commentary on the
benefits of the various activities for healthy
development, and suggestions as to how to help
children overcome challenges of coordination and
strength. This is a great book for teachers, parents,
coaches, and anyone interested in the relationship
between physical and personal development. Kim
Brooking-Payne is to be congratulated for his truly
excellent work.
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Child's Play 1 & 2: Games for Life for Children
Wil van Haren &
Rudolf Kischnick
$25.00
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This is an almost encyclopedic collection
of games and activities for children from preschool
to fourteen. Child's Play is a terrific
resource for anyone who works with groups of
children, as well as being a great refresher
course on how to play many of traditional games
from our own childhood.
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Coaching
Team Sports in a Waldorf School
Dean Stark
Softbound
$8.00
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Dean Stark has coached basketball and baseball at the Sacramento
Waldorf School for 12 years. In this book Dean shares his insights
and experiences of harmoniously creating a sports program within a
Waldorf school.
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