http://www.waldorfbooks.com/item_1576.htm Bob and Nancy's Bookshop Tue, 21 May 2013 21:41:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.waldorfbooks.com/item_1576.htm/comment-page-1#comment-94 Kaye Lathe Tue, 21 May 2013 21:41:33 +0000 http://www.waldorfbooks.com/?p=1576#comment-94 Foster’s book is a great read for several reasons. One, it is short and concise. If you have or care for small children, it’s nice to be able to pick up and put down something that improves your brain. That said, I read the entire thing in just two sittings, because it was so interesting. For another, she answers questions that you may have about Waldorf education, about how to be a teacher in a Waldorf setting, or how to implement some of these ideas in your home with your own children. Finally, Foster offers multiple points of view, and explains her reasoning. The book is in a question answer format, since the columns came from the Acorn Hill Kindergarten newsletter. The topics range from the color schemes in the classrooms (soothing pastels) to handling your children’s interactions with other mainstream (non-Waldorf) style families. She also offers some great advice in shutting down unappealing types of play among groups of children, which I imagine will start coming in handy for me with my children soon. Foster’s book is a great read for several reasons. One, it is short and concise. If you have or care for small children, it’s nice to be able to pick up and put down something that improves your brain. That said, I read the entire thing in just two sittings, because it was so interesting. For another, she answers questions that you may have about Waldorf education, about how to be a teacher in a Waldorf setting, or how to implement some of these ideas in your home with your own children. Finally, Foster offers multiple points of view, and explains her reasoning. The book is in a question answer format, since the columns came from the Acorn Hill Kindergarten newsletter. The topics range from the color schemes in the classrooms (soothing pastels) to handling your children’s interactions with other mainstream (non-Waldorf) style families. She also offers some great advice in shutting down unappealing types of play among groups of children, which I imagine will start coming in handy for me with my children soon.

]]> http://www.waldorfbooks.com/item_1576.htm/comment-page-1#comment-30 Emily Dillabough Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:31:37 +0000 http://www.waldorfbooks.com/?p=1576#comment-30 @ Marcie Matthews - I just did the same thing. I am really looking forward to reading the book in order to review it properly. @ Marcie Matthews – I just did the same thing. I am really looking forward to reading the book in order to review it properly.

]]> http://www.waldorfbooks.com/item_1576.htm/comment-page-1#comment-15 Marcie Matthews Wed, 25 May 2011 11:34:59 +0000 http://www.waldorfbooks.com/?p=1576#comment-15 In trying to read others' reviews I pressed the add review and stars and it gave the book a rating of 3. If I had read the book I might have awarded it a 10. As it is I have only read the table of contents listed on the WECAN site - judging from this it looks fantastic. In trying to read others’ reviews I pressed the add review and stars and it gave the book a rating of 3. If I had read the book I might have awarded it a 10. As it is I have only read the table of contents listed on the WECAN site – judging from this it looks fantastic.

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