Books
Observing Young Children
By Mary O'Connell
For use with children 0-5 Years​​
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At last, a research-based tool for meaningful developmental assessment based on the whole child. This tool is specifically tailored for use by early childhood teachers and care providers who embrace and honor the spirit of the developing child, as found in Waldorf education and other child-centered models of care and education.​
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Observing Young Children is an open-ended assessment tool that you can tailor to your own needs. It offers a system of meaningful observation, a tool for recording observations, and research-based timelines for 33 areas of child development across five domains (Social/Emotional, Physical, Cognitive, Language and Approach to Learning).
Life Is The Curriculum
By Cynthia Aldinger
Transform your experience with young children by exploring how the best curriculum for the young child springs from life itself. Learn how Life, the Child, the Adult and the Environment all form the perfect learning ground for the young child, whether at home or in childcare/preschool.
Cynthia describes the principles behind LifeWays childcare with numerous examples and shows how they grow out of Rudolf Steiner’s indication to “take home as the model” to meet the needs of young children. A practical book for parents, childcare providers and early childhood teachers from across the spectrum of approaches today.
Home Away From Home
By Cynthia Aldinger & Mary O'Connell
A ground-breaking, yet refreshingly simple and wholesome approach to Steiner-based child care, written by two experts in the field. The LifeWays approach focuses on warm, loving relationships between children and the adults who care for them…something so essential but sorely at risk in modern child care.
This book is recommended for anyone who lives and works with young children, especially childcare providers or those considering opening their own childcare business.
Words for Parents in Small Doses
By Judith Frizlen
This series of weekly contemplations will guide and inspire your parenting or work with young children. Judith speaks with a warmth and wisdom drawn from her years of experience as a parent and director of Rose Garden, a LifeWays Representative Program in Buffalo, New York. Click here to read a few pages of the book.
Give yourself, friends, or the parents in your program a gift that will nourish them throughout the year!
Words for Teachers & Caregivers in Small Doses
By Judith Frizlen
Judith Frizlen has created a wonderful companion to Words for Parents! A mother, teacher, writer and champion of early childhood education, Judith founded the Rose Garden Early Childhood Center in Buffalo, NY.
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This little book is a slow week-by-week meander through the subtle changes of the seasonal year. With her calm rhythmic cadences, Judith Frizlen offers us, in our rushed and stressful culture, an antidote. Like the village storyteller, she weaves together different essentials:
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finely nuanced details of the natural world ~ the light, sounds, breezes ~
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corresponding soul thoughts and gestures
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the insights of Rudolf Steiner
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simple suggestions to align our self with these natural rhythms.
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