Books
These books provide some suggested places to start for those who appreciate learning about the journey through the written word. They are available through the WSAO bookstore located in the Arts and Sports Wing of the Toronto Waldorf School, 9100 Bathurst Street, Thornhill. Phone 905.889.2066.
Education and Child Development
Waldorf Education: A Family Guide, Pamela Johnson Fenner, Karen Rivers, editors
A comprehensive collection of articles by the editors of the Waldorf Student Reading List
Education Towards Freedom: A Survey of the Work of Waldorf Schools, Frans Carlgren
A large format, full colour survey of the work of Waldorf schools over the world, lavishly illustrated with examples of children's class work.
School as a Journey: The Eight-Year Odyssey of a Waldorf Teacher and His Class, Torin M. Finser
Education as a Lively Art, Marjorie Spock, P. Fenner & Karen Rivers, editors
Endangered Minds: Why Children Don't Think and What We Can Do About It, Jane M. Healy
Family Life and Parenting
You are Your Child's First Teacher, Rahima Baldwin Lifeways: Working with Family Questions, Gundrun Davy and Bons Voors, editors
Articles by Waldorf parents and anthroposophists on themes relating to many aspects of parenting and relationships today
Between Form & Freedom: A Practical Guide to the Teenage Years, Betty Staley
Offering a wealth of insights about teenagers, this book has sections on the nature of adolescence, the search for the self, the birth of the intellect, the release of feeling, male-female difference and character
Waldorf Parenting Handbook, Lois Cusick
Examines the key points of child development while also giving focus to practical examples within the Waldorf curriculum.
The Incarnating Child, Joan Salter
Brothers and Sisters, Karl Konig
Beyond the Rainbow Bridge: Nuturing Our Children from Birth to Seven, Barbara J. Patterson and Pamela Bradley
Family Activities and Festivals
Festivals, Family and Food, Diana Carey and Judy Large
This is a resource book for families exploring the festivals - those 'feast days' scattered round the year that children love celebrating.
Toymaking with Children, Freya Jaffke
Festivals Together: A Guide to Multi-Cultural Celebration, Sue Fitzjohn, Minda Weston, and Judy Large All Year Round, Ann Druitt, Christine Fynes-Clinton, and Marye Rowling
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