Waldorf Games Handbook for the Early Years: Games to Play and Sing with Children Aged 3-7: 144 Action, Finger, Circle, Clapping, Beanbag, Chasing, Wat

Waldorf Games Handbook for the Early Years; Games to Play & Sing with Children aged 3-7 is a handy guide to playing games with young children. This classic game book offers a handy resource for parents, teachers, forest-school educators, and play leaders. The games are tried and tested and draw on worldwide Steiner and Waldorf-inspired education, in which the "work" of children is their play. Child development is explored and how this is aided by a rich treasury of games--action, finger, circle, clapping, beanbag, chasing, water, tumbling, story, and singing games. Includes both traditional favorites and new games created to engage with challenging behavior.

Each game is clearly and simply described, with diagrams and drawings showing how to play. The games weave rhythms, movement, songs, stories, and pictures and invite children into worlds of vibrant wonder.

These games help children feel at ease in their bodies, build relationships and enjoy playing.

C O N T E N T S:

Why Singing, Movement, and Play Matter - Sally Goddard Blythe
Foreword - Jane Miller
Moving from Me to We - Jaimen McMillan
Movement and Learning - Valerie Baadh Garrett
About Playing these Games - Joan Carr Shimmer
Introduction - Kim John Payne

Chapter 1: Age 3-6
Finger Games
Circle Games
Age 4-5
Age 5-6

Chapter 2: Age 6-7
Clapping Games
Beanbag Games
Chasing Games
Counting-Out Rhymes
String Games

Chapter 3: Water Games, Snow Games and Indoor/Rainy-Day Games
Water Games
Snow Games
Indoor/Rainy-Day Games

Chapter 4: Mixed-Age Games
Skipping Games
Running through the Rope
Creating Your Own Rhymes

About author(s):Valerie Baadh Garrett is a movement artist, educator, and therapist working with people of all ages. She worked in Waldorf Education, Spacial Dynamics, and Agile Aging, also teacher training in the USA and China. Kim John Payne M.Ed. is a leading Waldorf educator in the USA, UK, and Australia. Payne travels to speak to 10,000-20,000 parents and teachers a year in North America and worldwide. A former movement teacher, he was a school counselor and worked as a family counselor therapist. He researched a drug free approach to attention deficit disorder. His Social Inclusion Approach for breaking the patterns of bullying has been implemented in hundreds of schools. A father of two, he lives in Massachusetts with his wife Catherine. Cory Waletzko was a professional dancer, actor, and musician before becoming a movement and games educator at Upper Valley Waldorf School in Quechee, Vermont. As a Spacial Dynamics Institute graduate and adjunct faculty member at Antioch University, she has trained trainers in Movement Education and mentored games and movement educators. She works with social inclusion in public and private schools across North America.