Recommended Resources

(Many of these books are available for check out in our school library, check in with the office for more information.)

General

  • Being at Your Best When Your Kids are at Their Worst by Kim John Payne
  • Simplicity Parenting by Kim John Payne
  • Understanding Waldorf Education by Jack Petrash
  • The Essence of Waldorf Education by Peter Seleg

Early Childhood

  • A Guide to Child Health by Michaela Glockler & Wolfgang Goebel
  • Beyond the Rainbow Bridge by Barbara Patterson and Pamela Bradley
  • The 7 O’clock Bedtime by Inda Schaenen
  • Festivals, Family and Food by Diana Carey & Judy Large
  • Heaven on Earth: A Handbook for Parents of Young Children by Sharifa Oppenheimer Earthways by Carol Petrash
  • Endangered Minds: Why Children Can’t Think by Jane Healy
  • The Education of the Child by Rudolf Steiner
  • The Kingdom of Childhood by Rudolf Steiner
  • www.sparklestories.com

Grades

  • Waldorf Education: A Family Guide by Pamela Fenner & Karen Rivers
  • School as a Journey: The Eight Year Odyssey of a Waldorf Teacher and His Class by Torin Finser
  • Adventures in Waldorf Education by Brien Masters
  • The Four Temperaments by Rudolf Steiner
  • www.storynory.com

Podcast

  • Kim John Payne's pod cast www.simplicityparenting.com
  • Waldorfy 
  • We Nurture
  • Joyful beginnings

Further Reading

For a wealth of information about Waldorf education, Rudolf Steiner, and anthroposophy, be sure to visit the website for the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA). For information specific to early childhood education, visit the website for Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America (WECAN). You can also read books for free online at the Online Waldorf Library.

 

Film: #KidsonTech

Synopsis

"Parents and teachers around the world struggle with their kids' dependence on devices today. As Covid has forced our kids to rely on technology more than ever, "#KidsOnTech" looks at the impact on children's developing bodies and brains, and asks: "How might we better prepare our kids for this digital world?" Voices from India to the U.S., France to China, Mexico to Japan explore what children need to truly excel in a future dominated by tech, including a Google designer, a German brain scientist, and New York Times journalist, Matt Richtel, whose story on a Silicon Valley school created an international media frenzy. Is tech somehow inherently evil? Should we shield our children from tech at all costs? Certainly not, nor could we if we tried. #KidsOnTech's approach is one of empathic concern for all who are caught up in tech's blinding advance and offers parents a reminder of basic child development and how we can better foster our children's growth and maturity so that they might thrive, not only in tech environments, but in the world itself." Read full synopsis here

 

Executive Producer

Henning Kullak-Ublick

"Speaker of the Board for the Federation of Waldorf Schools and on the board for the Friends of Waldorf Education and International Forum for Steiner/Waldorf Education, Henning collaborated with writer/director, Zehrer to produced a trilogy of documentary films for the 2019 Waldorf Centennial. A co-founder of the German Green Party and a Waldorf class-teacher for 28 years, Henning has authored numerous articles and two books on education and coordinates the Waldorf 2019 Centennial throughout the world." - For more information about this film, please visit the #kidsontech website here.

 

Click the link below to view the Kids on Tech film.

WATCH FILM HERE