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Hawthorn Press Early Years
Series
Waldorf Games Handbook for the Early Years
Games to Play and Sing with Children Aged 3–7
Kim John Payne, M.Ed., Cory Waletzko and Valerie Baadh Garrett
Foreword by Jane Miller
Contributions by Joan Carr Shimer and Jaimen McMillan
Foreword by Jane Miller
Contributions by Joan Carr Shimer and Jaimen McMillan
Paperback
October 2020
9781912480265
More details
- Publisher
Hawthorn Press - Published
1st October 2020 - ISBN 9781912480265
- Language English
- Pages 224 pp.
- Size 7.5" x 9.7"
$28.00
142 Action, Finger, Circle, Clapping, Beanbag, Chasing, Water, Tumbling, Story, and Singing Games
Waldorf Games Handbook for the Early Years 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.
“Reminds us of the beauty and power of living song and movement. Nourishes children and adults alike as they share the music together.” —Joan Almon, Alliance for Childhood
“What a delightful collection! The wide range of games are described so clearly that it’s easy to fund something to play with a lucky child or group of children. And then you’ll want to play something else, juts because it so much fun to play and sing.” —Rahima Baldwin Dancy, author, You are Your Child’s First Teacher
“Provides parents, nursery caregivers, and teachers with a valuable resource of enjoyable games for preparing children for life.” —Sally Goddard Blythe, author, The Well-Balanced Child
“A child must learn to live within a house of her own making, To tour worlds she has never seen, without her home forsaking. But what bridges realms within, without others have no name? The answer is a shared delight, and is a child’s game.” —Jaimen McMillan, Spacial Dynamics® Institute
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
Kim John Payne, M.Ed.
Kim John Payne, M.Ed., is a leading Waldorf educator in the US, UK, and Australia. He travels to speak to 10,000 to 20,000 parents and teachers each year in North America and worldwide. A former movement teacher, he was a school counsellor and worked as a family counsellor therapist. He researched a drug-free approach to attention deficit disorder and his Social Inclusion Approach for breaking the patterns of bullying has been implemented in hundreds of schools by more than a thousand coaches worldwide. Kim John Payne lives in Massachusetts with his wife Katharine, who illustrated his bestselling book Simplicity Parenting.
Cory Waletzko
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.
Valerie Baadh Garrett
Valerie Baadh Garrett is a movement artist, educator, and therapist working with people of all ages. She has worked in Waldorf Education, Spacial Dynamics® and Agile Aging, as well as teacher training in the U.S. and China.
