By Elizabeth Auer

• Shares the benefits to children's development of integrating arts and practical handwork into academic learning. For Years 1 to 8 (age 6 to 14) in the Steiner-Waldorf curriculum.

Integrating arts and practical handwork into academic learning can have a wealth of benefits for children and their development.

An experienced Waldorf crafts and class teacher here shares her extensive experience of doing hands-on activities with children aged 6 to 14, in a school context. She wishes to share the contents with teachers everywhere in classrooms as well as in home-school settings. The joy and benefits of integrating arts into academic learning are reflected in its wealth of practical advice of all kinds.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Creativity
3. The Early Years:
4. Grade One
5. Grade Two
6. Grade Three
7. Grade Four
8. Grade Five
9. Middle School:
10. Grade Six
11. Grade Seven
12. Grade Eight

Appendices:

• Main Lesson Book Binding
• Painting the Hebrew Myth of Creation
• Veiling the Cave
• Navajo Loom Instructions
• Grade Four Dioramas
• Resources
• Bibliography

About the Author

Elizabeth Auer has a background in illustration and design, and has illustrated several books. She was a Waldorf class teacher, and runs Waldorf arts workshops. She lives in New Hampshire.

Publisher: Waldorf Publications
Pages: 96
Size: 278 x 215 mm
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781936367221
Publication date: 2011/1/1