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"Inspired by the possibility of children having the Waldorf experience", I am an American living in Asia. My 4 year old attends a Bilingual local school. She can write the script of the local language and the English language. She is beginning to read. She is a happy, happy child. Her school day is 8:30 AM to 4:15 PM. The teachers are loving and compassionate beyond any expectation I might have in America.

Yet when I read this book and several others on Waldorf, I know their is a higher level that education can move from. Dumping data into the head of a four year old is simple and requires low level teaching skills. What Waldorf does is holistic. This book give concrete examples of the dimensions of child development and how to implement education in a way to optimize the entire human being via the learning process. If one has any clue of the nature of the human entity, this book will inspire.


"A great Start", I got this book because I want to homeschool my children using the Waldorf method (as much as possible) and because I wanted to start educating myself on this topic. I found that this book is a very good starting point. It covers a lot but doesn't really go too deep into detail. I also found very helpful all the resources it lists in the back. You can find books for further reading, games, toys, songs, everything! I really enjoyed it and the author's peacefulness and knowledge just shines on every page. I found it a great motivator to really want to use Waldorf education.

"A Pleasant Surpprise", I was pleasantly surprised as I started reading this book. It basically seems to focus on creating a harmonious relationship between children and nature. The authors encourage introducing your children to the four elements (supervising obviously) of earth, wind, fire and water through activities like doing dishes and lighting candles. She puts a large emphasis on what she calls rhythms, or periods of "breathing in and breathing out", alternating periods of energetic play with more managed quiet times. She also encourages a weekly routing to help the child feel more stable and learn the days of the week (wash on Monday, iron on Tuesday, etc).
The only thing I really didn't like in this book is that she is a big fan of redirecting as a means of discipline, and seems to encourage almost a religious (mother nature) view of the earth.
The authors certainly offer a lot of good points and suggestions that I plan to incorporate with my son, so I certainly think that it was well worth the time to read it.

"Lovely and inspiring!", This book is an excellent resource for new parents and parents of young children. It encompasses all of the things a parent knows inately and affirms them in this book. I only wish I had it before I was even pregnant!

"Waldorf goodness...", I have been wondering about Waldorf education for some time. I feel that this book is a great intro. Easy to read, and full of information. I would recommend it to anyone who is looking into Waldorf.

Heather mama of 5

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"excellent ", This book is perfect for those parents who wish to explore the option of alternative education for their children. My husband and I are particularly interested in Waldorf/Steiner education, but I think this book would appeal to parents who may not be leaning toward Waldorf but who simply want something different for their children. It proposes a gentle way of parenting and thinking. I especially appreciated the section on discipline. I highly recommend this book for any parent who is willing to go
just a bit further for their children. It's very enriching.

"Some Useful Ideas, Some Extreme Ones", I agree with the reviewer that said one should take this book with a grain of salt.
The idea of giving a young child lots of time to play and a simple, natural environment to do that in is a good idea. However, we cannot shield our children entirely from the outside world of noisy electronic devices and any kind of machine whatsoever. If you read the book, you get the sense that even playing a CD or using a vacuum cleaner is unhealthy exposure for children seven and under. I think our kids will survive!
The part about leaving your kids at home when going to the mall, if possible, is wise advice. I know my kids' senses get overloaded in those places!
This isn't the most practical of books, but it does gently point the reader toward creating an environment of peace, order, and simplicity for our children to grow up in. We can all lean a bit more in that direction.

"Sweet, needs grain of salt", I like all the talk in this book about "rhythms." Children thrive on routine, and the reminder is stated in picturesque language, and I found it valuable. It even inspired me to rename Tuesday "Clean the Kitchen Day" and Thursday "Clean the Bathroom Day." We'll see how well that holds.

That's about all I got out of the book, though. The author believes, literally, in one guardian angel per person (or maybe some guardian angels do double-duty, one angel per every two or four or twenty people?). I don't, so I had to treat all the angel talk metaphorically. Natural clothing and toys -- all good. Except my family has a history of woolen allergies, and my toddler's skin is sensitive to wool, so I had to ignore all the advice about woolens. No plastic, ever? Yikes. And I guess we shouldn't have given him those little cars and trucks he likes to zoom around, since there should be no toys with wheels; if he wants to play cars, he can push a block around and call it a car. I'm no fan of mechanical toys, either, and the talking and beeping toys tended to scare our son anyway when he was a baby, so we've long since removed the batteries from almost all the toys he received that came with them. But still. His beloved stuffed Elmo and Winnie-the-Pooh dolls should, apparently, be off the list as well. Shapeless, faceless dolls are good; woolen balls are good (not plastic ones, not bouncy ones); wooden blocks are good; strips of cloth are good; sticks and rocks are good. Whee.

I admit to being a skeptic about Rudolf Steiner the Great. He had some on-target ideas about letting children play and encouraging their use of imagination. He also had some pretty wacky ideas, like about past lives and visiting other planets and babies weaning by 8 months so as not to absorb too much of their mother's "essence," or something. He was a teacher, but he was not a pediatrician or scientist. He created a religion of sorts, incorporating some neo-pagan ideas (earth rhythms, cycles), some occult ones (astrology, influence of stars and planets), some pseudo-Christian ones (soul, holiday celebrations), some I think of his own making. He lived 100 years ago; he's bound to have gotten some things wrong. He was not the Messiah; he was a teacher with some sound and some questionable ideas. And so I found all the "Rudolf Steiner says" this and "according to Rudolf Steiner" that a little off-putting. (I've nothing against the man, really. He started some nifty schools. I do admit to getting a little leery when anybody manages to gather Followers who Speak his Name with such Reverence.)

Finally, back to the rhythms and incorporating your children as much as possible into the rhythms of your work at home. One parent in the book asks: "When you discuss the work of parents at home, you don't mean my work at the computer, do you?" This interested me because I work a full-time job at home while also raising our toddler full-time, so my computer time is necessarily woven into the fabric of our day. The author's answer: "No, I am referring to housework." Oh. Well, OK then. If it's not cooking, knitting, cleaning, or candle-making, then it doesn't count as part of the daily work cycle. Where does it lie, then? Something extra, to be done completely out of sight of the child, kept secret and hidden from view, and no participation from the child allowed? (I shall continue to allow him to sit at my feet while I type, playing with his books or maybe with his plastic wheeled cars, or maybe the wooden-block train, or maybe pretending to feed Elmo Cheerios and water from his sippy cup, which he's gotten a big kick out of lately.)

So: It's a pretty book. Soothing, in its way. Might make you feel inadequate, though, if you really don't have the money to constantly buy fresh flowers for the dinner table (a must, by the way) or a natural love for cooking or breadmaking or sewing. And how I'm supposed to let my toddler help while I clean the bathtub, when I have to use a cleaning product I'd rather not let him get on his hands, is beyond me. I did, however, spring $4 for his own mini-broom and dustpan (blue and plastic, just like Mommy's; I doubt he'd settle for the old willow-switch-as-broom), because he so loves to help sweep the floor.


"A Very Good Book For Any Parent To Read....", ...whether you are into Waldorf education or not. I am not a Waldorf purist---meaning I do not send my children to a Waldorf school (I homeschool)or necessarily follow or believe in Rudolf Steiner's philosophy. Yet I have read several Waldorf books on caring for and educating children, because they are very wise as to what children really need. They DON'T need the media, malls, plastic toys, the latest styles in clothes, or a life of being pushed from this lesson to that club. What they DO need is plenty of peace and quiet (AT HOME!!), simplicity in all forms (in their toys, their life schedule, their food, etc.), and they need routine in their day, and they need to be loved and understood and treated like children, not mini adults. The author of this book is such a wonderfully calm woman...I wish she had been my own mother!! She really understands children and what they need. Her calm wisdom just flows from every page of this book. This is an easy book to read, a plus for any busy parent. She speaks of the importance of rhythm in the life of chidren, the importance of play , the importance of calmness, and she has a chapter on creative discipline. Our society is so crazy, it is so hard for adults to cope in this modern lifestyle; think of how much more difficult it can be for children.

A few things she talked about really stood out to me. One was how her one son could come down with a fever after a shopping trip to the mall, because it was too much for him to handle. We need to consider that children need to have QUIET lives! Another thing was that they had an 11 yr. old foster child live with them, and this child said that noone had ever read her a bedtime story. The author loved this child, but because she was ignored and unloved in her earlier years, it was never possible for her to really love or be loved. This brought out the importance of the early years in the life of a child, for they are truly the formative years of a person's character and personality. We cannot afford to ignore the years from birth to age 7. And the one thing that was so neat was that one mother asked the author to suggest what she could get for her preschool son, for the only thing she could think of was a video game. The author suggested a playstand, some cotton cloths, some baskets filled with clothespins, crystals, etc. The mother thought this was weird, but she did it. Well, was she ever surprised that her son LOVED these gifts, and spent all Christmas day playing happily with his sister!! We CAN be simple with our children, and because if it, they CAN be creative and happy. Do yourself and your children a favor and read this book. You'll be glad you did.

"Waldorf for Dummies......just kidding!!! But seriously.....", This is a goooood book. Very inspiring. Easy and quick to read. Well laid out, so I can go back and re-read stuff; like her great reading suggestions! I'm going to throw the word gentle in here. It's as if she's right there holding your hand and encouraging you....I mean me. Good, good, good.