Using the power of less to raise happy, secure children
As the pace of life accelerates, with too much stuff and too many choices and too little time, children are feeling the pressure. This book is for parents who want to slow down, but who don't know how and for families with too much stuff and too many choices. Here are four simple steps for de-cluttering, quieting, and soothing family dynamics ......
Steffi Stern brings her inimitable energy and enthusiasm to her second book, intended as a back-to-basics guide to making needle-felted objects. Each project includes very clear steps and photos, and Steffi also instructs the reader on basic techniques that will help them to make many other projects as well.
How can schools become creative hubs for enriching the community, for caring for nature, the landscape and place? This book presents the why, what and how of creative place-based education as action researched successfully by educators for over 20 years in Aurland, Sognafjord Norway, and with the Life Science University nationally. This hands on ......
How music and movement assist brain development in children aged 3-7 years
This book with 2 CDs is a collection of songs, action nursery rhymes and stories that assist child development through movement. Sally Goddard Blythe explains why movement matters for brain development, attention, co-ordination and balance. She also describes the neonatal reflexes and how healthy early years movement transforms ......
Snow is falling on Pettson's farm, and Christmas is approaching. Findus, the talking cat, tells Pettson that he is excited about the Yule Tomte visiting and bringing gifts. Oh dear! thinks Pettson, How can I explain that the Yule Tomte may not visit cats? But Findus is adamant that the Yule Tomte must visit, and because Pettson does not want ......
Creative Form Drawing with Children: Workbook 1 is a form drawing resource for teachers working with ages 6-10. It is designed to be used with the Steiner/Waldorf curriculum from classes one through three, although it will also be valuable to home-educating parents using the Steiner/Waldorf ethos as their base. ......
Thirty years since its original publication, The Children's Year has been a much-loved book that has never been out of print. Now called Making the Children's Year,with colour illustrations and new projects that bring it up to date, it will appeal to a new generation of people keen ......
Step by Step Guide to Water Colour Painting and Colour Theory
The creative, healing power of colour affects us profoundly. Colour Dynamicsreveals the essence of each colour, renewing your ability to see the world afresh. This leads to painting from the heart of each colour. You can feel with Paul Klee who said, Colour has me, colour and I are one. I am a ......
