Under the Stars: Foundations of Steiner Early Childhood Education: Collected Essays

Under the Stars is a cutting-edge anthology of profound and thought provoking articles on the foundations of Steiner Waldorf Early Childhood Education. Renate Long-Breipohl explores Steiner's holistic understanding of children from a spiritual, psychological and physical perspective. Her research draws on her lifelong experience as kindergarten educator. She believes that good educators, like good cooks, need principles rather than 'Waldorf recipes', so as to deepen their observation of children, their practice and their self development.

Chapters include: Recognizing and Nurturing the Life Forces of Young Children. Thinking and the Consciousness of the Young Child. Development and the Education of the Will. Moral Education in Early Childhood. Relationships in Early Childhood-Attachment, Separation and Individualisation. Children in the Modern World. Moving with Soul supporting Movement Development in the Early Years. Self-directed Play in Early Childhood. Arts in the Kindergarten. Self Development and Observation. Under the Stars: Incarnation as a Guide to Self Development.