Table of Contents

1. Stages of development in early childhood
2. Life and work in a Waldorf kindergarten
3. Handwork in the kindergarten
4. Kindergarten work and the 'mantle' of the child's life forces
5. Setting an example and educating the will

About the Author

Freja Jaffke was born in 1937. She worked at Reutlingen kindergarten in Germany for many years and now lectures throughout the world in teacher training colleges. She is the author of fourteen books and has sold over a quarter of a million copies worldwide.

Reviews

'The book would probably be quite useful to somebody considering a Steiner education as an alternative to a conventional school, as it gives a good description of what goes on in their kindergartens.'
-- Hilary Woolf, Education Otherwise, December 2003