Rhythms Unit Booklist
updated January 5, 2020
Art
The Great Clay Adventure: Creative Handbuilding Projects For Young Artists
by Ellen Kong
"Educating the Feeling-will in the Kindergarten,"
an excerpt (PDF)
from
Educating the Will
by Michael Howard
The entirety of Michael Howard's book is also now available online as a FREE PDF download from the Online Waldorf Library. It and
Handwork and
Handicraft: Indications
by Rudolf Steiner (also available online for FREE) were the two required readings for my Waldorf Handwork teacher training.
Handwork
The Nature Corner: Celebrating the Year's Cycle with Seasonal Tableaux
by M v Leeuwen & J Moeskops
Spring: Nature Activities for Children
by
Imgard Kutsch and Brigitte Walden
Music & Movement
The Massage Deck: 50 Soothing Massage Techniques
by Katy Dreyfuss
Nature
Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots: Gardening Together with Children
by Sharon Lovejoy
Play
How Children Play
by Ingeborg Haller
Looking Forward
by Molly von Heider
This book also includes a section called "Gardening with Children," by Hugh Peters and Fiona von Heider.
Stories
A House for Hermit Crab
by Eric Carle
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
by Paul Fleischman
Song of the Swallows
by Leo Politi
I am a Bunny
by Ole Risom
Where Butterflies Grow
by Joanne Ryder
In Every Moon There is a Face
by Charles Mathes
Pancakes, Pancakes!
by Eric Carle
As Big as You
by Elaine Greenstein
or
The Summerfolk
by Doris Burn
And the Good Brown Earth
by Kathy Henderson
When Clay Sings
by Byrd Baylor
When the Wind Stops
by Charlotte Zolotow
Child of Faerie, Child of Earth
by Jane Yolen
The Lion and the Little Red Bird
by Elisa Kleven
Badger's Parting Gifts
by Susan Varley
For read-alouds at bedtime:
 
 
 
 
All of these books are by Reg Down. Since the writing of this unit, he has published more! Here's the complete list from my 2018 blog post: The Tiptoes Books
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