Note: Contact information for publishers and book distributors is at the end of the bibliography.

I. An Introduction to Waldorf Early Childhood Education
Baldwin, Sarah, Nurturing Children and Families: One Model of a Parent-Child Program in a Waldorf School, WECAN Books.
Foster, Nancy, In a Nutshell: Dialogues with Parents at a Waldorf Kindergarten, WECAN Books
Glöckler, Michaela, The Dignity of the Young Child: Care and Training for the First Three Years, WECAN Books.
Grunelius, Elizabeth, Early Childhood Education and the Waldorf School Plan, RSC.
Heckmann, Helle, Childhood's Garden, WECAN Books
Jaffke, Freya, Work and Play in Early Childhood, AP, and Toymaking with Children, AP and RSC.
Male, Dot, The Parent and Child Group Handbook: A Steiner/Waldorf Approach, HP
Oldfield, Lynne, Free to Learn: Introducing Steiner Waldorf Early Childhood Education, Hawthorne Press.
Patterson, Barbara and Bradley, Beyond the Rainbow Bridge, Michaelmas Press.
Peck, Betty Kindergarten Education, Hawthorn Press

Raichle, Bernadetee, Creating a Home for Body, Soul and Spirit - a new approach to child care, WECAN Books

Other WECAN Books: An Overview of the Waldorf Kindergarten, A Deeper Understanding of the Waldorf Kindergarten,
Zahlingen, Bronja, A Lifetime of Joy

II. The Development of the Young Child
Aeppli, Willi, The Care and Development of the Human Senses, AP.
Baldwin, Rahima, You are Your Child’s First Teacher, AP and RSC.

Blanning, Nancy, ed. First Grade Readiness, Resources, Insights and tools for Waldorf Educators, WECAN Books
de Haes, Daniel Udo , The Young Child: Creative Living with 2-4 Year Olds, AP.
Heydebrand, Caroline von, Childhood: A Study of the Growing Soul, AP and RSC.
Evans, Russell, Helping Children to Overcome Fear: The Healing Power of Play, HP.
Glas, Norbert, Conception, Birth and Early Childhood, AP.
Goebel, Wolfgang, and Michaela Glöckler, A Guide to Child Health, AP

Jenkinson, Sally, The Genius of Play: Celebrating the Spirit of Childhood, HP.
Jaffke, Freya, ed. On the Play of the Child: Indications by Rudolf Steiner for Working With Young Children, WECAN Books.

Ker, Ruth, ed. You're Not the Boss of Me! Understanding the Six/Seven Year Old Transformation, WECAN Books.
Köhler, Henning, Working with Anxious, Nervous and Depressed Children, AWSNA.
König, M.D., Karl, Brothers and Sisters: A Study in Child Psychology, AP and RSC; The First Three Years of the Child, AP, Eternal Childhood, AP.
Mitchell, David, ed., Developmental Insights: Discussions between Doctors and Teachers, AWSNA Publications.
Linden, M.D., Wilhelm zur, When a Child is Born – A Guide to Natural Mothering, Pregnancy, Birth and Early Childhood, AP.
Lievegoed, Bernard, Phases of Childhood, AP and RSC.
Meyerkort, Margaret and Rudi Lissau, The Challenge of the Will, RSCP. 
Salter, Joan, The Incarnating Child and Mothering with Soul, AP.
Strauss, Michaela, Understanding Children’s Drawings, AP 
Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America: The Developing Child – The First Seven Years; Working with the Angels – The Young Child and the Spiritual World

III. Activities for Young Children in the Kindergarten and at Home
Baldwin, Rahima, You are Your Child’s First Teacher, AP and RSC.
Barz, Brigitte, Festivals with Children, Gryphon House.
Britz-Crecelius, Heidi, Children at Play: A Preparation for Life, Park St. Press.
Carey, Diana and Judy Large, Festivals, Family and Food, AP and RSC, and Celebrating Festivals Around the World, AP.
Clouder, Christopher and Nicol, Janni: Creative Play for your Baby Gaia Books (Octopus Publishing Group)
Cooper, Stephanie, et. al, The Children’s Year, AP and RSC.
Davy, Gudrun and Bons Voors, eds. Lifeways – Working with Family Questions, AP and RSC.
Druitt, Ann, All Year Round, AP.
Ellersiek, Wilma, Giving Love – Bringing Joy; Gesture Games for Spring and Summer; Hand Gesture Games for Autumn and Winter, WECAN Books.
Finger Plays, Fifty-two finger plays, MP.
Fitzjohn, Sue, Minda Weston, and Judy Large, Festivals Together, HP.
Foster, Nancy, the Acorn Hill anthologies, Dancing As We Sing and Let Us Form A Ring, WECAN Books.
Graf,Emma, Cooking with Grains, Interaction, UK.
Haller, I., How Children Play, AP.
Jacobs, Rita, Music for Young Children, AP.
Knierim, Julius, Quintenlieder, Introduction to the Mood of the Fifth, for adults who wish to sing, play, and dance with their young children in the kindergarten or at home, RSC.
Lebret, Elisabeth, Pentatonic Songs, OP.
Leenwen, M. van and J. Moeskops, The Nature Corner, AP and RSC.
Lenz, Friedel, Celebrating the Festivals with Young Children, AP.
Mellon, Nancy, Storytelling with Children, HP
Meyers, Sarah E., Recipes from the Old Mill: Baking with Whole Grains, Good Books.
Müller, Rudolf, Painting with Children, AP and RSC.
Neuschutz, Karin, The Doll Book: Soft Dolls and Creative Play, OP.
Peckham, Margaret, Fairy Tales and Nature Stories, RSC and MP.
Petrash, Carol, Earthways: Simple Environmental Activities for Young Children, AP and RSC.
Reinckens, Sunnhild, Making Dolls, AP.
Russ, Johanna, Clump-a-Dump and Snickle-Snack, pentatonic songbook, MP.
Schunemann, Mary, The Wonder of Lullabies, The Christmas Star, Sing a Song of Seasons, The Singing Baby. Naturally You Can Sing Productions.
Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring, Spindrift, Gateways. Collection of songs, stories and verses from the British kindergartens, Wynstones Press.
Bronja Zahlingen, Plays for Puppets and Marionettes, WECAN Books.

IV. Lectures and Writings by Rudolf Steiner on Education
*The Education of the Child in the Light of Anthroposophy, 1909, AP and RSC. Short introduction to Waldorf education and child development.
*The Essentials of Education, 5 lectures, Stuttgart, April 1924, OP. Development of the child, the task of the teacher, the “bodily religion” of the young child, relationship of teacher and child, curriculum.
*The Foundations of Human Experience (formerly The Study of Man), 14 lectures, Stuttgart, August-September 1919, AP and RSC. Difficult, fundamental lectures on the physical, soul and spirit organization of the child, and on the psychology of education.
*The Kingdom of Childhood, 7 lectures in Torquay, England, August 1924, AP and RSC. Child development and Waldorf education. Includes the incarnation process, child as a sense organ, imitation, development of fantasy, the kindergarten, as well as teaching main lessons, numbers, plants and animals.
*The Roots of Education, 5 lectures, Berne, April 1924, Steinerbooks. Development of the child, the task of the teacher, the “bodily religion” of the young child, relationship of teacher and child, curriculum.
*Soul Economy and Waldorf Education, 16 lectures, Dornach, Christmas 1921-22, AP and RSC. Lectures on phases of child development, health and illness, aesthetic, physical, religious and moral education. Includes “The Child Before the Seventh Year” and “Knowledge of Man as a Basis for Education.”
Spiritual Insights, compiled by Helmut von Kügelgen, spiritual content for the kindergarten teacher from the work of Rudolf Steiner, WECAN Books.

Publishers
AWSNA – Assn. of Waldorf Schools of North America, 3911 Bannister Rd., Fair Oaks, CA, 95628 USA ++1 (916) 961-0927, fax: (916) 961-0715, email: publications@awsna.org web site: www.WhyWaldorfWorks.org.
AP – Anthroposophic Press, P.O. Box 960, Herndon, VA 20172-0960, USA ++1-(800) 856-8664, fax: (800) 277-7947
email: service@anthropress.org web site: www.anthropress.org.

CV – Camphill Village USA, The Gift Shop, 104 Camphill Village Road, Copake, NY 12516, (518) 329-4811, fax: 518-329-0377
email: camphill@taconic.net web site: www.camphillvillage.org.

FL – Floris, 15 Harrison Gardens, Edinburgh EH11 1SH England.
www.florisbooks.co.uk

Gaia Books, USA: Sterling Publishing Co, Inc. England: 2-4 Heron Quays, London, E14 4JP

HP – Hawthorne Press, 1 Lansdown Lane, Lansdown, Stroud, Glos., GL5 1BJ England. www.hawthornpress.com

MP – Mercury Press, 241 Hungry Hollow Road, Spring Valley, 10977 USA, ++1 (845) 425-9357, fax: ++1 (845) 425-2107.

RSC – Rudolf Steiner College Bookstore, 9200 Fair Oaks Blvd., Fair Oaks, CA 95628 USA, ++1(916) 961-8729, fax: ++1 (916) 961-3032
email: bookstore@steinercollege.edu web site: www.steinercollege.edu

RSP – Rudolf Steiner Press Hillside House, The Square,, Forest Row, E.Sussex, RH18 5ES England
Email: office@rudolfsteinerpress.com

SSF – Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship, Kidbrook Park, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5JA England
Info@steinerschoolbooks.com

WECAN Books – Waldorf Early Childhood Association, 285 Hungry Hollow Road, Spring Valley, NY 10977, USA, ++1 (845) 352-1690, fax: ++1 (845) 352-1695 email: info@waldorfearlychildhood.org
web site: www.waldorfearlychildhood.org


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Bob and Nancy’s Bookshop, USA
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Booksource, UK
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Botton Books, UK
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