Childhood falls silent : the loss of speech and how we need to foster speaking and communication in the electronic age / Rainer Patzlaff.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: [UK] : Kindling, 2007Description: 19 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Other title:
  • Loss of speech and how we need to foster speaking and communication in the electronic age
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 371.391 23
Summary: "This booklet, translated from German, gives a strong picture of the loss of speech and language abilities in children today, explains why technically transmitted speech diminishes brain function, and encourages us to counter it with life-giving, humanly connected speech." -- waldorfbooks.com
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Title from cover.

"Dr. Rainer Patzlaff is a teacher at the Waldorf School in Stuttgart, and a member of the board of the Association of Waldorf Schools in Germany. This essay was originally translated for and published in Kindling, the UK Journal for Steiner Early Childhood." - Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

"This booklet, translated from German, gives a strong picture of the loss of speech and language abilities in children today, explains why technically transmitted speech diminishes brain function, and encourages us to counter it with life-giving, humanly connected speech." -- waldorfbooks.com

Translated from the German.

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