You're not the boss of me! : understanding the six/seven-year-old transformation / Ruth Ker, editor. - xi, 298 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword / Introduction / Pictures of the six/seven-year change -- Observations of the six-year-old change / The birth of the etheric / Dentition: a mirror of the child's development / Seeing the wholeness of the child Is our educational system contributing to attentional and learning difficulties in our children? / Meeting the challenge - the role of the teacher -- Old man trouble / Our role in meeting the children / Soul Milk / Essential oil baths / Extract from Work and play in early childhood / Building the social fabric of a mixed-age kindergarten -- You can't play with me / The six-year old in a mixed-age kindergarten / The raft / The little ones in the classroom / Girls and boys - feminine and masculine / Beer and lollipops / Meeting the child's needs - suggestions for working in the classroom -- A working kindergarten / Creating a flow in time / Sailing our ship in fair or stormy weather / The daily blessing of the older child in the kindergarten / Movement journeys: enticing the older child to intentional movement / The role of handwork / Little red cap: the overcoming of heredity and the birth of the individual / Activities and resources for the classroom -- Mother Goose movement journey / Through the snow: a winter movement journey / Briar rose circle / The gnomes / Star money / The magic lake at the end of the world / The pumpkin child / The legend of Babouschka / Activity ideas for older children in the kindergarten / Transitional games, verses and songs / Jump rope rhymes / Parents as partners -- Waldorf education for the child and parent / Working with parents: ideas for parent meetings / A bouquet of wishes for the Rosemary Kindergarten -- Meetings with parents on the topic of discipline / Working with the will of the young child / How to get a young child to do what you want without talking yourself to death / Handouts for parents / The importance of warmth -- The importance of breakfast -- The importance of sleep -- The meaning of illness -- Fever -- The earache -- Parenting a young child - what my formal education never taught me -- Confronting our shadow -- Product vs. process. Susan Howard -- Ruth Ker -- Ruth Ker -- Nancy Blanning -- Helge Ruof, Jörg Ruof -- Nancy Blanning -- Susan R. Johnson -- Tim Bennett -- Barbara Klocek -- Ruth Ker -- Louise deForest -- Freya Jaffke -- Barbara Klocek -- Laurie Clark -- Louise deForest -- Barbara Klocek -- Louise deForest -- Melissa Borden -- Louise deForest -- Barbara Klocek -- Tim Bennett -- Ruth Ker -- Nancy Blanning -- Barbara Klocek -- Louise deForest -- Nancy Blanning -- Nancy Blanning -- Janet Kellman, after the Brothers Grimm -- Janet Kellman -- Elisabeth Moore-Haas, adapted by Ruth Ker -- adapted by Barbara Klocek -- submitted by Ruth Ker -- adapted by Ruth Ker -- compiled by Nancy Blanning and Ruth Ker -- compiled by Barbara Klocek and Ruth Ker -- compiled by Barbara Klocek and Ruth Ker -- Devon Brownsey -- Ruth Ker and Nancy Blanning -- Louise deForest -- Nancy Blanning -- Nancy Blanning -- Susan R. Johnson :-- Section One. Section Two. Section Three. Section Four. Section Five. Section Six.

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Kindergarten
Readiness for school
Early childhood education.
Waldorf method of education.

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