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Waldorf Education: A Family Guide is filled to the brim with articles both inspiring and informative:

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Foreword  
Denise Torres
     
An Overview of Waldorf Education
     

Waldorf Education and the Social Demands of the 1990s

 
Joan Almon
Learning That Grows With the Learner  
Henry Barnes
Rudolf Steiner: A Sketch of his Life  
John Davy
     
Moving Through the Grades
     
Each Waldorf School is Unique  
Pamela Johnson Fenner
Life in the Kindergarten  
Deborah Meyer
Morning Verse for Grades 1 - 4  
Rudolf Steiner
First Grade  
Barbara Jacquette and Alan Greene
Second Grade  
Manette Teitelbaum
Third Grade  
Daniel Bittleston
Fourth Grade  
Chanticleer
Morning Verse for Grades 5 - 12  
Rudolf Steiner
Fifth Grade  
East Bay Waldorf School
Sixth Grade  
East Bay Waldorf School
Seventh Grade  
Lucille Clemm
Waldorf High School/Upper School  
Betty K. Staley
     
Understanding the Waldorf Curriculum
     
Creating a Balance in Thinking, Feeling, and Willing  
René Querido
Rhythm in the Kindergarten  
Nancy Foster
Knitting and Intellectual Development  
Eugene Schwartz
Role of Temperaments in the Life of a Child  
René Querido
The Beauty of Color  
Manette Teitelbaum
Eurythmy in Education  
Steiner Centre
Literacy, Not Just Reading  
Arthur M Pittis
Drama, A Tool for Learning  
Grace Broussard and Richard Lindley
Waldorf Education and Science  
Clifford Skoog
A Humanist Talks About Waldorf Education  
Joseph Chilton Pearce
     
What About . . . ?
     
Building a Waldorf Community  
Robert Schiappacasse
Religion and Waldorf Education  
Karen Rivers
The Nature of Culture and Multiculturalism in Waldorf Schools  
Jeffrey Kane
Waldorf and Montessori: A Comparison  
Barbara Shell
Teaching an Eight-Year Cycle  
Herbert Saperstein
"It was once so easy to say"  
Richard Betz
Commentary on Waldorf Graduates  
James Shipman
     
Family Life and Waldorf Education
     
Home Life  
Sharifa Oppenheimer
Bringing Nature Inside: Creating a Seasonal Garden  
Carol Petrash
Building a Bridge to Waldorf Fathers  
Jack Petrash
Push-Button Entertainment and the Health of the Soul  
Christopher Belski-Sblendorio
Who Me - Make a Doll?  
Sherry Pimsler
When Your Child Needs Help: To Tutor or Not to Tutor  
Anne Jurika
A Birthday Celebration at School  
Pamela Johnson Fenner
Thoughts on Children's Parties  
Midge Heath
The Unbirthday Party  
Sandra Holland
Rhythm During the Summer  
Karen Rivers
     
Celebrations Through the Year
     
Festivals - Seeds of Renewal  
Philip Wharton
Michaelmas  
Karen Rivers
All Hallow's Even  
Richard Moeschl
Thanksgiving  
Karen Rivers
Advent Garden  
Nancy Foster/Waldorf Kindergarten Association
Advent Wreath  
Gertrud Nelson Mueller
Celebrating Advent in One Classroom  
Anne Jurika
Hanukkah  
Karen Rivers
The Christmas Festival  
Rudolf Steiner
Epiphany  
Karen Rivers
Spring Festivals  
Lucille Clemm
From Passover to Easter  
Karen Rivers
May Day  
Kathryn Hall
Whitsun/Pentecost  
Karen Mortenson
St. John's Tide  
Karen Rivers
     
Appendix
     
Acknowledgments    
Authors and Sources    
Recommendations for Further Reading
What is Anthroposophy?    
Waldorf Resources    
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