Description
Table of Contents
Why singing, movement and play matters - Sally Goddard Blythe
Foreword - Jane Miller
Moving from Me to We - Jaimen McMillan
Movement and Learning - Valerie Baadh Garrett
About Playing these Games - Joan Carr Shimmer
Introduction - Kim John Payne
Games categories:
- Chapter 1: Age 3 - 6
- Finger Games
- Circle Games
- Age 4 -5
- Age 5 – 6
- Chapter 2: Age 6 - 7
- Clapping Games
- Beanbag Games
- Chasing Games
- Counting Out Rhymes
- String Games
- Chapter 3: Water Games, Snow Games and Indoor/Rainy Day Games
- Water Games
- Age 3 - 5
- Age 6 -7
- Snow Games
- Indoor/Rainy Day Games
- Water Games
- Chapter 4: Mixed Age Games
- Skipping Games
- Running Through the Rope
- Creating Your Own Rhymes
- Skipping Games
About the Author
Kim John Payne is a leading Steiner Waldorf educator. His social inclusion approach for breaking down the patterns of bullying has been implemented in hundreds of schools. He researched a drug free approach to tackling Attention Deficit Disorder. His books, Games Children Play and Simplicity Parenting are best sellers. Father of two, he lives with his family in Massachusetts.
Cory Waletzko was a professional dancer, actor and musician before becoming a movement and games educator at Upper Valley Waldorf School in Quechee, Vermont. As a Spacial Dynamics Institute graduate and adjunct faculty member at Antioch University, she has trained trainers in Movement Education and mentored games and movement educators. She works with social inclusion in public and private schools across North America.
Valerie Baadh Garrett is a movement artist, educator and therapist working with people of all ages. She worked in Waldorf Education, Spacial Dynamics and Agile Aging, also teacher training in the USA and China.