Recommended Reading
The following reading list can help you learn more about Waldorf education and parenting.
Some of these titles are available through our parent library and others at the city library. An asterisk indicates excellent starting material.
* Baldwin Darcy, Rahima. You are Your Child’s First Teacher
Carey, Diana and Judy Large. Festivals, Families and Food
Cooper, Stephanie, Christine Fynes-Clinton and Mary Rowling. The Children’s Year
Coplen, Dotty. Parenting for a Healthy Future
*Cranowitz, Carol. The Out of Sync Child
Cusick, Lina. Waldorf Parenting Handbook
Davy, Gudrun and Bons Voors. Lifeways: Working with Family Questions
* Fenner, Pamela Johnson and Karen L. Rivers, ed. Waldorf Education: A Family Guide
Goddard, Sally. The Well balanced Child
Jaffke, Freya. Work and Play in Early Childhood
Jenkinon, Sally. Genius of Play
Healy, Jane. Endangered Minds
Kane, Franklin. Parents as People
Lievegoed, Bernard. Phases of Childhood
McAllen, Audrey. Sleep
* Oldfield, Lynne. Free to Learn
Oppenheimer, Sharifa. Heaven on Earth
Paterson, Barbara and Pamela Bradley. Beyond the Rainbow Bridge
Querido, Rene. Creativity in Education: The Waldorf Approach
Rawson, Martyn and Michael Rose. Ready to Learn
Rudel, Joan and Siegfried. Education Towards Freedom
* Schaenen, Inda. The Seven o’clock Bedtime
Solter, Aletha J., PhD. Helping Young Children Flourish
Steiner, Rudolf. The Education of the Child
Thompson, John. The Natural Childhood.