Resource List
Community Library
Little Farm School has a number of books about education, parenting, family life and Anthroposophy—the philosophy underlying Waldorf education. Several books are displayed on the shelf in the mudroom. Parents and friends are encouraged to borrow books.
Below you can find a list of recommended reading materials for parents.
Recommended Reading for Parents
Early Childhood
Beyond the Rainbow Bridge - Barbara Patterson
Work and Play in Early Childhood - Freya Jaffke
The Disappearance of Childhood — N. Postman
The Incarnating Child — J. Salter
Childhood: A Study of the Growing Soul — C. von Heydebrand
The Young Child: Creative Living with 2-4 Year Olds — D. Udo de Haes
Brothers & Sisters — K. Koenig
You Are Your Child’s First Teacher — Rahima Baldwin Dancy
The Genius of Play - Sally Jenkinson
Early Childhood Education/Care
Home Away from Home: LifeWays Care of Children and Families – Aldinger & O’Connell
The Education of the Child - Rudolf Steiner
Miseducation: Preschoolers at Risk — D. Elkind
Kingdom of Childhood — R. Steiner
The Way of the Child — S. Harwood
The Recovery of Man in Childhood — A. Harwood
Nokken - A Danish Approach to Waldorf-based Child Care - Helle Heckman
The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon — D. Elkind
Fairy Tales
The Wisdom of Fairy Tales — R. Meyer
The Uses of Enchantment — B. Bettelheim
Festivals and Family Life
Festivals with Children — B. Barz
Celebrating the Festivals with Children — F. Lenz
Festivals, Family, & Food — D. Carey and J. Large
The Children’s Year — S. Cooper, C. Fynes-Clinton, and M. Rowling
The Christian Year — E. Capel
The Spiritual Tasks of the Homemaker - Manfred Schmidt-Brabant
Lifeways: Working with Family Questions — G. Davy & B. Voors, eds.
More Lifeways — P. Smith and S. Eklund Schaefer
Sing a Song with Baby – songbook and CD - Mary Schunemann
This is the Way We Work-A-Day – songbook and CD - Mary Schunemann
Rudolf Steiner
The Essential Steiner — R. McDermott, ed.
Toys and Play
The Doll Book: Soft Dolls & Creative Free Play — K. Neuschutz
The American Boy’s Handybook — D. Beard
The American Girl’s Handybook — D. Beard
Toymaking with Children - Freya Jaffke
Painting with Children — B. Muller
Children at Play: Preparation for Life — H. Britz-Crecelius
TV
What to Do After You Turn Off the TV — Frances Moore Lappe and Family
Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television — J. Mander
Unplugging the Plug-in-Drug — M. Large
Who’s Bringing Them Up? — M. Large
Amusing Ourselves to Death — N. Postman
Waldorf Education
School as a Journey — T. Finser
Toward Wholeness: Rudolf Steiner Education in America — M. C. Richards
Education towards Freedom — A. Klingborg and F. Carlgren
Teaching as a Lively Art — M. Spock
Waldorf Education: A Family Guide — P. Johnson Fennert and K. Rivers
