Description Arts and Crafts in Waldorf Schools makes a case for the importance of creativity and craft-based classes throughout a child’s life in school. Covers all aspects of arts, crafts and handiwork, including woodwork, forestry, metalwork and pottery Written by experienced Waldorf craft teachers Shows how arts and crafts help children to develop on many different levels Written by experienced Waldorf craft teachers, this comprehensive book presents many ideas for craft-based classes and explores the importance of arts and crafts in children’s development. C O N T E N T S Preface Introduction by Michael Martin, Aonghus Gordon, and Wolfgang Schad PART ONE: FROM PLAY TO WORK 1. From play in learning to joy in work / Ernst Bühler 2. The age of “work maturity” / Michael Martin PART TWO: CRAFTS IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL 3. Preface to part two / Michael Martin 4. Getting ready for craft lessons (Class 5) / Johannes Geier 5. Shifting emphasis in craft lessons (Class 6) / Michael Martin 6. Crafts in the Middle School (Classes 5-8) / Walter Dielhenn 7. A forestry main-lesson class trip (Class 7) / Liesel Gudrun Gienapp 8. Reflections on moveable toys (Class 7) / Michael Martin 9. Investigating the nature of wood (Classes 6-8) / Klaus Charisius 10. Artistic elements in the crafts / Michael Martin 11. Color in the craft room / Michael Martin PART THREE: CRAFTS IN THE UPPER SCHOOL 12. Arts and crafts and the human being (Class 10) / Michael Martin 13. Form-giving elements and techniques (Classes 9–12 / Michael Martin 14. Pottery lessons (Classes 9-12) / Gerd von Steitencron 15. Pottery workshops and modelling rooms / Michael Martin 16. The shoemaking block (Class 9) / Gerard Locher 17. Working with metals (Classes 9 and 10) / Herbert Seufert 18. Working with iron / Wolf von Knoblauch 19. Copper and iron workshops / Michael Martin 20. The joinery main-lesson blocks (Classes 9 and 10) / Friedrich Weidler 21. Wood and carpentry workshops / Michael Martin PART FOUR: FORMATIVE ARTISTIC LESSONS IN THE UPPER SCHOOL 22. Lessons in modeling and shaded drawing / Michael Martin 23. Metamorphosis and modeling lessons / Anna-Sophia Gross 24. Working with stone (Classes 10-12) / Rainer Lechler 25. Stone carving in the Upper School (Classes 11 and 12) / Winifred Stuhlmann 26. Woodcarving and art (Class 13) / Uwe Bosse PART FIVE: FURTHER THINKING 27. Work and rhythm / Herbert Seufert 28. Methods in the formative lessons / Michael Martin 29. The influence of work on thinking / Michael Martin 30. An integrated approach to craftwork / Aonghus Gordon Notes Index of activities and materials
