WECAN Press

Transitions in Childhood from Birth to 14 Years

A collection of key lectures from WECAN conferences 2014-2016 on how to help young children develop and how to support their caregivers.

A clear and succinct summary of the anthroposophical view of child development from birth to three.

Identifies and explores the seven physiological life processes and how they relate to the healthy development of children.

A delightful collection of stories from the members and friends of WECAN.

For Working with Young Children - Selected by Freya Jaffke

A comprehensive look at the use of fairy tales in kindergartens, offering insight and advice to early years educators.

from birth through age seven

This little book gathers 24 delightful stories from all corners of the globe, along with 10 delicious recipes.

Let's Dance and Sing!

Social Games for Young Children

In this beautifully illustrated journal, author and photographer Margaret Loescher chronicles the year she spent leading an outdoor parent-and-child group in Lincolnshire, England.

Movement Journeys and Circle Adventures is filled with songs and movementactivities for young children geared towards development of healthy senses.

A wonderful collection of songs, verses and games for parents, which encourage the use of the voice for healthy child development.

These guidelines aim to look widely and deeply at questions of human development, and to honor the individuality of each child, as is the pledge of Waldorf education.

A second volume of Wilma Ellersiek's wonderful seasonal gesture games, fingerplays, and songs in the mood of the fifth.

This book is a rich compilation of verses, finger games, stories and plays for puppets and marionettes, collected by a longtime teacher at the Rudolf Steiner Kindergarten in Vienna, Austria.

Movement Journeys and Circle Adventures is filled with songs and movementactivities for young children geared towardsdevelopment of healthy senses.

An essential compilation of articles on the vital years between birth and three.

This collection of articles, stories, songs, circles, and puppet plays provides thoughtful reflections on the cycle of the year and on the nature of each season, along with many practical ideas and materials to bring into the classroom.

Verses and writings by Rudolf Steiner for the inner work of the teacher, through the day, through the year, through life. This volume contains many essential verses, meditations, and exercises for inner development.

Please, Can We Play Games? offers the author’s forty years of creating, collecting, and playing traditional and original verses, songs, and games for early childhood circle time or home play.

A comprehensive guide to mentoring, a process of mutual learning between early childhood teachers.

A Spanish translation of selections from several volumes of Gesture Games by Wilma Ellersiek.