Making Waldorf Crafts: Step-by-Step Crafts for Children from 6 to 8 Years

by Nina Taylor

Overview

This is a book to guide young people through making things on their own (with a little help or guidance from an adult if needed) with few words and plenty of pictures to follow. As mainstream and Steiner-Waldorf curriculums are under more pressure to fulfill academic goals, these projects will provide opportunities to connect with the natural world, develop dexterity, hand-eye co-ordination and creativity with a series of tried and tested, age-appropriate projects to gradually build on skills and techniques. Featuring ways to make useful and personalized items, the projects and techniques are accompanied by stories and anecdotes with a narrative that will help children to relate. Practical craft projects suitable for children aged 6–8 years, classes 1 and 2 of Steiner-Waldorf school to follow on their own or with support. Tips and techniques for teaching are included along with charming rhymes, anecdotes and stories to keep children engaged.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781912480395
Publisher:	Hawthorn Press
Publication date:	02/15/2022
Series:	Crafts and family Activities
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	6 - 8 Years

About the Author

Nina Taylor has spent thirty years in Steiner-Waldorf settings as a Handwork Teacher in Canterbury, and qualified Steiner-Waldorf Class Teacher, training at Rudolf Steiner House. She is Tutor/Facilitator for the UK Waldorf Handwork Teacher Training course and not least a grandmother of triplet girls and a grandson, and enjoys watching their quite different characters develop.

Table of Contents

Foreword Jill Tina Taplin 6

About this book 7

Introduction 8

How to use this book 11

Where to begin? 13

Let's make our own story 16

Let's twist to make yarn 18

Let's wake up our fingers and thumbs 20

Let's make rabbits - magic slipknots 22

Let's make your own drop spindle 24

Let's make your own knitting needles 26

The Projects 29

Let's knit a rainbow 30

Let's make a rainbow ball 36

Threading a needle 39

Let's knit a iamb 42

Let's try finger knitting 45

Let's sew a handwork bag 50

Tying a starting knot 51

Let's make a twisted cord 52

Tying a bow/Tie your own shoelaces 54

Let's sew a pins and needles case 56

Let's make a plait 57

Let's knit a cockerel 58

Keeping track of your knitting 59

Let's knit a gnome 64

Let's try stocking stitch 68

Let's knit a hare 75

Let's make a pompom rabbit 78

Let's knit an owl 79

Let's knit a cat 83

Let's knit a rabbit 87

Let's knit a donkey 90

Let's make a flute case 95

Take your needle for walk 96

Let's keep a handwork diary 100

Projects while you wait 103

Let's make a Class One handwork sack 104

Let's make a colourful snail shell hanging 107

Weaving in the round 109

Now let's weave a bowl or a basket 114

Let's make a tortoise with a woven shell 115

Let's weave a rainbow 117

Your handwork space 119

Teacher's handwork toolkit 122

Health and safety 123

Resources 124

Suppliers 125

Acknowledgements 126