Books published by HAWTHORN PRESS

The what, why and how of storytelling and storywork to promote environmental mindfulness and sustainable behaviour in adults and children. Written by 21 cutting-edge professionals working in story-based learning and pro-environmental change.

This book offers simple alternatives to mass-produced, shop-bought, highly packaged goods. Includes positive projects to help you to take back control of your waste and reduce our impact on the environment.

142 Action, Finger, Circle, Clapping, Beanbag, Chasing, Water, Tumbling, Story, and Singing GamesWaldorf Games Handbook for the Early Years is a handy guide to playing games with young children. This classic game book offers a handy resource for parents, teachers, forest school educators, and play leaders. The games are tried and tested and draw on worldwide Steiner and Waldorf-inspired education, in which the "work" of children is their play. Child development is explored and how this is aided by a rich treasury of games--action, finger, circle, clapping, beanbag, chasing, water, tumbling, story, and singing games. Includes both traditional favorites and new games created to engage with challenging behavior.Each game is clearly and simply described, with diagrams and drawings showing how to play. The games weave rhythms, movement, songs, stories, and pictures and invite children into worlds of vibrant wonder.These games help children feel at ease in their bodies, build relationships and enjoy playing.

This book with 2 CDs is a collection of songs, action nursery rhymes and stories that assist child development through movement

This book is an essential guide for anyone interested in the popular craft of needle-felting. Whether you are completely new to needle-felting or an experienced felter, this book has something to offer, from precise instructions to creative inspiration.

Margaret Bloom's new book introduces pegdoll-based craft projects that will inspire all the family.

Why creative form drawing with Children? The purpose, benefits and learning outcomes for children. Form drawing and countering screen effects. Origins and development. Rudolf Steiner's original exercises.

Each story in this collection begins with an undesirable or out-of-balance situation and, through the use of metaphor and an imaginative story journey, leads to a more desirable resolution. In this way, the stories also have the potential for nurturing positive values.

The author's three workbooks offer a thorough, step-by-step guide to form drawing. As Brunelleschi, the Renaissance architect said, "The lines and forms are visible signs of divine gestures. Learn to understand them and you will comprehend how God created the world."Anyone wanting to develop their drawing skills, including artists, teachers, and students, will enjoy the creative challenge of form drawing. Regular practice can help discover what the art of line can mean. Drawing skills are developed through systematic exercises, and can develop self-confidence, balance, and tranquillity. Simple form drawing is used inWaldorf schools as a companion discipline to handwriting and drawing skills. It offers a healthy antidote to screen culture.Form drawing is an artistic activity using the art of line. It dates back to the ancient mysteries and flourished in the early Middle Ages as well as wood and stone carvings all over Europe, such as the Celtic sun crosses. Form drawing is found in many tribal cultures as the ornamentation of the body, clothes and buildings.

Margaret Bloom's book introduces these irristible pegdoll craft projects that will inspire all the family.

Poetry and meditations on the themes of death, bereavement and hope. This collection stems from personal experience and touches upon the entirety of the human experience.

Creative form drawing is a fascinating and meaningful artistic activity for health and wellbeing. It helps with focus and is fun. It engages the right brain by getting into the flow of color, form, and movement. It offers the opportunity for personal creativity, using stunning, colorful forms to stimulate originality. Creative form drawing can be energizing and relaxing, calming and enlivening, and a valuable aid to harmonizing body and soul. This first creative form drawing book for adults features fourfold patterns of increasing challenge, featuring Celtic, Moorish, Native American, and Buddhist patterns and encourages the development of new forms. The forms have symmetry--balance between left and right and between above and below, connecting the center with the periphery while providing stability and harmony. Some forms are rhythmic, with patterns that move in flowing rhythms and lines. Other forms are inspired organically by nature's colors and formations. Flowers provide inspiring ideas for color combinations and new forms. Drawing with line, form, color, and beauty is a balancing, healing, and enlivening process. Originally developed by Rudolf Steiner, creative form drawing is widely used in Waldorf education to support healthy development and learning of children of all ages, aiding eye-hand coordination, balance, confident movement, observation, and drawing skills.

Over 20 patterns and design ideas for creating your own needle-felted animals

Telling stories awakens wonder and creates special occasions with children, whether it is bedtime, around the fire or on rainy days. Encouraging you to spin golden tales, Nancy Mellon shows how you can become a confident storyteller and enrich your family with the power of story.

Keeping the vegetable garden safe from the farm animals proves a hard task for Findus and Pettson.