An Illustrated Kalevala
ISBN 9781782506430
Regular price $44.95 Sale price $42.00 Save 7%Myths and Legends from Finland
Kirsti Mäkinen; Illustrated by Pirkko-Liisa Surojegin; Translated by Kaarina Brooks
Encounter magical shamans, mighty eagles and terrifying beasts in this lavishly illustrated, adaptation of the classic Finnish epic.
This superb prose retelling of Finland's national folk saga is brought to life with exquisitely detailed artwork of magical creatures, snowy mountains, adventurous heroes and dark forests by renowned illustrator Pirkko-Liisa Surojegin.
Thrilling and inspiring, An Illustrated Kalevala is the perfect collection to share and give a lifetime of enjoyment to children and adults alike.
Recommended for readers ages 8-16. Ideal for students in Grade 4 Waldorf education.
Hardcover, 160 pages. 234 x 210 mm.
Floris Books.
You and Your Teenager, Understanding the Journey
ISBN 9780863159992
Regular price $45.65 Sale price $35.00 Save 23%by Jeanne Meijs; Translated by Philip and Barbara Mees
Teenagers are in the midst of an incredible adventure of the soul that forms the foundation of their adulthood."
The teenage years can be a challenging time, but family therapist Jeanne Meijs sees teenagehood as a journey along a path, a journey that parents and teenagers can travel together. This book helps parents to understand the journey, and how to support their child along the way.
As the relationship between parents and teenagers changes and develops, it can feel as if the child is rejecting all usual forms of love and care. Meijs explores how to find new kinds of love, as well as encouraging parents to examine their own teenage years and how that time affects their approach to their own children's teenagehood.
The book includes sections on teenage excess, approaches to passivity and boredom in teens, sexuality, difficult behavior (including addiction), being a teenager in a digital age, and issues that arise from divorce.
You and Your Teenager is both a considered overview of teenagehood, and a thoroughly practical and down-to-earth book from which parents can draw strength, inspiration and guidance.
Softcover, 288 pages.
Floris Books.
Jeanne Meijs is a family therapist who works with children and teenagers, and their parents. Her work is informed by the ideas of Rudolf Steiner who advocated a 'whole child' approach to raising children. She has written several parenting books; she lives in the Netherlands.
Calm Kids
ISBN 9780863158629
Regular price $28.95 Sale price $25.00 Save 14%by Lorraine E. Murray
Practical guidance for parents and teachers on how to help children with behavioural and attention difficulties.
'At school, we believe education should touch the whole child. This includes the physical, emotional, spiritual, social and cognitive aspects of the child's life. We teach children quietness as a skill to reflect and recharge their inner lives. Lorraine Murray helped us on this journey.'
-- Sheila Laing, Head Teacher
Stress and behavioural disorders are common in children, who are increasingly bombarded by marketing campaigns, faced with school and peer pressure, and able to sense the stress of adults around them.
Mindfulness and meditation can help children recognise and cope with these pressures, releasing bad feelings gently and giving them simple tools to deal with tension and stress throughout their lives. In this practical and inspiring book, Lorraine Murray shows parents, teachers and youth workers how to lead fun and peaceful meditation sessions with children.
Lorraine explains a variety of different approaches, from meditations around daily activities for busy families, to ideas for group 'quietness' sessions in schools. She provides fun, tactile rhymes for toddlers to help them calm down before bedtime, and suggests ways to help teenagers reduce anxiety. She goes on to explain how these methods can help children with ADHD and those on the autistic spectrum, giving a range of case studies.
This book is suitable for complete beginners, or those with some experience of relaxation and meditation techniques. It offers all the advice needed to lead sessions with children, whilst encouraging the reader to adapt and develop their own ways of helping children to feel calmer, happier and more peaceful.
Softcover, 160 pages. 234 x 156 mm.
Floris Books, 2012.
'Her meditation techniques are simple, sound, and cleverly age appropriate; whether you try them on your Y10 tutor group, or yourself, you could see some rather astonishing results.'
-- Teach Secondary
'In an age when children are constantly stimulated and have very little opportunity to practice silence, this book is a welcome contribution.'
-- David Lorimer, Scientific and Medical Network Review
'In this practical and inspiring book, Lorraine Murray shows how to lead fun and peaceful meditation sessions with children. She provides fun, tactile rhymes for toddlers to help them calm down before bedtime, and suggests ways to help teenagers reduce anciety ... This book is suitable for complete beginners, or those with some experience of relaxation and meditation techniques.'
-- Green Parent
'This book is well balanced, and it gives a clear background rationale for the use of meditation with children ... The book facilitates the reader's understanding of the topic area in an easily accessible way, as well as giving them the skills to be able to use meditation and develop meditations for their children ... It would be good for parents to read, as well as benefiting people working with children. The book is easy to read and mostly jargon-free, making it readily accessible.' -- www.youthinmind.info
Lorraine E. Murray is Managing Director of holistic health company Feel Good Therapies. Since 2003 she has taught meditation and relaxation methods to all ages and levels, and has worked with Maggie's centres for cancer, numerous primary and secondary schools, commercial corporations and individual families. Her passion is to help children strengthen their self-esteem through meditation and mindfulness, and to empower adults to help them.
Weaving with Children
ISBN 9781782500193
Regular price $30.50 Sale price $28.95 Save 5%By Ute Fischer; Translated by Anna Cardwell
Weaving is a creative and practical art that's great fun for all ages and abilities. This original book shows you how to weave a wonderful variety of objects -- special jewellery, a pretty bag, juggling balls, a snug scarf and even a scary spider in its web.
Some of the items have handy everyday uses -- a phone pocket, a mug warmer and a coin purse -- and some are just great fun -- fairyland mushrooms, a dreamcatcher and an Easter hen.
Each enjoyable project is accompanied by easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions and colour photos showing children how to weave with a variety of materials from traditional wool, to rags and plastic bags.
Ideal for parents or teachers, the projects are most suitable for children aged 7 to 14 years old; although a pattern for a pom-pom which may be introduced in junior kindergarten age, and then simple weaving, eg, for a wide belt, which may be introduced in senior kindergarten is also included.
Softcover, 104 pages, with full colour illustrations. 229 x 210 mm.
Floris Books.
'This book brings a new dimension to weaving. It would really appeal to an artistic child.'
Home Education Advisory Service
The Age of Revolution
ISBN 9780863153952
Regular price $30.50 Sale price $28.50 Save 7%by Charles Kovacs
A wonderful overview of world history from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries for children which is written in Charles Kovacs's warm and expressive style.
This fascinating time period includes the French, American and Industrial Revolutions. Kovacs chooses pertinent stories which create a tapestry showing the development of humankind from medieval times, when every person had their place in the hierarchy of society, to the awakening of individuality in modern times.
This is a fascinating and engaging resource for teachers and home schoolers which is used in the Steiner-Waldorf curriculum for 13-14 year olds
Softcover, 240 pages.
Floris Books.
Printed in the United Kingdom.
'This book is published for use by Steiner School teachers but it is a marvellous read for anyone who would like to get to grips in a lively way with history. The book is written in an eminently readable and warm style. It will give young people a good, clear perspective on how, why and what went wrong in the past, and how we might find a better way for the future.
I found The Age of Revolution interesting and enjoyable and long after having finished the book, I was able to recall much information I had read therein. Charles Kovacs certainly brought history "alive" for me and I recommend it both to adults wanting to enhance their understanding of past events, and as an excellent resource book for teachers.'
-- Rosemary Usselman, New View
Charles Kovacs was born in Austria. He left his native country in 1938 at the time of the Anschluss and joined the British Army in East Africa. After the War, he settled in Britain, and in 1956 he took over a class at the Rudolf Steiner School in Edinburgh, where he remained a class teacher until his retirement in 1976. He died in 2001. His extensive lesson notes have been a useful and inspiring resource material for many teachers. He is the author of The Age of Revolution (Floris Books 2003) and Parsifal and the Search for the Grail (Floris Books 2002).
Weaving with Children - seconds
ISBN 9781782500193
Regular price $30.50 Sale price $20.50 Save 33%Please note reduced price for cover scuffs that occurred in transit from publisher.
By Ute Fischer; Translated by Anna Cardwell
Weaving is a creative and practical art that's great fun for all ages and abilities. This original book shows you how to weave a wonderful variety of objects -- special jewellery, a pretty bag, juggling balls, a snug scarf and even a scary spider in its web.
Some of the items have handy everyday uses -- a phone pocket, a mug warmer and a coin purse -- and some are just great fun -- fairyland mushrooms, a dreamcatcher and an Easter hen.
Each enjoyable project is accompanied by easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions and colour photos showing children how to weave with a variety of materials from traditional wool, to rags and plastic bags.
Ideal for parents or teachers, the projects are most suitable for children aged 7 to 14 years old; although a pattern for a pom-pom which may be introduced in junior kindergarten age, and then simple weaving, eg, for a wide belt, which may be introduced in senior kindergarten is also included.
Softcover, 104 pages, with full colour illustrations. 229 x 210 mm.
Floris Books.
'This book brings a new dimension to weaving. It would really appeal to an artistic child.'
Home Education Advisory Service