January 2-8, 2017
Central America
Regional Waldorf Kindergarten Conference
San Diego, El Salvador
February 25, 2017
United Kingdom:
The Art of the Puppet in Place and Time
Kings Langley
March 3- 7, 2017
Germany:
Ellersiek Hand Gesture Conference
Hamburg-Kaltenkirchen
April 8 - 12, 2017
South Africa:
Pan African Waldorf Teachers Conference,
"Unfolding Future Human Potential"
Johannesbur
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June 3-6, 2017
Germany:
Waldorf Early Childhood Whitsun Conference
Hannover
July 3- 6, 2017
Australia:
Waldorf Teachers Conference 2017
"Building on the Foundations"
Sydney
July 23-29, 2017
Germany:
Workshops for translators of Ellersiek Hand Gesture Games,
Stuttgart
You can find detailed information on all these conferences on the IASWECE Website in the section "News and events" under
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Collaboration with Other Organizations
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Anniversary Conference for ELIANT in Brussels
On 7th November ELIANT held its own conference in Brussels for the very first time.
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"Education: The Digital Dilemma - To Use or Be Used"
Report about a workshop with Paula Bleckmann at the
EU Parliament
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Media and Young Minds
A policy statement released by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Screen Time Is Making Kids Moody, Crazy and Lazy
An article by
Victoria L. Dunckley, M.D. published in Psychology Today
(August 2015)
Symbolic Play and Emergent Literacy
An article by Sandra and William Stone on the website of the
(2007)
Summaries and links to the articles:
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"Transitions in Childhood from Birth to 14 Years" - New Publication!
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The lectures from the 2015 "Transitions" conference by Clara Aerts, Ursula Flatters, Elizabeth Hall, Florian Osswald, Claus-Peter Röh and Susan Weber are now available in print.
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International Waldorf Early Childhood Teaching Positions and Internships
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Steiner/Waldorf kindergartens:
Are you looking for a trained kindergarten teacher from outside your country?
Waldorf kindergarten teachers:
Are you looking for a position in another country?
Waldorf Early Childhood training students:
Are you looking for an international internship?
In future issues of the newsletter, we could post your request here. Please write to info@iaswece@org.
At the moment was have only one opening, for a German-speaking teacher in Shanghai.
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Dear friends and colleagues,
What can we do to protect and support the tender awakening fantasy of the young child so that it will lead to a wealth of creativity, inner strength and initiative in adulthood? This is the main theme of this newsletter at the turning of the year.
Conferences and symposia in Estonia, China and Germany have concerned themselves with ways to counter the weakening of body and soul that are the result of civilizational influences.
On this theme you will find a fundamental article by Renate Long Breipohl and a petition signed by Manfred Spitzer with the heartfelt request to sign it and forward it to others.
On the theme of support for fantasy, we have collected photos, reports and ideas in relationship to a modest but dynamic portion of our population - simple dolls - with reports from Australia, Brazil, Austria, France and Ukraine. We have certainly not exhausted this theme and you are warmly invited to send us further reports for future newsletters.
With warm wishes for the change of the year on behalf of the IASWECE Coordinating Group,
Philipp Reubke
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The Waldorf Early Childhood Teacher and the Task of Preparing for a Healthy Future Generation
Renate Long Breipohl
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ecture held at the Second China Waldorf Early Childhood Education Conference, which took place in October 2016 in Dezhou, China:
"Experiences in the virtual world push human beings, especially the young ones, out of their centre and contribute through the overwhelming amount of information and entertainment to losing direction in life. Such confusion bears the seeds for illness. Balance in body and soul creates the conditions for health. It develops in children only through the model of human beings, who strive in their everyday life to live together well and humanely."
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A Call to Action:
No to Digital Kindergartens!
On Saturday, November 19th, 2016, the Association of Waldorf Kindergartens in Germany hosted a symposium on the theme "The Right to Childhood - We are responsible!" at the Congress Center in Hannover.
Immediately following the symposium, a call to action was written: "Those who have signed this petition are concerned about the healthy development of future generations.They want to actively support constructive educational investments in kindergartens, child care programs and pre-schools and intend to develop a network to move forward quickly and convincingly with this initiative. What is the initiative about?"
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Current Pedagogical Issues
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What is a "Waldorf Doll"?
Philipp Reubke
If someone is looking for a Waldorf doll, they can buy one in many larger Waldorf schools, in some toy stores, and of course on the internet. There are even a number of manufacturers that have applied for "Waldorf doll" as a brand name. But are these commercially available dolls actually the real, original Waldorf doll?
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Creating Simple Dolls in the Kindergarten Svitlana Eks
Is a commentary necessary about the competencies that arise through such activity? The most important thing is that a soul connection is formed with the image of the human being, and love for the human being arises. Isn't that of particular significance in our times?
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The Significance of the Doll in a Child's Development
Silvia Jensen
Astrid Lindgren was wise when she wrote in her book "Märchen" the story about a rich princess that had all possible kinds of dolls to play with but still could not play, until the day came when she met a poor peasant girl called Pia who carried with her a piece of wood wrapped in a rag. Liselotta felt that this was a real doll and asked the queen why she had never been given a doll like Pia's.
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Waldorf Early Childhood Education Worldwide
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The Second Chinese Waldorf Early Childhood Conference:
Children of the E-generation and
Waldorf Early Childhood Education
Kathy MacFarlane
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Conference in Hannover - "Learning from the Child"
Silke Kirch
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Slovakia:
Supporting One Another -
A Waldorf kindergarten and a modern housing community
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IASWECE Council Meeting in Tartu, Estonia October 2016
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Experiences at the IASWECE Teacher Training Conference in Tallinn, Estonia
Ruth Ker
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Conferences
on the Importance of Sleep -
An Invitation to Collaborate
Jocelyn Roy, Stefanie Allon, Helle Heckmann, Lourdes Tormes, Claudia Freytag
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The IASWECE Birth to Three Working Group is studying the the importance of sleep for children and adults.
We all need sleep to regenerate and connect to our dream life, and for the little child sleep is essential for the development of the physical body. The child needs sleep to grow.
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The IASWECE Newsletter is published on behalf of the IASWECE Council by Philipp Reubke, with support from Clara Aerts, Susan Howard and Lara Radysh.
Country Projects, Partnerships and Support:
Clara Aerts, Belgium
Tel 0032 498 223 281
Membership, Working Groups, and World List:
Susan Howard, USA
Tel 001 413 549 593
Conferences, Country Projects, Newsletter
Philipp Reubke, France
Tel 0033 977 197 137
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