Description From her experience of working with children of all ages, Marieke Anschütz provides a guide to children’s different temperaments and their role in child character, health and personality development. The book includes illustrations from home and school, in the context of the Steiner-Waldorf classroom. The author discusses how these ideas may be used to manage, and relate to, groups and individuals. C O N T E N T S 1. A question: by way of foreword 2. Types and typologies 3. A source of confidence 4. Back to the origins 5. A new formulation of an old concept 6. Four in one 7. The four temperaments in colour 8. Born four times 9. Up to the age of fourteen 10. After twice seven years 11. The number of the earth 12. The four Evangelists 13. The black square 14. Fairy tales as a guide 15. Moving mountains 16. Seeing the wood through the trees 17. Eating what’s on the table 18. Four children in the class 19. In conclusion: an answer One of the best and most accessible resources on the subject of the four temperaments and children. Anschütz gives us a guide to children’s different temperaments and their role in child character, health and personality development. She illustrates her ideas with examples from home and school, using the context of the Waldorf/Steiner school classroom, and discusses how to use these insights in managing and relating to groups and individuals. This is an fascinating journey that will be enlightening and invigorating to both parents and teachers.
