Waldorf stories fairy tales

Stories for seven year olds In Waldorf/Steiner Education, Fairy tales and folk tales are the main stories told to Class 2 children (seven to eight year-olds). Grimms’ fairy tales are the trad…

Oh have you seen the fairies dance. Upon a summers night. And watch the gnomes & pixies prance

A full collection of stories and rhymes for the youngest listeners. In addition to the usual fairy tales, folk tales, and fables, there are numerous stories about animals, tales of everyday doings, and stories of the seasons. The material is conveniently arranged in groups, with several stories and rhymes for each holiday and season throughout the year. Numerous black and white illustrations complement the text. For ages 4-8.

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I got this cute little sign post last year for my Fairy Garden. So now I'm going to enlighten you about Fairy Rings! Now, what actually is a Fairy Ring? Scientifically, it is a huge threadlike, musty-smelling mass, called a mycelium, which causes mushrooms to grow in a circle. (Not good for the grass, as the fungus eats the nutrients from the grass!) Mythologically speaking, it is a worn area in the grass made by fairies dancing. The English believed that fairy rings were where fairies came…

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Browse our collection of beautiful books for every age. We have Waldorf classics like Elsa Beskow, Tomte stories, The Root Children, as well as enchanted fairy books by Cicely Mary Barker. We also have a wide range of contemporary picture books that celebrate children’s connection to the world around them. Get cozy and

This sweet story of Mother Earth preparing for Autumn has been a favorite autumn puppet play for preschools and kindergartens for many years. It is especially lovely if the children can save their apple seeds for a while before you show/or tell this story. They can put them in small baskets, dry milk seed pods or felted seed nests, and be part of the story. It is also nice to have the teller be a Mother Earth Rod Puppet! Of course simply telling the story with heart holds them in wonder too…