Gateways
Fall/Winter 2006
Issue 51

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Table of Contents:

• Letter from the Editor by Stephen Spitalny

Letters to the Editor

• A Whitsun Letter by Susan Weber
• Clean-up Time and Gnomes by Nancy Foster

Research

• The Essentials of Waldorf Early Childhood Education by Susan Howard
• The Healing Power of Play by Joan Almon
• The Name of "John" and the Fairy Tales by Stephen Spitalny

Reports

• Observing the Young Child by Andrea Gambardella
• In Search of Nursery by Margaret Ris
• An Update on the Alliance for Childhood by Joan Almon

International Work

• Sharing Impressions of England by Nancy Blanning
• Nuestro Hogar: A Sheltering Environment by Joyce Gallardo
• A Report from Kolisko, Mexico by Andrea Gambardella

Book Reviews

• The First Seven Years: The Physiology of Childhood by Edmond Schoorel

Calendar of Events

Gateways
Fall/Winter 2005
Issue 49

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Table of Contents:

• Letter from the Editor by Stephen Spitalny
• Early Childhood Teaching and the Etheric by Cynthia Aldinger

Research

• On Learning Difficulties in the Early Years by Ewout Van-Manen
• Therapeutic Puppetry by Suzanne Down

Transitions

• The Beginnings of our Waldorf Early Childhood Movement by Susan Howard
• An Interview with Margaret Meyerkort by Janni Nicol
• Birthday Homage for Margaret Meyerkort
• Remembering Joyce Schild by Kim Hunter, Susanne Schonthaler and Marjorie Thatcher

Practical Aspects

• Building Community through the Advent Garden by Joyce Gallardo
• The Day Dusty Gnome Took a Nap

Storms, Floods and Devastation

• The Flood at Sophia's Hearth by Joyce Gallardo
• Lessons from a Hurricane by Heidi Anne Porter
• A Report from the Hill School

Book Reviews

• In a Nutshell by Nancy Foster
• Eurythmy for the Young Child by Estelle Bryer

Gateways
Spring/Summer 2005
Issue 48

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Introduction

• Letter from the Editor
• Letter to the Editor
• Living with a Question by Margo Running

Research

• Observing the Six-Year Change by Ruth Ker
• The Secret Garden by Tim Bennett and Melissa Borden
• The Healing Art of Nursery Rhymes by Suzanne Down
• Deeper Relationships between Emmi Pikler's Work and Waldorf Early Childhood Education by Joyce Gallardo

Early Childhood Work Around the World

• Conversations with Parent/Child Pioneers by Nancy Foster
• Transforming our Parent Meetings by Louise de Forest
• WECAN Survey
• News from China by Tammy Hughes

Book Reviews

• The Fourfold Path to Healing by Thomas Cowan, MD
• LILIPOH Holistic Wellness Guide edited by Wiep de Vries
• The 7 O'Clock Bedtime by Inda Schaenan

Gateways
Fall/Winter 2004
Issue 47

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Introduction

• Letter from the Editor
• The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper

Research

• Meeting the Child by Barbara Klocek
• Mixed Ages in the Kindergarten by Nancy Blanning
• The Older Child in the Kindergarten by Ruth Ker
• Celebrating Festivals with Young Children by Nancy Foster

Practical Aspects

• Living Under the Sky by Sally Schweizer
• Math in the Kindergarten by Leah Palumbo
• Outdoor Puppetry and Big Movement by Suzanne Down
• The Joys and Struggles of Growing a Home Kindergarten by Glenda Moore
Re-Inventing Spindlewood by Susan Silverio

Reports

• The Christiana Foundation by Robert Hickman
• Somerset School by Todd Hilton
• News from China by Li Zhang

Book Reviews

• Nuturing Children and Families: One Model of a Parent-Child Program in a Waldorf School by Sarah Baldwin
• The Well-Balanced Child by Sally Goddard Blythe

Calendar of Events

Gateways
Spring/Summer 2004
Issue 46

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Introduction

• Letter from the Editor

Research

• Sun and Rain: Preparing the Soil for Growing Great Minds by andrea Gambardella
• Nurturing the Activity of Connecting by Stephen Spitalny
• From the Classroom by Stephen Spitalny
• The Nursery Class as a Foundation for Later Life by G. L. Rowe
• A Rainbow Ruckshau by Christina Williams
• Reflections on Child's Play

Early Childhood Conferences

• Generations at Risk by Peggy O'Mara
• Sense Development disturbances by Patricia Dougall
• Research Collaboration Conference by Andrea Gambardella
• 2003 NAEYC Conference by Rosario Villasana-Ruiz
• Conversations Overheard

WECAN Working Groups

• The Older Child in the Kindergarten by Ruth Ker
• Parent/Child Working Gruops by Nancy Foster
• Defining Extended Daycare Programs by Chuck Barbieri
• Helpful Hints by Jill Taplin

With the Children

• A Summer Ringtime by Stephen Spitalny
• A Summer Song by Rachel Sutliffe

Book Reviews

• Kindergarten Education: Freeing Children's Potential by Betty Peck
• The Singing Day by Candy Verney

Calendar of Events

Gateways
Fall/Winter 2003
Issue 45

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Introduction

• Letter from the Editor - Stephen Spitalny

Research

• The New Generation of Children - Dr. Renate Long-Breipohl
• Child Development - Dr. Bruno Callegaro

Practical Aspects

• Chaos in Everyday Life - About Cleaning and Caring - Linda Thomas
• The Relationship between the Lead Teacher and the Assistant - Elizabeth Stubb
• Speech and Its Importance in the Life of the Young Child - Helen Lubin
• The One and Only Way - Cynthia Aldinger
• The Dragon's Gate - Stephen Spitalny
• In Memoriam: Klara Hatterman - Susan Howard

Special Report

• Sophia House - Carol Cole

Book Reviews

• Giving Love-Bringing Joy by Wilma Ellersiek
• Working with the Dead by Helmut von Kügelgen
• Dignity of the Young Child
• Set Free Childhood by Martin Large

Announcements

• Calendar of Events

Gateways
Spring/Summer 2003
Issue 44

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Working with Children:

• One Week in the Life of Nokken
• Purposeful Movement for the Young Child - Mary Truilzi
• Teaching Young Children Through Work and Play - Christine Readick & Kathy Douglas
• Spring Movement Circle - Nancy Blanning
• A Birth into the Spiritual World Festival - Patricia Owens
• From the WECAN Office - Melissa Lyons

Working with the Wider Community:

• Reflections on the NAEYC Conference - Cynthia Aldinger
• Tribute to a Shining Star - Cynthia Aldinger
• Book Review: Only You - Rosemary Wells
• Book Review: The Nature of Nurture - Ira J. Chasnoff, MD

Research:

• The Lives and Work of Emmi Pikler adn Magda Gerber - Susan Weber

Gateways
Fall/Winter 2002
Issue 43

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Focus on Child Development:

• The Vital Role of Play in Childhood - Joan Almon
• The Physiological Basis of Sleep - Lisa Gromicko
• Going Beyond Self as Image as it Unfolds in the Human Brain - Keith Buzzell, DO
• The Education of the Young Child: A Process of Relating - Margret Meyerkort

Plus:

• The Magic Lake at the End of the World: A Story from Ecuador - Barbara Klocek
• Winter Movement Journey - Nancy Blanning
• Celebrating Festivals - Nancy Foster
• Festivals - Stephen Spitalny

Gateways
Spring/Summer 2002
Issue 42

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Focus on Conferences and Reports:

• Children at Risk: Perceiving and Meeting the Needs of Today's Children - Dr. Michaela Glöckler
• Characterizing and Balancing Polarities - Stephen Spitalny
• The International Working Group for the Child from Birth to Three - Susan Weber
• Lifeways Child Care: Stories from Home - Cynthia Aldinger

Plus:

• Meeting the Six Year Old - Barbara Klocek
• The Questions of a Small Child - Martin Tittman
• The Puppet Show - Rena Osmer
• The Story of the Mountain Pears: A Japanese Tale - Janet Kellman
• On Obedience: An Open Letter to Kindergarten Colleagues - Bill Roberson
• A Parent Evening in REsponse to September 11 - Andree Ward
• Statement on Children and the Media - Hawthorne Valley School
• Review of Ready to Learn: From Birth to School Readiness - Stephen Spitalny

Gateways
Fall/Winter 2001
Issue 41

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Focus on Research:

• Supporting the Development of the Hand - Ingun Schneider
• Making Sense of Uprightness - Bonnie and William RiverBento
• How Do Stories Nourish Children's Organs as They Grow? - Nancy Mellon
• Thoughts on Storytelling as a Healing Art - Nancy Mellon
• The Rhythm of Life - Helle Heckmann

Plus:

• King Carrot and Aaron Apple - by a co-worker of Helle Heckman
• The Shining Loaf - Isabel Wyatt
• The Legend of Babouschka - Ruth Ker
• Sugaring Time: An Early Spring Circle - Donna Brooks
• Ending the Commercialization of Childhood - Joan Almon
• The Wolakota Waldorf School - Chris Young
• Book and songbook reviews
• The Education of Early Childhood Educators

Gateways
Spring/Summer 2001
Issue 40

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Focus on the Developing Child and Inner Work:

• The Young Child from Birth to Seven - Dennis Klocek
• The Importance of Sleep - Susan R. Johnson, MD
• Welcoming Babies - Rena Osmer
• Balance in Living: Saying Goodbye to the Martyr - Rosa Barocio
• Meeting Fear and Finding Joy - Stephen Spitalny

Plus:

• Taming the Dragon: Michaelmas in the Kindergarten - Barbara Klocek
• Computers in Early Childhood Education: A Jump Start for the Future? - Dr. Renate Long-Breipohl
• Cries of Conscience: The Need for Media Mindfulness - Nancy Forer
• Marionette Workshop in Ecuador - Joyce Gallardo
• Alliance for Childhood Update - Joan Almon
• Book and Songbook reviews

Gateways
Fall/Winter 2000
Issue 39

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Focus on Issues of Early Childhood and World Wide Work:

• A Conversation with Joan Salter - Linda Murrow
• Can I Take Care of Other People's Children - Helle Heckmann
• Activating Our Health - Dr. Philip Incao/Sarah Hummingbird
• Alliance for Childhood: Brussels Conference Report - Diane David
• Working in the Townships - Eldbjorg Gjessing Paulsen
• Khukuleka: Sisters Worlds Apart - Amy Vincens
• Support a Sister School - Tashi Waldorf School
• The Philippine Waldorf Initiative on Early Childhood - Bella C. Tan

Plus:

• Honing Our Observation - Stephen Spitalny
• Group Size: Some Further Thoughts - Christine Christiansen
• Playground Apparatus: A Woodworking Project - Patricia Lague
• Remembering Agnes Trepte - Patricia Rubano
• Kindergarten Teachers Around the World: Bronja Zahlingen - Stephen Spitalny
• Book and Songbook Reviews

Gateways
Spring/Summer 2000
Issue 38

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Focus on Working with Children:

• Feeding the Child's Soul in Nature - Su Rubinoff
• Questionnaire Respone - Lois Hartman
• Working with Deaf Children - Victoria Lester
• Brief Thoughts on Small Kindergartens - Stephen Spitalny
• The Gold Lantern - Stephen Spitalny
• Games for All Occasions - Ebba Bodame
• Sprouting Made Easy - Carmella Lukionovich

Plus:

• Notes on Three Lectures by Felicitas Vogt - Kate Gage and Sandi Chamberlin
• An Interview with Hermann Koepke - Jane Johannson
• Alliance for Childhood - Joan Almon
• A Trip to Africa - Joan Almon
• Book Reviews
• News of Colleagues

Gateways
Fall/Winter 1999
Issue 37

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Focus on Working with Children:

• A Visit to RIE (Resources for Infant Educarers) - Susan Weber and Rena Osmer
• An Interview with Helle Heckmann at Nokken - Roberta Ducharme
• The Children's Oasis - Christiane Maria von Königslöw
• Stirring the Bubbling Pot - Leanne Moraes
• A Play, The King of the Waves - Jannah Walker
• A Winter Hand Gesture Game - Paulene Hanna
• From the Children: "You know, we are like gold."

Plus:

• Threshold Experiences of Children and Adults - Helmut von Kügelgen
• The Practice of Child Observation - Heiner Priess
• Waldorf Education in Vietnam: A Beginning - Thanh Cherry
• Waldorf Initiatives for Young Children in South Africa - Truus Gerats
• Helping Initiatives Around the World
• Book Reviews

Gateways
Spring/Summer 1999
Issue 36

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Focus on Research and Conferences:

• As Ye Sow, So Shall Ye Reap - Sally Jenkinson
• Self Development as Basis of Relationship - Dr. Michaela Glöckler
• Diagnostic, Pedagogical and Therapeutic Tasks - Ann Pratt
• Working with Children's Drawings - Barbara Patterson
• Crayons in the Kindergarten: Block or Stick? - Joan Almon
• Commentary on Crayons - Monica Ellis
• Crayoning - A Beginning Research - Kate Gage
• Crayoning Anecdotes - Kate Gage
• Lifeways Training - Mary O'Connell

Plus:

• An Autumn Play - Suse König, H. Dietzel, W. Klein
• 1998-99 Questionnaire Responses
• An Open Letter to Colleagues - Nancy Foster
• Program for the Deaf Child - Dr. Patricia Ganz
• Margaret Meyerkort's New Books - Joan Almon
• The Kite Flying Festival - Alice Trembour
• Wild Goose Lake - Lucia Mello
• Grandma's Dream - Sheila Rubin
• He Spoke of Beauty - Cynthia Aldinger
• For Anastasia and Her Dear Grandmother

Gateways
Fall/Winter 1998
Issue 35

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Focus on Working with the Children:

• Leo - Margaret
• Calendula Salve Recipes - JoAnne Dennee
• Next Steps in Natural Dyeing - Glenda Moore
• Advent Cookies - Nicola Tarshis
• Advent Table Play - Nancy Foster
• Standing Puppet Instructions - Nicola Tarshis
• Little Dawn Boy and the Rainbow Trail - JoAnne Dennee
• Little Dawn Boy Circle - JoAnne Dennee

Plus:

• World Kindergarten Conference - Susan Howard
• Impact of Evil in Our Time - Reijo Wilenius
• Right to Childhood - Dr. Michaela Glöckler
• News from WECAN - Joan Almon and Susan Howard
• Movement with Children - Beth Currie
• Research Activity - Erica Carnay
• Book Reviews

Waldorf Kindergarten Newsletter*
Spring/Summer 1998
Issue 34

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*old journal name before fall/winter 1998

Focus on International Work and Health Issues:

• In Memory of Dr. Helmut von Kügelgen - Joan Almon
• Reaching Out - Joan Almon
• From the Heart of an African Village - Susan Perrow
• Brazilian Kindergarten Conference - Maria Chantal Amarante
• Link Between Antibiotics and Developmental Delays - Developmental Delay Registry
• Report on Vaccination - Dr. Philip Incao

Plus:

• The Young Child in the World of Today - Renate Breipohl
• From Birth to Three and the Child at the End of the Century - Dr. Bruno Callegaro
• Circle Garden - Anna Rando
• Adult Activity in the Parent and Tot Program - Connie White
• Multi-Culturalism in Waldorf Education - Janni Nicol
• Nkosnati and the Dragon - Stephen Spitalny
• Briar Rose - Nancy Foster

Waldorf Kindergarten Newsletter*
Fall/Winter 1997
Issue 33

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• Reflections - Joan Almon
• The Genius of Play - Sally Jenkinson
• Diversity and Story in the Kindergarten - Steve Spitalny
• A Survey of Birth - Rena Osmer
• TV and ADD - Foster Kline, MD
• Straw and Gold: Kindergarten Harvest - Pamela Perkins
• Dyeing with Pokeweed - Meg Shams
• Early Childhood Travels in Japan - Susan Grey Weber
• The Effects of Hidden Anger in the Classroom - Judith Wynhausen
• Reaching Out through NAEYC - Cynthia Aldinger
• Child Care Report - Cynthia Aldinger

Waldorf Kindergarten Newsletter*
Spring/Summer 1997
Issue 32

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• Protecting Childhood - Looking Ahead
• Concerning Restless Children
• How to Nuture Storytelling
• The Importance of the First Three Years
• Day Care Workshop Report
• After Care in Our Waldorf Schools
• An Afternoon Program at Pine Hill
• Memories of AStrid Barnes
• Felting as Handwork in Early Childhood
• Michaelmas Star Ball
• Multi-Cultural Festivals
• Creating a World Family at Advent Time
• Notes on an Advent Circle
• Book Reviews

Waldorf Kindergarten Newsletter*
Autumn 1996
Issue 31

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• An Overview of Waldorf Early Childhood Education - Joan Almon
• An Interview about Angels - Helmut von Kügelgen
• The International Waldorf Kindergarten Conference - Joan Almon
• For the Advent Garden - Susan Silverio
• Making Transparencies with Fleece - Nancy Foster
• Working with the Will - Nancy Blanning
• A Project for the Homeless - Christina Williams
• A Parent - Child Program - Cecelia Karpoff
• Ideals and Reality of Motherhood - Judith Krischik
• Nutrition - Wendy Cook
• Reflections on Kindergarten Training - Sylvia Paluzzi

Waldorf Kindergarten Newsletter*
Spring 1996
Issue 30

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• Young Children Today - Understanding Them and Helping Them - Joan Almon
• Caring for the Life-Forces of the Young Child - Renate Breipohl
• Laying the Physical Foundation of the Consciousness Soul - Dr. Jenny Josephson
• Waldorf Day Care Conference - Forum Kreuzburg, Berlin - Lynne Oldfield
• Day Care - Cynthia Aldinger
• Home Day Care - Joyce Gallardo
• Ringtime as Pedagogical Opportunity - Some Thoughts - Stephen Spitalny
• The Bear - Stephen Spitalny
• National TV-Turnoff Week - Cynthia Aldinger
• Mobile for Spring or Summer
• Health and Illness: An alternative Treatment for Head Lice
• A Conversation on Color - Barbara Patterson
• Book Review

Waldorf Kindergarten Newsletter*
Autumn 1995
Issue 29

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• Early Childhood and the Consciousness Soul - Joan Almon
• Storytelling - Margarite van der Heidie
• Whitsun, Multiculturalism and International Working - Report by Kayla Meadows Varney
• Birth to the Age of Three: Our Responsibility
• A Look at Home Day Care and After Care - Joyce Gallardo
• Christmas Season in a Public School - James Petersen
• A Poem for the Advent Garden - Nancy Foster
• Helping Children in a Time of Trouble - Nancy Foster
• With Love for Geneve - Janene Ping
• East Coast Kindergarten Conference 1995