Shows how rhythm and repetition, together with example and imitation, are the pillars on which early learning is based in kindergarten. This work describes children's play in a Steiner-Waldorf kindergarten setting, and provides advice on this important stage of development.

1. Stages of development in early childhood
2. Life and work in a Waldorf kindergarten
3. Handwork in the kindergarten
4. Kindergarten work and the 'mantle' of the child's life forces
5. Setting an example and educating the will

Freya Jaffke was born in 1937. She worked at Reutlingen kindergarten in Germany for many years and now lectures throughout the world in teacher training colleges. She is the author of fourteen books and has sold over a quarter of a million copies worldwide.