Hong Kong Waldorf Early Childhood Education Teachers Training 3rd Semester – 4th weekend workshop November 19 & 20

Theme of this weekend :

Spiritual Beings and Spiritual Hierarchy

Eurythmy: An Introduction – exercises for self development

Eurythmy with Young Children 

Sue Simpson
Adult Educator for: Eurythmy

Qual:  Trained Eurythmist, Nurnberg Eurythmy School [4] 1981
Exp:  1982-93, 98 Rudolf Steiner School Hastings teacher Eurythmy, German, Class 1 to 3;
1994-8 Moscow Eurythmy Academy: Eurythmy Training and Pedagogical courses.
1981 Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School, Sydney: teacher Eurythmy;
1984-93 and from 2001: Adult Eurythmy for Teacher training and BD course at Taruna College.
Principal of Taikura Rudolf Steiner School from 2001to 2006

“As a part-time tutor at Taruna, I teach eurythmy.  In 1981 having completed my eurythmy training in Germany, I returned to the Southern Hemisphere and eventually New Zealand where I took up my career as a eurythmy teacher.  Prior to eurythmy I worked as a registered nurse in Australia, England and Germany.

Destiny led me to Taikura Rudolf Steiner School, Hastings.  There I worked with children ranging from Kindergarten to class 12 (3 to 18 yrs).  In 1992 I journeyed to Russia where for four years I worked mostly in the Eurythmy Academy and supported young eurythmists into teaching.

In 2001 I accepted the fulltime management position as principal of Taikura and held it for seven years.  Throughout the years I was grateful to maintain a balance to this work through regular eurythmy classes with children, sessions at Taruna and artistic work.

At the close of 2006 I stepped back from the school to take on the position of General Secretary for the Anthroposophical Society in New Zealand.  This year I will be tutoring more in Taruna.  My work will involve travel both overseas and throughout New Zealand.  I have the possibility to provide workshops on anthroposophy, eurythmy and education.”

Venue : Garden House Pre-School  7 Silverstrand Beach Road. Clearwater Bay. Kowloon

Cost: $1,500- for 2-day workshop
50% off for those from Mainland China and Waldorf associates

30% off for kindergarten teachers and those who work with children in education institutes

20% off for those who enroll for one semester (= 7 weekend workshops)

20% off for HeartSource & Garden House parents

All materials included.

Please note that DISCOUNT only applies to those who pay up before the workshop, FULL FEE for those who pay on-site

Registration please email to HeartSourcehk @gmail.com

For bank deposit, please pay-in

Bank of China    012 891 1031 4324         

A/C name: HeartSource / 童心原地

Hang Seng Bank   289 305195 882          

A/C name:  CHAN Sin Mei

You may hand-in the deposit slip during the workshop, or send to HeartSource Centre at

25A  Pak Tin Kong Village, Tai Po Lam Tsuen, N.T.

or email back to     HeartSourceHK@gmail.com

Developmental Difficulties and Special Needs in perspective of Constitutional Types & School Readiness with Assessment Exercises

Hong Kong Waldorf Early Childhood Education Teachers Training

3rd Semester – 3rd weekend workshop with Barbara Baldwin

October 15 & 16

"Special Needs" often refers to special needs within an educational context which includes but not limited to autism, ADHD, cerebral palsy, and epilepsy. Children with special needs may have mild learning disabilities or profound mental retardation; food allergies or terminal illness; developmental delays that catch up quickly or remain entrenched; occasional panic attacks or serious psychiatric problems.

School readiness, a term used frequently in the in pre-school and kindergarten setting, means that a child is ready to enter a social and educationally based environment. In other words, the child is ready to start the process of learning how to do things independently. This is an important subject for parents and teachers to know if their children are ripe for formal schooling. If otherwise, learning difficulties will surface which induce psychological problem.

Trainer: Barbara Baldwin

A qualified speech pathologist, Barbara studied speech and special education in Europe and came to Australia in 1981. Barbara has worked and lectured extensively across the globe including in Germany, Austria, Denmark, Czech Republic, Israel, UK, USA, Indonesia, Japan and Australia.

Barbara has two main areas of expertise: i) education – with particular focus on the diverse spread of learning styles, needs, skills and difficulties presented in the contemporary classroom environment; ii) speech, voice and communication, with a focus on the Voice of Women and the use of voice in the education of children (both teachers and parents). She is a specialist on many aspects of voice: voice projection, voice protection and voice correction. Barbara also coaches leaders at all levels of language competence to the highest level of excellence in accent reduction, idiomatic use of English, confidence in public speaking, business language and personal presentation.

Times	Activities
0900-0930	Sharing movement exercises*
0930-1045	Day 1: School readiness Day 2: Constitutional Typologies in perspective of Special needs
1045-1115	Tea Break
1115-1230	Discussion relating to morning lecture
1230-1400	Lunch
1400-1515	Exercises relating to School readiness
1515-1545	Tea break
1545-1700	Specific questions relating to children in your kindergartens
1700-1730	Sharing and Review

Venue : Garden House Pre-School 7 Silverstrand Beach Road. Clearwater Bay. Kowloon

Cost: $1,500- for 2-day workshop
50% off for those from Mainland China and Waldorf associates

30% off for kindergarten teachers and those who work with children in education institutes

20% off for those who enroll for one semester (= 7 weekend workshops)

HeartSource & Garden House parents

All materials included.

Please note that DISCOUNT only applies to those who pay up before the workshop, FULL FEE for those who pay on-site

Registration please email to HeartSourcehk @gmail.com

Waldorf Children Handcraft - Your Child's Sense of Life and Imagination

For little children, everything is magical, everything comes alive!
In Waldorf early childhood education, we do not 'TEACH' a child,
we however bring them to a world of warmth, love and beauty,
we NURTURE their sense of LIFE and IMAGINATION.

Nimble fingers make nimble minds.

The small child grasps the world through its fingers and in doing so, discovers the world. Manual dexterity and cognitive activity are closely connected and play co-supportive roles in child development. Studies of the post-natal development of the nervous system show a close connection between the development of fine motor skills of speech and later cognitive skills. The Waldorf curriculum facilitates conscious working with such interrelationships, with the aim of supporting the pupils in their growth towards well-balanced individuals. ----- Karl-Reinhard Kummer

In September 10 & 11, Shirley Bell McLeod will bring us through the journey of Waldorf Children Handcraft

from a series of wool craft, embroidery and others which will enhance the well-balanced development of young children.

Shirley is a professional craftsman who ran a craft centre in the US before being a kindergarten teacher in Australia

You are invited to take part in this journey.

Hong Kong Waldorf Early Childhood Education Teachers Training

3rd Semester - 2nd weekend workshop with Shirley Bell McLeod

September 10 & 11

Waldorf Children Handscraft

Venue : Garden House Pre-School

7 Silverstrand Beach Road. Clearwater Bay. Kowloon

Cost: $1,500- for 2-day workshop
30% off for kindergarten teachers

20% off for those who enroll for one semester (= 7 weekend workshops)

20% off for HeartSource & Garden House parents

All materials included.

Please note that DISCOUNT only applies to those who pay up before the workshop, FULL FEE for those who pay on-site

For bank deposit, please pay-in

Bank of China 012 891 1031 4324 A/C name: HeartSource / 童心原地

Hang Seng Bank 289 305195 882 A/C name: CHAN Sin Mei

You may hand-in the deposit slip during the workshop, or send to HeartSource Centre at 25A Pak Tin Kong Village, Tai Po Lam Tsuen, N.T.

or email back to HeartSourceHK@gmail.com

Early Childhood Education Block Training - July 9 - 14, 2011

In Waldorf education, we always emphasize the rhythm of breathing in and breathing out, and morning circle is the main activity we consciously designed for children so that they can learn movement and language in a artistic. playful and unconscious way.

During the forthcoming block training, we have the following themes:

July 9 - 14 Saturday till Thursday
each day will commence with movement and singing
Thanh Cherry: -

Morning circle – Why, What, When and How

Report Writing and Child Study --- in Waldorf education we work with a child's angel and Child Study is a wonderful tool which may be a source of healing for the child.
Self-Development of Teachers
Painting with young Children

Sally Martin :-
Water colour painting and the beings of colours
Charcoal black & white drawing, wet-on-wet water colour painting, veil painting - also an introduction to Goethean Colour Theory

Trainer: -

Thanh Cherry is a well-known and respected consultant, lecturer and writer on Early Childhood education and practices. Co-founder of the Bowral Rudolf Steiner School in 1983 and taught as kindergarten teacher at this school. From 1994 started early childhood teacher training activities in Australia and Asia on part time basis. From 2003 she began teacher training courses in Asia on Waldorf education in Australia, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, USA and Vietnam. Thanh also helped start playgroups, nurseries and kindergartens in various Asian countries.

Sally Marin has worked in the Camphill movement; is deeply grounded in Anthroposophy; who has trained in the Liane Collot d’Herbois method and is a practicing therapist. To further your understanding, please attached brochure on her biography and her new course in Melbourne. We wish to be able to start up such course here in future.

Venue : Garden House Pre-School

7 Silverstrand Beach Road. Clearwater Bay. Kowloon

Hong Kong Waldorf Early Childhood Education Teachers Training

3rd Semester - 1st weekend workshop

June 4 & 5

Children's Play

Fantasy & Imagination

Understanding Children's Drawing and Painting

Artistic Work : (i) Making a Moving Picture (ii) Fleece Picture

Dates: May 14 & 15, 2011

Venue : Garden House Pre-School 7 Silverstrand Beach Road. Clearwater Bay. Kowloon

Cost: $1,500- for 2-day workshop
20% off for those who enroll for one semester (= 7 weekend workshops)

20% off for HeartSource & Garden House parents
30% off for kindergarten teachers

June 3 evening talk 7:30 – 9:30pm

Talk – An overview and Comparison of Montessori and Waldorf Education

Venue: Talentum Bookshop, 1/F Kam Fai Building, 20 Waterloo Road (Exit B2 Yaumatei MTR station)

地點：塔冷通心靈書舍 油麻地 窩打老道20號金輝大廈1樓6室（油麻地港鐵站B2出左望）

Marjorie Theyer, Advisor and coordinator for the Federation of Rudolf Steiner Waldorf Schools in New Zealand Kindergarten and Early Childhood Training
Marjorie has an extensive experience in Montessori Kindergarten before her being an Early Childhood educator in Rudolf Steiner Education. She has been working in this field for over 40 years in England, New Zealand and for the past 13 years in Asia, in Taiwan, China, Nepal, Philippines, Hong Kong, Thailand and Singapore. She lectures in training seminars and does individual mentoring of students working in these countries in Asia

Please enrol by email to HeartSourceHK@gmail.com

Forming of the Rudolf Steiner Education Foundation of Hong Kong - workshop and evening talks starting from Buddha’s Birthday through May 13

You are cordially invited to share our pleasure in the forming of the Rudolf Steiner Education Foundation of Hong Kong - workshop and evening talks starting from Buddha’s Birthday through May 13.

May 10 Tuesday 1200 - 1800
Venue: HeartSource 25 A-C, Pak Tin Kong Village, Tai Po Lam Tsuen, New Territories
Photo Exhibition of Goetheanum

Introduction of First and Second Goetheanum & The Foundation Stone Meditation

By Jake & Bella Tan, John Stolfo,

From Atlantis to the Evolution of Human Consciousness in East and West

- starting with descriptions of the spiritual environment and inhabitants of the ancient continent of Atlantis

- How human beings began to reincarnate

- human being as cosmic co-creator & Tenth Hierarchy

With Eurythmy "Plantary Movement"

HeartSource 25A-C, Pak Tin Kong Village, TaiPo Lam Tsuen, NT

May 13 Friday

Morning 10 am – 12:30 pm

A Dialogue of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Anthroposophical Medicine

--- 4 elements in the west and 5 elements of Chinese medicine.

Cost: $100-HK

Afternoon 2 – 4 pm

Eight-fold Path in the Days of the Week

Venue: HeartSource 25 A-C Pak Tin Kong Village, TaiPo Lam Tsuen N.T.

Cost: $80-HK

Friday evening talk 7:30 - 9:30 pm

From the ending 1899 of the spiritual Dark Age (known in Sanskrit as Kali Yuga) and the subsequent emerging Age of Light (Satya Yuga) TO 2012

· The Mystery of Golgatha (death and resurrection of Christ) and what is the deeper meaning for us today and in the future ---

· the influence of the Archangel Michael, the twelve Bodhisattvas and the realm of the Ascended Masters.

Venue: Talentum Bookshop 1/F Kam Fai Building, 20 Waterloo Road, Yaumati

Cost: $80-HK

Jake TAN

Trainer, Community Based Alternative Health Program (CBAHP) on the Various alternative healing modalities, introductory course on Steiner Education and Child’s Health and Development

Manufactures Anthroposophical / Homeopathic Remedies

Co-founder of the Homeopathic Producers’ Enterprises

Bella TAN

Waldorf Education training in Australia, completed internship in Germany.
Pioneer and Founder of Waldorf Kindergartens and Primary School in Manila, Philippines

Trainer in Philippines and other Asian countries Waldorf education and Anthroposophy

John Stolfo, trained in the US and Europe

Waldorf Education Teacher Training completion 1978

Goetheanum Art Studies in Sweden 1979; Eurythmy Training completion 1986

Art professional since 1990 with commission specialties in Lazure Painting and in monumental mural painting; Lazure painting workshop instructor since 2000 in US, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand and China.

愛隨心在 — 台中磊川華德福學校林玉珠校長四月培訓分享

臺灣地區的華德福教育發展地生機勃勃，近十五年過去了，那裏不僅僅有華德福學校和幼稚園十多所，而且華德福教育也進入了好幾所大學的講堂和教育部的研究之中。這個四月，我們有幸邀請到台中磊川華德福學校的校長林玉珠女士來港與我們分享她跟孩子、家長們以及建構磊川的寶貴經驗，她也是現任 臺灣另類教育學會 理事 和 中華民國幼稚教育改革研究會 監事。

林校長在九十年代於大學任教，是一位資深的幼稚教育專家了，對於資優教育及各種流派教育，甚至心理學以至諮詢輔導都有很深厚的研究。1995年的夏天，她從 澳洲墨爾本開始這段華德福教育旅程，回國後放下自己原有的一切，甚至離開自己最熟悉的臺北，於1996年在台中設立娃得福托兒所，為台灣第一所華德福教育 的幼教機構，以她的博學和實幹創建了台中磊川華德福幼稚園和小學，成立了臺灣人智哲學協會，舉辦了大量的培訓課程和講座。她被邀參與「幼教課程模式-理論 取向與實務經驗」撰寫該書的第六章。

要體會林校長對幼兒成長的心得，請參閱轉載自台中娃得福幼兒所的《幼兒生活規範～親師約法十章》

4月7日 星期四晚 從資優教育到華德福教育
林女士將與我們分享她的心路歷程，從而展示幼兒本質上的需求。
現代社會著重鍛鍊兒童的智能，我們應如何看顧他們在身體、心性與靈性層面的發展？
時間： 7時30分 - 9時30分

地點： 九龍彌敦道677號恒生旺角大廈1001室(旺角地鐵站C1出口)
費用： 100元

4月8日 星期五
「幼兒生活規範～親師約法十章」是台中娃得福幼稚園給家長的一篇文章，作者林玉珠老師，
內容分為十部份。這個早上，她將跟我們交流座談答問，假若您在育兒方面有困擾的話，這是難得的機會！

時間：10時 - 12時30分

地點：大埔林村 白田崗村 25A – C 童心原地

費用： 120元

說故事的藝術 — 如何詮釋童話故事的意義

華德福幼兒院是一個充滿故事的園地。施泰納說，童話故事的世界與幼兒的世界在本質上是一樣的，因此，透過童話故事，教育的力量就能自然地與幼兒交融流動。她也可會分享有關中國童話以及如何為不同年齡的孩子選擇童話故事。

日期 / 時間： 4月8日 下午6時30分 - 8時

地點：Unit A & D, 20/F, Nathan Commercial Building, 430 – 436 Nathan Road, Yaumatei

費用： 80元

4月9日

9時 – 12時30分 家校合作，培育幼兒「自我」的發展

· 衝突是幼兒成長必經的歷程 — 從衝突看幼兒「自我」的發展需求

· 親師如何協力調整孩子的不良行為、解決在教室衝突（包括及孩子之間的衝突）

· 如何為孩子立界線？孩子衝擊界線又如何？

2時 - 5時30分

· 親師溝通：親子互動、生活節奏、玩具、媒體與現代文明的影響

· 節慶 — 節令標誌著大自然的節奏和規律，節慶是古人對自然和神靈表達崇敬的傳統。華德福教育尤其著重傳統節日慶典，在尋索節慶意義的同時，我們更新並重塑個體與中國文化的關係。

藝術活動：臺灣 * 有關節慶的 民謠和舞蹈

4月10日 華德福教育與健康社群的形成 — 社區的建設和學校的構建

9時 – 12時30分 華德福教育與健康社群的形成 — 社群的建設和學校的構建

華德福學校的誕生都是歷經社群建設的成果，這也是眾多家庭和個人的轉化的過程。校長將與我們分享如何建構與經營華德福幼兒園以至中、小學的經驗。

2時 – 5時30分 乾粉彩藝術工作坊：A New Colour Circle in corresponding to the 12 Zodiac

華德福教育以孩子意識變化來設定課程，隨著年歲的成長，從1年級到12年級，班級教室的色彩隨之轉變，對應孩子的心靈發展特質，當中有何意義，原來這跟平日我們關注的12星座是相關的，您也來體驗「12星座色彩環」嗎？

導師：John Stolfo

時間：9時 - 12時30分

地點： 4月9-10日 Garden House Pre-School

費用： 4月9 - 10日 1,500元

幼稚園老師及華德福家長7折 華德福家長8折（分段報名的朋友可按比例付款）

轉載自台中娃得福幼兒所的《幼兒生活規範～親師約法十章》

一. 愛：

二. 以身作則
三. 規律的生活
四. 簡單、正向、積極的語言
五. 教他，不要罵他；說故事，不要說教
六. 監控自己的情緒與動作：
七. 除了規範三要素（不傷害自己、不傷害別人、不傷害物品），請給孩子自由
八. 若必要考慮處罰時，處罰必須與所犯的錯相關連：
九. 重視此時此刻，重視孩子的感覺
十. 家庭、學校，父母、師長合一的教導

一. 愛：
溫柔的對孩子說話；用心、認真的愛孩子，每個孩子一日最少抱三回，行為困擾越多的抱越多...。史代納說：「沒有愛，沒有一件事是可能的；有愛，什麼事都可為。」又說：「愛是創造，是無私，愛使我們進入從未來流向我們的時間洪流（Steiner, 1998, p.10）。」愛使我們有未來！有愛，就有盼望；人與人之間的關係可以如浮萍相聚，對未來沒有把握；但因著愛，人們發出關係再續的期望，人們期望的意志造就了未來時間洪流，使它向我們奔騰而來；萬物或學問的發明也是一樣，因著興趣與熱愛，人們願意投注時間，全心追求，未來的時間洪流即向我們奔騰而來。

愛是一切學習的根本，特別是生命頭七年，一個刻薄、不信任、缺乏愛心、言行不一的教育環境會使兒童的成長受阻，產生困惑、錯愕、受寒的感覺；甚至導致他往後的生命、身體及道德失調、衰弱。反之，一個對將來人生充滿希望、信心、勇氣十足的孩子，他會在未來熱情發放生命活力與能量，能組織幸福美滿的家庭，能淋漓發揮與生俱來的相信、模仿、創造及思想等特質能力。他能如此，原因不一定在他有物質豐厚的童年，不在他有金錢富裕的家庭，而在於他是否擁有溫暖、和諧、富愛心的成長環境。幼兒只有一次童年，教導幼兒是非常有求有償的事，幼兒的未來發展決定於我們能否成功的導引他們經驗生命的美好，是否能成功的減少他們對人性、人情上的不安全感與懷疑；（Edmunds, 1992, p.26）。

宇宙天下，幾乎所有的潛在生命都朝向陽光，有陽光，潛在生命就有孵化成真實生命的可能。愛如同溫暖的陽光，教育有愛，就如同潛在生命有了溫暖的陽光，父母、教師的愛可以孵化出兒童的潛能。很可惜的，有一些老師或父母心底非常的愛孩子，但是他們選擇嚴厲、冷酷的方式管教孩子，以致孩子感受到的只是他們的嚴寒，於是孩子害怕人、害怕做事，對人、對事很冷漠、沒有同情心，甚至對環境產生相對的嚴厲敵對態度；或者反過來，過度黏人或愛告狀、愛哭...等都是愛領受不足的結果。