Waldorf stories

Storytelling with children and story starters for you

This is my retelling of a Turkish folk tale (from the Lavender's Blue Kindergarten Curriculum ). Enjoy! Once upon a time there was an old lady who wanted some cream for her morning coffee. She went out to milk her cow and filled the pail with fine fresh milk. Then she went inside to get

A twist on the traditional Waldorf Apple Story: a fairy story for children about how the apple got its star, which children can then investigate!

Now that 8th grade graduation is behind me, I'm starting to get all geared up for 1st grade. I've got just 3 weeks before my family and I head off for our big summer trip, so I'm wasting no time getting going on my summer prep. Years ago a former colleague of mine put together these two amazing bind

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…

There’s a tradition in Waldorf kindergartens of telling a special story on each child’s birthday. The story tells of their journey from the spiritual world to be born as a baby on earth. I’m not an anthroposophist, so it may seem odd that I tell this story to my children, but I a

Discovering Waldorf The Magic Of Waldorf Storybooks by: Joey van Oort We do not have a Waldorf School close by to enroll our children, however, we have chosen to live a Waldorf lifestyle at home. When my children were born my mother in law introduced us to a few of the Waldorf story books that […]

Favorite Fall Tales for Waldorf Kindergarten (by age). My husband still vividly remembers this story (Stone Soup), and the activities surrounding it, and he is going on 40!

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