SNOWDROP PARENT AND TODDLER GROUP
For children up to 3 years
Alternative venue: Glenilla Road, NW3. Nearest underground: Belsize Park.
New group also starting in NW10. For more information about both please contact Letitia Costain on 020 8806 8818.
Concessionary price if paid in advance.

CREATIVE DISCIPLINE PART III
Guiding children by means of ‘deep listening and understanding’
With Lourdes Callen

In this workshop we will continue to explore beneficial ways to contain children’s behaviour. We will develop the work with the reactor and the educator within us which started in part II and focus on the role of ‘deep listening and understanding’ as a new and respectful approach to problem solving. We will look at:

• Deep listening as the basis for understanding - the key to well being and improved behaviour in children
• Deep listening versus literal listening: distinguishing between wants and real needs
• Perceiving what children are really trying to ‘tell’ us
• Blocks to understanding
• Recognising the spirit of childhood and children’s individual gifts and qualities in the midst of life’s business and pressures.

APPROACHES TO STEINER EDUCATION:
Re-discovering the Essence of Play
With Sylvie Hétu and Richard House

Humankind’s future may depend upon how, and with what, our children are allowed to play. We will explore - in part experientially - the deep nature of play for children, based on knowledge gained from the study of anthroposophy, Steiner education and modern research; and how intellectualism and technology influence children's education, play and toys. The workshop will include practice with play and toys.
Sylvie Hétu is a teacher, an international trainer-lecturer on education and parenting, member of the International Association of Infant Massage Education Committee, and co-founder of the international Massage In Schools Programme.
Richard House, a trained Steiner class and Kindergarten teacher, lectures in Therapeutic Education at Roehampton University. He co-initiated the Telegraph’s ‘Open Letter’ on ‘toxic childhood’, and writes extensively on education and parenting.
Richard and Sylvie are also co-founders of Ur Publications & Programmes Inc. (Montreal)
Please bring lunch to share if you wish. Early booking advisable.

THE CARE OF THE YOUNG CHILD:
Enriching the Environment and Creating Daily Rhythms
With Lourdes Callen
Alternative venue: Temple Lodge, W6. Nearest underground: Hammersmith

Many parents question how to encourage children’s co-operation. By understanding their needs in the first years we can increase their positive responses to people and situations. In this workshop we will explore how to enhance children’s well being and contentment through enriching the environment and creating daily rhythms. We will be looking at:

• How to create a beneficial atmosphere around the child that engenders beauty, calmness and possibilities for learning
• How to nurture the physical and soul environment
• Cultivating security through introducing and maintaining Rhythm
• Caring for transitions between activities
• Dealing with obstacles we find in the way