And here is the eagerly awaited second part of David Donaldson’s tutorial on how to write poems for children. Having focused on their form in Part 1, he now shows us aspects of their content, using as examples the beautiful Birthday Verses he wrote for his pupils over the years. WRITING POEMS FOR CHILDREN – by …
Waldorf Report Verses and Birthday Verses are a pedagogical tool that is to be handled mindfully. These inspirational poems for children are to reflect the art of poetry and express reverence for the miracle of life’s journey on earth in ways that are as diverse as the children themselves. Excellent verses have been written over …
David Donaldson, born in England, won a scholarship to study English at Cambridge. He taught on VSO in Sri Lanka and worked with homeless people in London before taking root as a Waldorf teacher. His poems blend a deep love for language and nature with pedagogical insight, and the exemplary verses he wrote for his …
School reports record performance with letters or numbers, though it has long been recognised that this reductive system is unable to do justice to the complexity of learning. As ever, Waldorf Schools take a wholly different approach with their distinctive Report Verses. This innovation began a hundred years ago with Rudolf Steiner’s indications. In his …
