Gnomes and Giants, Pixies and Elves - Hand Gesture and Movement Games for Young Children

In Gnomes and Giants, Pixies and Elves, Wilma Ellersiek's delightful games invite children into a world inhabited by beings large and small, where the elements of air, water, earth and fire interweave. As we share in their lively movements we are refreshed and enlivened ourselves. This is the English translation of Wilma Ellersiek's last gesture games book.
"The games of Wilma Ellersiek come from her listening to Nature; in a way true to their origin she has succeeded in artistically molding speech, rhythm, and the corresponding gestures to bring the wind, flowers, beasts, sun, moon, and stars into the child's presence."Ingrid Weidenfeld, "Wilma Ellersiek: A Life for Rhythm"

About the author

Wilma Ellersiek (1921–2007) taught music, speech, and dance at the Stuttgart Music Academy. Her research into the effects of rhythm, movement and language on young children led to the development of the first gesture games, which became foundational to Waldorf early childhood programs worldwide. She is also the author of Gesture Games for Autumn and Winter, Gesture Games for Spring and Summer, Giving Love, Bringing Joy and Dancing Hand, Trotting Pony.Kundry Willwerth was a Waldorf kindergarten teacher for over 30 years. For the last 20 years she has devoted herself, together with her husband Lyn, to translating Wilma Ellersiek's books, playing the games with children in her care and presenting workshops throughout North America and internationally. She is also the founder and artistic director of Magic Garden Puppets, a marionette theatre company in central New York state.

Product details

• Authors: Wilma Ellersiek, Ellersiek Wilma
• Assisted by: Lynn St. Pierre (Editor), Willwerth Kundry (Translation)
• Publisher: BookSource
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 3 to 7
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.06.2024
• EAN: 9781936849604
• ISBN: 978-1-936849-60-4
• Dimensions: 208 mm x 270 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 372 g
• Illustrations: b/w illustrations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Kindergarten and pre-school education; EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Music / Instruction & Study, Philosophy & theory of education, Teaching of a specific subject, Educational: Music, For pre-school learning, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General, progressive education, Waldorf; education; early childhood; ellersiek