Gerlinde Idler has been a teacher of physical education in Waldorf schools for over twenty years, including at the Vienna Mauer Waldorf school where she founded a school circus. She is a lecturer in Waldorf education at the Kassel Teacher Training College in Germany, where she helps people from other professions train to become physical education teachers, and a guest lecturer at Waldorf teacher training courses around the world. She holds a Master's degree in sociology, educational and political science as well as in Bothmer Movement and spatial dynamics. Lutz Gerding began his teaching career at the Waldorf school in Bremen. After further training in adult education he became a tutor at Kassel Teacher Training College in Germany helping people from other professions train to become physical education teachers. He is currently a lecturer and coordinator for teacher training in China.

'This book is a huge well of information and will be of use to anyone involved in movement education. It covers a range of activities including guidance about when and how to teach them. There are comprehensive descriptions of the characteristics of different age groups from seven to eighteen years old and their education needs and challenges. Detailed example lesson plans are included and are an extremely useful guide for developing teachers. A general philosophy of physical education is outlined and gives the reader a sense of the purposefulness of method. This book describes a physical education approach that works with and enhances the natural development of children rather than fitting children into an arbitrary system of learning.'-- Martin Baker (Steiner-Waldorf sports and movement teacher)

Gerlinde Idler has been a teacher of physical education in Waldorf schools for over twenty years, including at the Vienna Mauer Waldorf school where she founded a school circus. She is a lecturer in Waldorf education at the Kassel Teacher Training College in Germany, where she helps people from other professions train to become physical education teachers, and a guest lecturer at Waldorf teacher training courses around the world. She holds a Master's degree in sociology, educational and political science as well as in Bothmer Movement and spatial dynamics. Lutz Gerding began his teaching career at the Waldorf school in Bremen. After further training in adult education he became a tutor at Kassel Teacher Training College in Germany helping people from other professions train to become physical education teachers. He is currently a lecturer and coordinator for teacher training in China.

'This book is a huge well of information and will be of use to anyone involved in movement education. It covers a range of activities including guidance about when and how to teach them. There are comprehensive descriptions of the characteristics of different age groups from seven to eighteen years old and their education needs and challenges. Detailed example lesson plans are included and are an extremely useful guide for developing teachers. A general philosophy of physical education is outlined and gives the reader a sense of the purposefulness of method. This book describes a physical education approach that works with and enhances the natural development of children rather than fitting children into an arbitrary system of learning.'-- Martin Baker (Steiner-Waldorf sports and movement teacher)

Gerlinde Idler has been a teacher of physical education in Waldorf schools for over twenty years, including at the Vienna Mauer Waldorf school where she founded a school circus. She is a lecturer in Waldorf education at the Kassel Teacher Training College in Germany, where she helps people from other professions train to become physical education teachers, and a guest lecturer at Waldorf teacher training courses around the world. She holds a Master's degree in sociology, educational and political science as well as in Bothmer Movement and spatial dynamics. Lutz Gerding began his teaching career at the Waldorf school in Bremen. After further training in adult education he became a tutor at Kassel Teacher Training College in Germany helping people from other professions train to become physical education teachers. He is currently a lecturer and coordinator for teacher training in China.

'This book is a huge well of information and will be of use to anyone involved in movement education. It covers a range of activities including guidance about when and how to teach them. There are comprehensive descriptions of the characteristics of different age groups from seven to eighteen years old and their education needs and challenges. Detailed example lesson plans are included and are an extremely useful guide for developing teachers. A general philosophy of physical education is outlined and gives the reader a sense of the purposefulness of method. This book describes a physical education approach that works with and enhances the natural development of children rather than fitting children into an arbitrary system of learning.'-- Martin Baker (Steiner-Waldorf sports and movement teacher)