Children and Their Temperaments

Children and Their Temperaments

Drawing on an ancient tradition, Rudolf Steiner spoke of four fundamental types, or temperaments, belonging to the human personality, each of which has a different personal need and means of relating socially. Through her experience of working with children, the author, Marieke Anschütz provides a guide to children’s temperaments and their role in the development of character, health, and personality.

The book includes illustrations from home and school, in the context of Waldorf classrooms. The author discusses how these ideas may be used to manage, and relate to, groups and individuals.

This is a valuable tool for teachers, parents, and care providers, especially when dealing with “problem” children.

C O N T E N T S:

1. A question: by way of foreword
2. Types and typologies
3. A source of confidence
4. Back to the origins
5. A new formulation of an old concept
6. Four in one
7. The four temperaments in colour
8. Born four times
9. Up to the age of fourteen
10. After twice seven years
11. The number of the earth
12. The four Evangelists
13. The black square
14. Fairy tales as a guide
15. Moving mountains
16. Seeing the wood through the trees
17. Eating what’s on the table
18. Four children in the class
19. In conclusion: an answer\

About the Author

Marieke Anschütz was born in the Dutch East Indies in 1936 and moved to the Netherlands in 1950. She was a Waldorf school teacher in The Hague for many years. She is the author of But Who Made God? Religion and Your Growing Child (1991) and Children and Their Temperaments (1995).