Creative Form Drawing for the Four Temperaments

Inspiring creative form drawing resource for teachers to use with children aged 6-12 years
How to identify the four temperaments - the phlegmatic, choleric, sanguine and melancholic
Observes and characterises behaviours and tendencies


Subjects - Education, drawing, art, movement, learning, child development, healing arts

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A step by step guide with form drawing exercises for the four temperaments, which have a harmonising, transformative and strengthening effect on child development. Creative form drawing helps children develop hand to eye co-ordination, spatial orientation, observation skills, attention, confident movement, drawing skills and the foundation skills for handwriting. Originally developed by Rudolf Steiner, creative form drawing is used widely in Steiner and Waldorf Schools to enable healthy child development and learning. This books covers the why, what and how of creative form drawing, for balancing and deepening the four temperaments.



Contents



Understanding and identifying the temperaments. The purpose and benefits for children. How and why do specific form drawing exercises work? The human constitution. Overview and descriptions of the four temperaments. Form Drawing exercises, lessons and teaching methods. Clearly defined age related forms for each temperament. Over 500 colourful forms for drawing.