The Acquisition of Walking, Speaking and Thinking with Stephen Spitalny 

In this course we will consider the processes involved for the young child to develop the most basic human capacities, and address how to support the child throughout early childhood in gaining these crucial capacities. Our focus is the young child from birth through the kindergarten years.

Early childhood consultant and author Stephen Spitalny was a kindergarten teacher at the Santa Cruz (California) Waldorf School for 24 years. Since the mid-1990’s, he has given workshops, lectures and courses on many themes for various institutions and groups. Steve is a former Board member of WECAN (Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America) as well as former editor of Gateways, the bi-annual newsletter of WECAN. Steve also is the author of three wonderful books on early childhood related themes. You can learn more at his website – www.chamakanda.com