Here is a thorough investigation of these unusual pedagogical tools used by
Waldorf teachers around the world: The Four Temperaments. Both teachers
and parents will delight in understanding the different characteristics of each
temperament and how these play into the development of every child
(and every grownup, too). Used as a tool for understanding rather than for
categorizing, the temperaments can be magical in their power to help a child
to be seen and understood by the adults who care for them. These may sound
a bit archaic, but Helmut Eller, from years of classroom experience in Waldorf
teaching in Germany, brings them solidly into the twenty-first century! They are
an abandoned ideal that needs re-implementing as they provide a wealth of
help in finding a way to the heart and enthusiasm of every youngster. A good
read with light-hearted goodwill in it for taking these temperaments as the
artistic resources they are.