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Free Resources and Links
Free Resources and Links For AT Teachers
Here you will find resources and links to help you to teach the Alexander Technique in education at primary school, secondary school and tertiary levels. Many of the resources are also suitable to use with private pupils.
Most of the resources are freely available, there are also some links to resources for sale, mainly books by third parties that we recommend.
Various resources will be added here from time to time.
You might want to join our mailing list so that we can keep you up to date with any changes.
THE READY LIST WEBSITE
Visit our site for the general public. There are useful video resources scattered throughout the website that you may find help you with your teaching. We also have a page specifically for children.
View the Alexander in Education Conference Videos and More
How You Can Help
At The Developing Self we want to co-create a community of teachers who feel that getting the work into education is really important. To this end we try to offer as many resources free of charge as we possibly can.
However we do have some overheads.
If you feel moved to send us a donation we would be very happy and extremely grateful to receive it!
Even just £1 would be marvellous.
Thank you!
Resources Available Here
File Downloads
Useful Movements with Direction
Movement Circle Video
Movement Circle Video
Useful Movements with Direction
Movement Circle Video
Useful Movements with Direction
Useful Movements with Direction
Useful Movements with Direction
How to Draw a Simple Labyrinth
How to Draw a Simple Labyrinth
Useful Movements with Direction
Lazy Labyrinths
How to Draw a Simple Labyrinth
Mr.Jackson Stories 3- 11 years
This video gives an overview of what Lazy Labyrinths are and why we use them at Educare small School.
Mr.Jackson Stories 3- 11 years
How to Draw a Simple Labyrinth
Mr.Jackson Stories 3- 11 years
Mr. Jackson is an institution of himself at Educare. Here are a few of his stories that Sue recorded recently when the children were all working from home.
The Ready List Promo
The Ready List Promo
The Ready List Promo
A really short promo video for The Ready List. Aimed at the general public.
Moving into Kindness
The Ready List Promo
The Ready List Promo
A short promo for a longer video looking at Educare Small School's decision to use fewer chairs
Useful Links
Fun & Interesting Videos
Fun & Interesting Videos
Fun & Interesting Videos
Fun & Interesting Videos
Fun & Interesting Videos
A selection of videos that we consider to be useful.
You might like to use them in your teaching of young people.
File Downloads
Below are a selection of files related to the Developing Self Education Training Course.
All files are free to download
Printable Presentation Resources
Here are a few graphic files that you are welcome to download and print out.
The postcard is a very useful and attractive handout for presentations. There are two versions here: one is for schools and the other for general use. Be sure to also download the file that is the reverse side of the postcard (this is the same for both versions). The cards are designed to be printed at A6 size, double sided. We use an online printer to do this (Vista Print) but you could also go to a local printshop. The files are a high resolution, suitable for printing.
Educare Movement Circle
All the movements from Educare Movement Circle demonstrated by Sue Merry. Refer to the book "Alexander in Primary Education" by Sue Merry for more information on many of the movements.
Useful Movements With Direction
A series of videos from Judith Kleinman demonstrating some of the movements that she teaches on the Developing Self Education Training Course. See the course materials for more information.
How to Draw a Simple Labyrinth
Sue Merry has created a system for teaching the Alexander Technique in Primary Education. She has discovered that using labyrinths on their own, and also combined with "Lazy 8" shapes (Lazy Labyrinths), helps children to integrate the principles of Alexander work into writing and drawing skills.
Lazy Labyrinths
At Educare Small School we use a unique activity, devised by Sue Merry, called Lazy Labyrinths. This video gives an overview of what Lazy Labyrinths are and why we use them. It includes a demonstration that will teach you how to work with Lazy Labyrinths.
Stories for Children Aged 3 and Up
Mr.Jackson stories are a feature of Educare Small School. Sue uses them to help reinforce AT principles, in the form of The Ready List.
The stories have a particular structure that is very familiar to Educare Children.
Sue made one video a week during the period of time in 2020 when the school building was closed.
This video is very unpolished but fun!
Later ones are a little more refined!
Links
The Little School and Irene Tasker
The Little School and Irene Tasker
The Little School and Irene Tasker
The Alexander Times was the journal created and produced by the pupils of the Little School, the first school for children based on the principles of the Alexander Technique.
Irene Tasker: Her Life and Work with the Alexander Technique by Regina Stratil
Irene Tasker was one of the first people in Britain to train in the Montessori method in 1913. After becoming Alexander’s apprentice in 1917, she worked with him for the next 17 years and assisted with the editing of three of Alexander’s books. She pioneered the Alexander Technique in education when she set up a school for children in 1924, in London, based on the principles of the Alexander Technique.
Judith Kleinman & Peter Buckoke
The Little School and Irene Tasker
The Little School and Irene Tasker
All about their work at the RCM and much more. Alexander Now
The Ready list
The Little School and Irene Tasker
Newsletter Archive
Full of resources aimed at the general public. You might find this website useful as it makes the principals very user-friendly. It is a great way to introduce AT work to children, youngsters and new pupils of any age.
Newsletter Archive
STAT Education Page
Newsletter Archive
STAT Education Page
STAT Education Page
STAT Education Page
Other Podcasts
STAT Education Page
STAT Education Page
Link here to two podcasts by Esther Miltiadous. She is interviewed by Robert Rickover and talks about working with primary school children and also about her work at Educare Small School. Listen Here
The Ready List Intro
A really short promo video for The Ready List.
Find many more videos at The Ready List website.
Moving into Kindness
We are teaching our children that sitting down for long periods of time is a necessary preparation for adult life. This is especially true of schools, where children are expected to sit for an average of five to six hours a day. What is this doing to the developing body and what is this doing to our children's mental health?
Find out more about how we address these issues at Educare Small School by watching this interview with the founder and headteacher Elizabeth Steinthal.
Other Useful Videos
An explanation of how use deteriorates from childhood and how the AT can help us.
Astonishing example of the power of good use!
How good use turns us into Superman!
Help Our Cause
At The Developing Self we want to co-create a community of teachers who feel that getting the work into education is really important. To this end we try to offer as many resources free of charge as we possibly can.
However we do have some overheads.
If you feel moved to send us a donation we would be very happy and extremely grateful to receive it!
Even just £1 would be marvellous.
Thank you!
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