Category Archives: waldorf
Forest Kindergarten Framework
I’m back from Not-Back-To-School Camp and hitting the ground running. The forest kindie starts Monday – and this weekend is my husband’s birthday. Full days ahead. Here’s what I prepared today for the parents of the children in my forest … Continue reading
Fall 2011 Forest Kindergarten
I’m putting together my songs and handplays for the forest kindergarten class I will be teaching for Earthroots in the fall. That’s only a few weeks away! This list includes all the transition songs as well as the opening and … Continue reading
Late Spring/Early Summer Songs
We’re squeezing in one more late spring/early summer playgroup cycle before we break until autumn. That completes our third year! As per usual, most of the handplays and poems come from Betty Jones’ A Child’s Seasonal Treasury plus a song … Continue reading
New Spring Cycle of Playgroup in the Woods
A Little Garden Flower A little garden flower is lying in its bed. The sun shines bright, overhead. Down came the rain, dancing to and fro. The little garden flower awakens, and now begins to grow. Spring is Coming by … Continue reading
Winter Circle Songs and Handplays
Here we go with another winter cycle of Playgroup in the Woods. (I’m resisting the temptation to continue calling it Waldorf in the Woods, because I’m not actually a trained Waldorf teacher.) The story will be a simplified version of … Continue reading
Advent, Advent, a candle burns…
I’m finding that the new holidays I celebrate with my kids are my favorite ones; when festivals and ceremonies are created, they can be made with thought and love and without sugary treats and material gifts. This is the second … Continue reading
Martinmas Songs
We’ll be singing these songs in a lantern procession after a soup and bread potluck dinner and the puppet show. Both are from Sing Through Seasons (compiled and edited by the Society of Brothers) Down with Darkness by E. Amiran … Continue reading
Martinmas
I’m looking forward to celebrating Martinmas next month with another campout and soup and bread potluck. According to French lore, St. Martin was a soldier passing into the city of Amiens, when he passed a shivering beggar. He stopped, took … Continue reading
Starting our Second Year!
The fall songs for our sixth cycle of Waldorf in the Woods. All songs and handplays, except for FIVE LITTLE LEAVES and OATS AND BEANS AND BARLEY GROW will be sung twice. FOLLOW, FOLLOW ME NOW LOOK AROUND SOMETHING TOLD … Continue reading
An Autumn Gathering Story
Oh dear, my new fall cycle of Waldorf in the Woods starts in a week and I haven’t even posted songs or a story yet. Good thing I have such enthusiastic group members who come up with story ideas of … Continue reading