Tuesday October 23, 2018
Full Moon
Today
we had another wonderful visit to Oz Farm. We began by having morning
circle under the Redwoods, and noticing how much darker it was than the
last time we had circle in this spot. We have been talking a lot in
class about how this is the time of the year when "the veil between the
worlds becomes thinner" and the magical creatures come out. To
celebrate this mystical season, we will be reading about one magical creature each day from the book, "Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You." Today we read about The Common House Brownie (and as it turns out, one of our kiddo's has a house infested with them!)
After the story we did a short rain dance before closing circle to play
in the forest. I had brought some walnut shells along to make boats
with, but instead the kiddo's lined the shells with Redwood Sorrel to
make little beds for the faeries. They also used feathers to help
decorate the faerie houses they made.
Next the kiddo's began searching
for treasure. C. was certain there was some gold hidden in the trunk of
an old fallen tree. The students all worked together to find the
treasure; but they had to be careful! There was also a terrible curse
afoot, which threatened to destroy all the trees! We then moved to the
Grandmother Walnut, thinking the treasure might be there. As it turned
out, the gold was with us all along, because the students themselves
were the treasure! We continued to play at the Grandmother Walnut tree;
some kids climbing, some swinging, and others collecting the walnut
hulls for a later project, until it was time to head back to school.
Tuesday October 23, 2018