These first few weeks have started off so sweetly. It is amazing to see how much our "old school" kids have grown over the summer, and the many things they want to try out. The new children have brought new ideas and excitement to our play and have adjusted so well. For older children, hearing the seasonal stories again makes their eyes light up, and for the new children, they love the novelty of a "puppet story" and acting it out if we get the chance.
These new interactions are so vital to all children. It takes time to learn the many idiosyncrasies of one another and how to read one another's body language. They are social scientists! They will try out on one another all the tools they carry in their human dna: kindness, pleasing, cuddling, but also the negative ones too: bragging, grabbing, crying, just being louder...and that's okay! This is the time to learn these things, and there is no other way to do it than to be given time, space and patience. And it is so sweet when they begin to realize that they ARE making connections with one another, their friends DO love them.
These new interactions are so vital to all children. It takes time to learn the many idiosyncrasies of one another and how to read one another's body language. They are social scientists! They will try out on one another all the tools they carry in their human dna: kindness, pleasing, cuddling, but also the negative ones too: bragging, grabbing, crying, just being louder...and that's okay! This is the time to learn these things, and there is no other way to do it than to be given time, space and patience. And it is so sweet when they begin to realize that they ARE making connections with one another, their friends DO love them.
We started our seasonal circle time with farmer and garden verses, singing "Oats, peas, beans, and barley grow" and other garden songs. Now our farmer visits an orchard and we all gather apples to put into our pony cart and make applesauce.
The apples are ripe, the apples are red
They hang so high above my head,
Leave them alone til' windy weather,
Whoooosh! They'll all come tumbling down together
The apples are ripe, the apples are red
They hang so high above my head,
Leave them alone til' windy weather,
Whoooosh! They'll all come tumbling down together
I love this time of year, even with the bugs, humidity, heat and the tired looking plants. In the nursery, it is a time of new beginnings with so much to look forward to. Already I feel we have settled in and I have so many ideas for our year together. I told the children the other day that our blessing has all the things I look forward to:
For the golden corn and the apples on the tree
For the golden butter and the honey from the bee
For fruits and nuts and berries we gather on our way
We thank you for the food we eat, we thank you everyday.
Blessings on our food, our families, and our friends!
For the golden corn and the apples on the tree
For the golden butter and the honey from the bee
For fruits and nuts and berries we gather on our way
We thank you for the food we eat, we thank you everyday.
Blessings on our food, our families, and our friends!
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