#Dear sun and dear earth windows#
He’ll rattle the windows (pretend to grasp on to window with fists and shake)Īnd puff at a cloud (puff with breath into air) Without asking “please” (shake index finger for “no”) He’ll take off your hat, (brush hand across head)
The wind is pushing against the trees (arms above head, “waving” in the wind) March Wind: It’s not march anymore, but spring is still windy…so I still am using this one. Hungry he was, so he took one away (take a “seed” away) Till a bird fluttered by one day… (make a little bird with two hands, flying down to seeds) A great one to pre-introduce the concept of subtraction.įive little seeds on Mother Earth lay, (lay out your 5 “seeds” on the ground) Expand out to ten if you like, progress to the bird taking 2 away at a time, etc. Five Little Seeds: This one we do with little pebbles/stones…You can use any manipulative you like or have on hand. Or, one person can be the piper and the others follow, skipping through the house. Piper, play your happy music: My kids like to hold hands and skip together in a circle while they sing this one, once clockwise, then again counterclockwise. Daffodilly: A sweet little verse about a daffodil and her colors. Shimmer, quiver, on the river (make a wave motion with hand) (wiggle fingertips up from ground to air to make seeds “grow”)Īll around is fair… (extend arm to gesture all around) Pansies, lilies, daffodillies, all are coming through. Weave together straw and feather, ( wiggle fingers on both hands, entangling them to weave together a cupped “nest”)įlowers are waking too… (hands on ground, tapping fingertips as “seeds”) Spring is coming: Here is a video showing an example tune.īirdies build your nests… ( make bird beaks with thumb and rest of fingers open and close) There are variations and different hand gestures you can do, I encourage you to work out what feels best for you.
Good morning, dear earth: We always open with this song, no matter the season. Over the course of the season, you can add and drop songs as you like to keep things fresh.
I’m sharing what we are currently using, but of course switch things up however you need them to be. Have everyone sit in a circle on the blanket and do songs, poems, stories- anything you like. Creating a safe, reliable space at home is more important than ever to soothe, connect, grieve.Īfter breakfast + morning chores + a little time outside (in backyard) to get the wiggles out, I lay out a quilt on the ground in the living room. Especially during the discord and chaos of this time, children (and adults, too!) crave the familiarity of rhythm, predictability, knowing that x follows y. It helps to transition my children from breakfast and morning to being in “school”- I find that children thrive when there is repetition, routine and clearly denoted shifts throughout the day.
I thought it might be helpful to share a little of what we do, in particular our morning “circle time” that starts off and sets the tone for our school day. Our family already has been semi-homeschooling- we do a program through our school district that combines a small homeschooling community with in person classes a few times a week- for almost 2 years now. As this devastating virus continues to progress, it’s clear that any of us taking care of children have, more or less, become homeschoolers.
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