Fall/2011
Day Plan
Week 1
Mama time:
Verse
I place myself steadfastly into existence
With certainty I tread the path of life
Love I nurse in the core of my being
Hope I lay into all my doing
Confidence I impress into my thinking ~Steiner
Wash face, get dressed, put on Apron
Boys wake up verse
The light opens up
And I walk in
The day invites me to begin.
I ask the day “How shall I start?”
It says, “With a wish upon your heart.”
MAKE A WISH TOGETHER
Breakfast: (ideas: eggs, cheese, fruit, yogurt, granola)
Clean Up Verse:
I meet my work with strong limbs
Open hands and warm heart
NATURE WALK Verse:
From my little home I go
To share love with all I know
Visit front trees, notice shapes, visit garden, weed, harvest as necessary, check hillside vines. Gather stones for Spiral Garden. Bring a stump for center. Engage the senses.
Autumn Song:
Oats Peas Beans and Barley Grow x2
Do you or I or anyone know how
Oats Peas Beans and Barley Grow
Autumn Song:
Blow wind blow,
And go mill go
That the miller may grind his corn,
Then the baker will take it
And into bread bake it
And bring us a loaf in the morn.
Squirrel Poem (do movements):
Whisky, frisky hoppity hop,
Up he goes to the tree top!
Whirly, twirly round and round,
Down he scampers to the ground.
Furly curly what a tail!
Tall as a feather, broad as a sail!
Where is his supper? In the shell.
Snappity crackity, out it fell!
Prepare to go in verse:
Birds in the air
Stones on the land.
Fishes in the water
I’m in Earth’s hand.
Heading back inside verse:
To my house, I find my way
And with my blessed Angel stay.
Begin morning verse:
Good morning dear Earth,
Good morning dear Sun,
Good morning dear trees,
And flowers everyone.
Good morning dear Beasts,
And the birds in the Trees,
Good morning to You.
And good morning to Me.
Mulberry bush Circle song:
Clapping song:
Clap your hands so quickly
As quickly as can be,
Clap your hands so quickly
And clap your hands like me
Wave your hands so slowly
As slowly as can be
Wave your hands so slowly
And wave your hands like me
Snap your fingers quickly
Quickly as can be
Snap your fingers quickly
And snap them just like me
Roll your hands so slowly
As slowly as can be
Roll your hands so slowly
And fold your arms like me.
Bean Bag game (give everyone a bean bag)
Rainbow verse (tossing back and forth in rainbow arch, CURVE line form)):
Red and orange and yellow and green
The rainbow’s 7 colors have a bright shining sheen
Light blue, indigo, violet all told
At the end of rainbow is a pot of gold.
Circle Stomp:
Brave and True will I be
Each good deed sets me free
Each kind word makes me strong
I will fight for right, I will conquer wrong.
Standing Still verse:
Golden in the garden
Golden in the glen
Golden, golden, golden,
September’s here again.
Autumn Song:
Yellow the bracken, Golden the leaves
Rosy the apples, Crimson the sheaves
Mist on the hillside, clouds gray and white
Autumn Good Morning, Summer Good Night.
Closing Verse:
May I enter this day with clear thoughts
Kind words,
Open heart,
And gentle hands.
Welcome the children each by name with a handshake and hug.
MAIN LESSON Day 1:
Discuss forms we saw outside, draw straight & curvy lines in the air, on eachother. Hop in a straight line, walk a curved line, tell a story of the 3 Scalene Brothers who guarded their garden against a predator. Make all lines different sizes form a triangle when the brothers all join hands around the garden and stand strong.
Discuss forms we saw outside, draw straight & curvy lines in the air, on eachother. Hop in a straight line, walk a curved line, tell a story of the 3 Scalene Brothers who guarded their garden against a predator. Make all lines different sizes form a triangle when the brothers all join hands around the garden and stand strong.
Invite Button to make snack from what has been prepared for him while #1 & I continue to work with straight and curved lines
SNACK TIME: (Button rings bell) cheese, crackers, fruit, juicy tea,
CLEAN UP:
There was an old lady tossed up in a blanket seventeen times,
As high as the moon,
And where she was going no mortal could tell
But under her arm she carried a broom
“Old lady, old lady, old lady,” says I
“Wither, ah wither, ah wither so high?”
“To sweep the cobwebs from the moon,
But I’ll be with you by and by”
FREE PLAY TIME
Lesson A: Flute (feather, lit candle, wrapped flute)
Tell Pear tree story (by Marsha Johnson found in her e-book, buy it HERE)
Imagine gentleness, light winds, breezes on Carl’s head, a baby lamb laying in the grass. Practice a tiny wind blow with mouth.
One at a time call each child up to blow at the candle to merely make it dance. Give a feather to take back to his seat.
Sing Thumbkin:
Where is Thumbkin?
Pointer?
Long Man?
Ringman?
Baby?
GIVE FLUTE GIFT
Warm with breath blow open end, finger holes.
Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum Is What We Play With Just Our Thumb (from David Darcy's book buy it HERE)
(D note is with thumb hole covered)
Clean flutes with a drop of oil in the mouth piece
Cleaning Rod in, spin, and out.
Reverently put flutes away.
NOON- LUNCH & REST
Clean up
Story time with Handwork Lesson: Wandering Henry
Closing verse:
Warm our hearts, Oh Sun, and give
Light that we may daily live.
Growing as we ought to be
True and good and strong and free.
END OF SCHOOL DAY
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