An Enchanted Childhood Playschool ~ November 7th-11th ~ The Letter F

Fall, Friends, and Fun were what we were all about this week!  We read and re-read a sweet book called The Best Gift of All (which took place in Fall and was about Friends!) along with reading a few seasonal poems. We spent hours outside enjoying Indian Summer.  We made leaf crowns, hammered golf tees into pumpkins, and made leaf rubbings.

Friday, we only had a few children, but wanted to be sure to do this little favorite Fall project...

This Moment X3

{this moment} - A Friday ritual inspired by SouleMama. A single photo capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.

Wonderfull (Full of Wonder) Wednesday

 

Nature Walk. Bear Cave. (Ok... water run-off "cave") Cousins. (4th... 5th. whatever. still counts.)

Wonderfull. Wonder-filled. Enchanted Childhood.

An Enchanted Childhood Playschool ~ October 31th - November 4th ~ The Letter E

This week we read Horton Hatches an Egg and made sweet little "hatching eggs".

We then spent two days reading Horton Hears a Who and making Elephant masks....

and Elephant handprints!

Falling for Fall

"I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as autumn sunshine by staying in the house.  So I spend almost all the daylight hours in the open air.

~  Nathaniel Hawthorne ~

"Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and
watch the leaves turn." ~ Elizabeth Lawrence ~

"The milkweed pods are breaking, And the bits of silken down
Float off upon the autumn breeze, Across the meadows brown."
~ Cecil Cavendish ~

  "Every leaf speaks bliss to me,
fluttering from the autumn tree."~ Emily Bronte ~

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower."
~ Albert Camus ~

Come said the wind to the leaves one day,

Come o're the meadows and we will play.

Put on your dresses scarlet and gold,

For summer is gone and the days grow cold.

A Children's Song of the 1880's