March 25, 2108 Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders. – Henry David Thoreau The seed packets are scattered across the kitchen table, their brilliant […]
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Kerry writes: The story of Mumbuto and the White Bird is a transformative tale written for young children. The life-giving baobob tree holds the central position on the set. The base of the tree is a needle-felted trunk with a jar of water within – which holds branches of fresh green leaves to denote the branches
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This gentle springtime story from Suzanne Down can be told or done as a puppet show for children. Learn how to write nurturing stories of your own from Suzanne’s talk, The Story Art of the Heart: Where All’s Well with the World, at the National LifeWays Conference on May 18th, 2013. Learn to make a
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At Rainbow Bridge we always scheduled our “Winter Festival” on the last day before winter break. We would invite all the parents to come from 11:30-12:30 and take their children home with them—no afternoon care that day because it’s so hard for children to have parents come and go without taking them home. Because
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