Happy Whimsical Hearts

Waldorf playgroup

My family’s weekly rhythm starts with playgroup at our Waldorf school.
The school is set on a hill amongst bushland and going there helps set the tone for our week *smile*

Our playgroup rhythm starts with the children shaping bread dough ready for baking…

We knead the bread,
We roll the bread,

We bake it in the oven.

The children then enjoy indoor free play.
Putting on gnome hats with jingly bells, setting up farm or fishing for felt fish…

After tidying up, the smell of the baked bread draws us close to enjoy morning tea…
Our playgroup leader captivates the childrens’ attention by a simple rhythmic shake of the match box, before striking a match and lighting our candle.

Blessings on the blossom
Blessings on the fruit
Blessings on the leaf and stem
Blessings on the root

Once we are refreshed we sing some songs and rhymes….

I’m Bounda, I’m Bounda, I’m Bounda the Kangaroo.
I have two floppy ears and two paws, how do you do?
Two paws, how do you do?
I have a long tail and two flat feet
And I like to play where the grass is juicy and sweet.
I’m Bounda, I’m Bounda. I’m Bounda the Kangaroo.

The fresh air then beckons us to enjoy some time outside.

There is a giant sandpit and muffin tins ready for baking lovely sand muffins *smile*

Playgroup winds down with a puppet story.
I feel blessed watching the little faces light up with anticipation and joy as the story scene is uncovered.

Goodbye now, goodbye now,
We leave you now and home we go,
Goodbye now, goodbye now,
Goodbye to all of you

Warmly, Kelly

May 7, 2012 by Kelly

Ball run fun!

When craft day arrived a few weeks ago and I didn’t have anything planned Master D and I jumped on Pinterest *smile*

We browsed through the collaborative board, A Toddler’s World, that Jode from Mummy Musings & Mayhem started, until Master D spotted this pin of a ball run from A Happy Wanderer.

Source: a-happy-wanderer.blogspot.com via Kelly on Pinterest

And with such excitement asked, ‘Oh Mum! Can we make that?!‘

So we collected a pile of ‘one day possible crafting items’ (I’m sure lots of us have a collection like this!), together with the hot glue gun and some tape.

We decided to use the styrofoam corners to start our runs off. Once we hot glued them into place we rolled a marble off them to see where we should place the next bit of our run *smile*

We continued on in this fashion, of gluing on and testing until our run was complete.

Along the way Little Miss Q had fun throwing our supplies around and laughing at our efforts {cheeky girl!}

But I have to admit that playing with our ball run is a bit addictive! We’ve tested it out with wooden beads, marbles and bouncy balls. And we’ve played with the angle of the ball run itself ~ all with different results!