Fairies, Fostering Trust

Seven Little Fairies

Seven little fairies came,
When the storm was ended,
Seven little fairies came,
Dressed up very splendid.
Hand in hand they tripped along,
Keeping time together,
Driving gloomy clouds away,
Bringing back clear weather.
Seven little fairies came,
When the storm was ended,
Seven little fairies came,
Dressed up very splendid.

Studying fairies this week will inspire many hours of happy and creative play for sure!

We will hear a story told called, The Feisty Fairy, by Eileen Straiton. It's about learning that some of the most precious things we find are more beautiful when they are left untouched.

Some of our activities will include making fairy houses, fairy bread, clothespin fairies, and playing trust games outside. We will be learning lots of new poems, songs, and reading books all about fairies.

Book titles:

Fairy Houses by Tracy Kane
How to Find Flower Fairies by Cicely Barker
Fairy Island by Laura Martin
Glower Fairies by Cicely Barker
The Book of Fairies by Michael Hague
In the Land of Fairies by Daniela Drescher
Mother Earth and Her Children by Sibylle von Olfers
The Book of Fairy Princes by Isabel Wyatt
The Dreamtime Fairies by Jane Simmons


Please Bring in a Special Rock or Gemstone on Thursday.
Please also bring in any natural materials you find around your yard or parks/trails for building fairy houses such as drift wood, moss, rocks, bark, pine needles, pinecones, leaves, acorns, twigs, etc.

We will also be having our Spanish lesson, doing creative and hands-on sensory experiences with the letter B and its sound, sewing fairy pouches, having a special singing with guitar time on Thursday mornings, talking about trust, planting seeds in our garden beds, drawing in our nature journals about many scientific discoveries outside, and creating beautiful Monet-inspired art.

Nature Walk Verse:

Come, follow, follow me,
Ye fairy elves that be;
Light tripping o'er the green
Come, follow Mab, your queen!
Hand in hand we'll dance around,
For this place is Fairy ground.

This week's reflection: Fostering Trust

"I have seen flowers come in stony places
And kind things done by men with ugly faces
And the gold cup won by the worst horse at the races,
So I trust too."
-John Masefield

"Trust is not easy. We must remind ourselves daily that we are right where we are meant to be-right now, right here. When we lose focus and live too much in the future or the past, we lose our trust in the universe-the now. What do you need to do today? Start there and trust that the rest will follow."
-Little Acorn Learning