Seasons of Joy

Looking for a way to bring peace and joy to your day? Seasons of Joy is my 10-week seasonal guidebook to add rhythm and fun to your daily routine. Each guidebook has ten weeks' worth of circle times, stories, arts, crafts, and handwork, painting, playtime activities and more!
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Seasons of Joy seeks to empower families to create peaceful rhythms and routines and joyful celebrations that follow the circle of the year. The blog also chronicles our adventures in living simply, loving exuberantly, and Waldorf inspired homeschooling.

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Jack-o-Lantern

Jack o’ lantern, jack o’ lantern,
You are such a funny sight.
As you sit there by the window
Looking out into the night.

You were once a sturdy pumpkin
Growing on a curly vine.
Now you are a jack o’ lantern.
See your night lights shine!

~ Anonymous

pumpkims

Heigh Ho, Halloween Is (Almost) Here!

Here are some gentle ideas for celebrating the season with your family.

A Slightly Spooky Halloween Circle Time

Hey Ho for Halloween! Circle Time

An easel bat craft

Source: Bear Dance Crafts

Jack O’ Lantern Tortillas and Pizzas

A Collection of Halloween Crafts, including

a felt board jack o; lantern


a jack o’ lantern window transparency


and a beeswax decorated tree and owl for the nature table.

In Our Halloween/Autumn Book Basket

And of course you can check out the recent Waldorf Wednesday posts

for some great seasonal links!

Why we DON’T do the “Sugar Sprite” tradition

I remember when I first heard about the sugar sprite/sugar fairy.

It was way back when Michael was just a baby, 13 years ago on the WE_HS egroup. The earliest version I could find came from Kytka, back when she ran Hedgehog Farms (how’s that for a blast from the past?).

Happy Halloween!

Katie Grace dressed up as Molly MacIntire from the American Girls books, Daniel was a kitty, and Nicholas was Superior Nick, a superhero of his own creation.

Superior Nick with his trusty sidekick, Superior Dog. The face paint is lame, we know.

Walking with Daddy.

Up a looooong (to him) flight of steps.

Trick or Treat!

Nick was digging this giant “snow globe”.

Michael is not picture. He was too cool to ToT with us and went with a buddy instead.

Also, we may have created a monster with Daniel. This morning he said “I don’t want to go church. I want go Trick or Treat!”

Five little pumpkins!

Halloween and Autumn Crafts!

Felt Make-a-jack o’ lantern

Sponge painted candy corn and see-inside jack o’ lantern cyclops

Jack o’ lantern window transparency

Beeswax owl and tree from Autumn Seasons of Joy

Hey, Ho, for Halloween! A circle time


This is being posted a little later than I would have hoped. I’m slowly getting my groove back, and some days are better than others.

This year, our Halloween circle is framed by a lovely little story by Nancy Foster called “The Naughty Little Hobgoblin.” It can be found in Let Us Form a Ring. This is a great book and I highly recommend it, even if just to learn how a Waldorf circle “works.” I also found a copy of the story here.

At the end, there’s a lovely little traditional song:
Jack o’ lantern, jack o’ lantern,
You are such a funny sight
As you sit there in the window,
Looking out in the night.