MD Sheep and Wool Festival

Saturday I am going to the 34th Annual Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. I am very excited about this! They hold it the first weekend in May, which is also when the Kentucky Derby is always run. Now, my family has been huge fans of the Triple Crown ever since I can remember and we would always gather for the Derby that weekend... then the following Monday morning EVERY YEAR I would Google "sheep shearing" so that I could take the kids to see it and realize I had missed the festival! Aargh! I'm determined to go to the festival this year, though, no matter what.

The classic Waldorf sheep shearing book is, of course, Pelle's New Suit by Elsa Beskow. However, you may not know that there is also a new Pelle's New Suit circletime play composed by Nancy Blanning -- this may be found in Movement Journeys and Circle Adventures: Movement Enrichment with a Therapeutic Approach for Early Childhood by Nancy Blanning and Laurie Clark. This is a new book that just came out and it is very very good, especially if you're a new homeschooling parent looking for circle time movement and stories and don't know how to put it all together. This book spells it out step-by-step just like a dream. The Pelle's New Suit is in the Springtime circle chapter and includes songs to sing (Pelle's Song, Washerwoman's Song, Sarasponda, and Little Lamb) as well as verses, dialogue, and all corresponding movements.

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