This traditional English quarter day is an important holiday in the Waldorf school calendar, and a well-loved tradition in our homeschool co-op. Here are notes and photos from today, as well as notes from previous years:
In the morning we read The Dragons Are Singing Tonight, a fun book of poems by Jack Prelutsky.
In the afternoon we read
Saint George and the Dragon, beautifully retold from Spencer's The Faerie Queene by Margaret Hodges. We also built a splendid castle of foam bricks in the yard, donned costumes, and acted out the story!
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The cast list includes Una, the Red Cross Knight, the dragon, the king & queen, and the townspeople. For the third and fourth reenactment, one of the children narrated the events (instead of me doing it)... and you'll see that we also sometimes had two dragons. It's the most popular part!
for her donation of these foam bricks!!
In Handwork this year, we are making these adorable knitted baby dragons (new skill: kfb) using a sweet pattern from Waldorf Handwork Educators.
In the past we've done the knight peg doll sewing kit from A Child's Dream. Here's one of those knights fighting the Ostheimer Dragon!
Celebrations from previous years:
2023
Wrapping Up Our First Month's Topics
2022
The Faerie Queene (1596) by Edmund Spenser
2021
2020
Saints / Election / Presidents Week 1
2019
September - Michael and the Dragon
2018
October - Michael and the Dragon
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