THE MAGIC THUMB The Puppet Theatre – Class 3 – Middle Lesson “You can start next Monday,” said the Class 3 teacher “that’s in the middle lessons of course. These are 3 weeks of consecutive lessons, each of the 15 being one and a half hours – that’s about 23 hours teaching in the whole […]
AGE: 3rd Grade
Child Awake: Air and Wind Stories for 3rd Grade
BREATH OF LIFE Air & Wind Stories – Class 3 – Middle Lesson THE ANGEL OF AIR From the Essene Gospel of Peace We worship the holy breath Which is placed higher than All other things created; And we worship The most true wisdom. In the midst of the fresh air of the forest […]
Child Awake: The Twelve Senses
CHILD AWAKE! Twelve Senses – Class 3 – Main Lesson “See that Osprey – the fish eagle – he and his raptor relatives are a timeless symbol of The 12 Senses. From hundreds of feet in the air, they can spot a tiny, silver glint beneath the troubled surface of the water, betraying the presence […]
Child Awake: Beekeeping in Primary School
A HIVE OF ACTIVITY Beekeeping in Primary School There is an old legend which tells of a swarm of bees making their hive in the abandoned helmet of a Roman soldier; the Spirit of Love redeeming the forces of conflict! Perhaps that is why, in this Age of Violence, I introduce beekeeping to the small […]
Child Awake: Stories of Agriculture in 3rd Grade
VOICE OF FIRE Stories of Agriculture – Class 3 – Main Lesson The kelpie rushed out and barked wildly as the teacher, one Persephone, parked her silver hatchback under the scarlet embrace of a spreading Poinciana tree. “Go orn – git out!!” growled the farmer as he strode out to meet her, his size 12 […]
Child Awake: Light and Color in 3rd Grade
LAIRD OF THE SPECTRUM Light & Color – Class 3 – Main Lesson The Teacher and the Teacher’s Teacher settled down around the small white table on the verandah. The filtered early morning light painted magic patterns in the auburn and olive leaves of the decorative grape lolling languidly on the trellis overhead. The Teacher […]