making snack, during morning garden:
enjoying snack, during morning garden:
finding holiday sprigs:
and a tree climb:
morning garden
rainy day play
apple festival!
we had our first apple festival this past saturday at arrow...we had lots of sunshine, friendly faces, yummy pies and more! thanks to everyone who came!
tabatha and family made a run to hillcrest orchards in ellijay for apples.
(thanks, t, t, t, and f!)
author liana krissoff led an applesauce making workshop:
we blocked off the driveway with haybales, and had cider and popcron:
there were crafts, with a special blockprinting one led by susan & her 6 year old daughter, bird:
amanda played fiddle:
and, lastly, our apple pie contest:
thank you to these fine folks for contributing a pie:
and arrow friends: sarah & lori
first place: ike & jane !
kid's choice: lori paluck !
maypop admires the wall of apples:
what a fun day!
thank you!
morning garden early fall days...
dye day, encore
last month we gathered and mixed up color and dunked fabric again- what fun:
waldorf mornings:
here are some photos from the last few months taken by katie bell:
our new summer reggio class:
sorting colors...
outside:
playing with light:
playing indoors:
eating a snack:
a little music time:
fun!
a field trip to visit to the garden around the corner...
playsilk dyeing workshop !
in late may, rene shoemaker led a dyeing workshop at arrow.
we dyed playsilks for our little ones, but in the process we learned about immersion dyeing and some of us played around with some tie dyeing too. we had lots of fun, and will do this again sometime !
the undyed silks drying on the line:
the dyed silks hanging in the garden:
more images from the day:
field trip: to the zoo!
last morning garden for a while...
building a new house
our well-loved, but totally worn out furniture box:
should we recycle it, i wondered...?
no!
we turned it into a bright NEW house, complete with shingled roof and shining sun!
easter, morning garden-style:
natural egg dyeing, and strawberry-filled easter eggs!
egg hunt time!
morning creative play,
just before the holidays...during morning garden...
we just finished our first session of morning creative play-
a morning of creative time with outdoor play, music, art, homemade food, and friendship:
{photos by katie moore}