Celebrating Festivals with Children

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Table of Contents:
Foreword -- The Seasonal Nature Table -- Creating a seasonal nature table -- A deeper understanding of the nature table -- The child's relationship to the nature table -- Winter -- Advent and Christmas -- Creating the mood ourselves -- Preparation with children -- Making an Advent wreath -- Decorating the room for Advent -- Advent calendars -- Moss gardens -- Advent singing -- Advent spiral (or garden) -- St Nicholas -- Children at transition age - from wonder to guessing -- Advent activities -- The Christmas play -- Christmas in kindergarten -- Christmas at home -- The Twelve Holy Nights and Epiphany -- Creating the mood ourselves -- Epiphany with children -- Looking back -- Carnival -- Preparation with children -- Carnival day -- Spring -- Easter -- Creating the mood ourselves -- Preparing for Easter -- The Easter hare -- Easter eggs -- Further Easter activities -- Easter at home -- Celebrating Easter in kindergarten -- Between Easter and Whitsun -- Whitsun -- Preparing for Whitsun -- Celebrating Whitsun in kindergarten -- Summer -- St John's and Summertime -- Creating the mood ourselves -- St John's and summer with children -- St John's Day in kindergarten -- Summer Festival -- Preparing for the summer festival -- Celebrating the summer festival -- Farewell Festival (for children going to big school) -- Preparing for the farewell festival -- Celebrating the festival with parents -- Autumn -- Harvest Time -- Creating the mood ourselves -- Activities with children -- The harvest festival -- Michaelmas -- Creating the mood ourselves -- The Michaelmas festival -- Lantern Time -- Halloween -- Martinmas -- The lantern festival -- Thanksgiving -- Preparing in kindergarten -- Birthdays -- Creating the mood ourselves -- Celebrating birthdays in kindergarten -- Small birthday presents -- Birthdays at home -- 'Heavenly birthday' -- Afterword -- Endnotes -- Bibliography and Further Reading.