May 2022 The children and I have been watching Spring slowly bloom in our FUSF Grove over the course of the past month.  The trees in the parking lot are all in leaf now, but several weeks ago they were all white with blossoms.  I wish that you all could have seen them.   Despite all of the changes that the past several years have seen, our program has been able to reprise several annual traditions … Continue reading Birdsong: Notes from the Grove

Religious Education News for April The forsythia is blooming in my neighbor’s yard, the grass is green, and I’ve packed most of my winter clothes away in the attic.  I know, you can blame me if we have a blizzard later this week.  But do you know what this means?   It means that life is just about to start zooming forward.  I’m seeing the end of summer in my rearview mirror already, and it is … Continue reading Birdsong: Notes from the Grove

Notes from the Grove – Religious Education News Spring is in the air!  Can you feel it coming?  The March wind is certainly blowing today!  We are back in the meetinghouse and back in our RE classes.  Here is an overview of what is going on… During the Sunday service, the children are meeting with their teachers to resume their curriculum classes in their Groves – Greenwood for children ages 3-6, Maplewood for children 7-11, … Continue reading Birdsong: Notes from the Grove

Religious Education News, February 2022 It is an icy, snowy, freezing cold weekend – but there are birds singing outside and the sun didn’t set until 5PM yesterday!  Spring is definitely on its way.  On the first of February we pass the midpoint between the winter solstice and the spring equinox, so we have turned a corner of sorts in the dark half of the year and are beginning to climb back up towards the … Continue reading Birdsong: Notes from the Grove

When I taught in the Waldorf Schools, there would be a staff meeting sometime in May, when somebody from administration would remind us, “By the way, your supply order is due next week.  And I need all of your dates for the calendar by Friday.” What that meant was, “You need to know how much paint/watercolor paper/crayons/pencils/clay/notebooks/erasers/glue/yarn/musical instruments/ you’ll need for every lesson that you’re planning to teach next year.  And you’ll need to know … Continue reading Notes from the Grove: Onward!