Letter Two – 26, 27, 28 January 2021
Dear parents, We have been very happy to celebrate three class birthdays in two weeks - Annabella, Teacher Beulah and Samson. What a lovely way to start our year together. Class birthdays are very special moments in a Waldorf Classroom. The birthday child chooses two friends as her/his guardian angels, who will care for the her/him for the day. The children are all part of preparing the birthday table, beautifying the room and decorating the cake. The birthday cake is preferably homemade, and as simple and wholesome as possible, with no artificial colours, generally round for easy cutting and sharing and without sweets or other decorations. The birthday child wears a special cloak and birthday crown and the guardian angels dress up too in cloaks and headbands. This is a class celebration for the children only and unlike Kindergarten, parents are not part of the ceremony. It is a moment for the children to bond as a social group, to learn to create a ceremony together, to give each other wishes and to manage and arrange the space as they would like it to be. The same birthday story is told to each child, with some minor changes and additions, specific to the child: The child, as a human soul comes down through the star kingdoms and is given seven special gifts by the star spirits - the gifts of memory, wisdom and thinking, courage of the heart and speech, goodness, beauty, movement, and imagination, The children love the story and listen to it intently. It is something that resonates beautifully with them. It is a privilege to go through this beautiful process with them. Thank you for my lovely birthday surprise and gifts. I really appreciate your love and warmth. All the best. 2nd February 2021 Comments are closed.
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