The Children’s Forest — Stories & Songs, Wild Food, Crafts & Celebrations All Year Round

EXCEPTIONAL NATURE ACTIVITY BOOK  This is an exceptional children’s nature book and nature crafts book about encouraging children's natural fascination with the forest, traditions, seasons, holidays, holiday crafts, nature crafts and seasonal rhythms. The authors have produced an enchanting book, including the Waldorf style, where imagination, story and play bring alive the world of nature and the seasonal celebrations. Full of games, facts, celebrations, craft activities, recipes, foraging, stories and skills, this is much more than a manual: it is an invitation to fun. The book is organized into eight traditional seasonal parts. Within each of these chapters are the following sections: The Life of the Forest, Plant Lore, Imaginary Journey, Tree Lore, Activities, Crafts and Games, Animals, and Celebration. The appendices at the end of the book cover woodland skills, safety, story sources and further resources. This is such a fun and interesting book that really gets children involved in the outdoors, but also in making connections to the four big seasonal changes we are all familiar with (Spring, Summer, Winter, Fall) and connecting with the more subtle changes during each season that you’ve most likely noticed but never really thought about. GOOD TO KNOW Recommended as a supplement to Waldorf homeschooling programs, an after school nature program, forest school or as a stand alone book for any family looking for fun activities.    DETAILS The Children's Forest: Stories & Songs, Wild Food, Crafts & Celebrations All Year Round Written and illustrated by Dawn Casey, Anna Richardson and Helen D’Ascoli.  Published by Hawthorn Press, June 1, 2020. Ages 5 to 12 years (adult directed for most children) 1.0" H x 9.8" L x 8.0" W (2.25 lbs) 336 pages Softcover   PRAISE FOR THE CHILDREN’S FOREST ”With this beautiful book--coauthored by Dawn Casey, Anna Richardson, and Helen d'Ascoli--Hawthorn Press have scaled fresh heights in its vocation to put inspiring storytelling resources into our hands. There is naturally a practical aim at work in providing 'stories and songs, wild food, crafts, and celebrations all year round.' But this achieved with visual and verbal excellence."----Donald Smith, Scottish International Storytelling Festival