Working and Playing

I've been reading Freya Jaffke's book Work and Play in Early Childhood. I love her book Toymaking with Children, and even though I haven't even gotten half way through this new one I'm already feeling inspired. I'm simultaneously reading Heaven on Earth by Sharifa Oppenheimer. I resisted reading that one for a long time because I didn't care for the title, but it is really interesting and easy to read and full of good ideas! I find that for the most part, "work" can almost always be turned into play for small children. I just have to keep that playful energy in my own heart and let it radiate outwards...
Indigo & Willow pick seeds for the birds... ... sawing off the end of the Solstice tree...
cooking...

Lots of work and play.