Comments on: Celebrating Festivals with Children http://www.waldorfbooks.com/item_2712.htm Bob and Nancy's Bookshop Sun, 28 Apr 2013 09:27:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Kaye Lathe http://www.waldorfbooks.com/item_2712.htm/comment-page-1#comment-67 Kaye Lathe Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:29:54 +0000 http://www.waldorfbooks.com/?p=2712#comment-67 My family didn’t have too many traditions, and the ones that we did have were more mainstream sorts of things, such as opening one present on Christmas Eve, hunting for Easter eggs, having birthday cake. All of these things are fun, and grand, but as a mom who wants to embrace the more spiritual and contemplative side of the main Christian holidays, Jaffke’s book is a wonder. Advent and Christmas get the most attention, with great ideas on how to build up the excitement with your child through the use of the nature table, advent calendars, moss gardens, St. Nicholas, and more. Easter, summer, Carnival and several other holidays you’ve probably never celebrated before also go under the spotlight. Throughout all of the year, the nature table can reflect the changing seasons with use of different colors and decorations, and Jaffke offers specifics on that. Although this book is pretty small (only about 150 pages), so many ideas are contained within that I imagine I could refer to it many times and still not have put each idea into practice (leaving me eternal room for improvement, I’m sure). My family didn’t have too many traditions, and the ones that we did have were more mainstream sorts of things, such as opening one present on Christmas Eve, hunting for Easter eggs, having birthday cake. All of these things are fun, and grand, but as a mom who wants to embrace the more spiritual and contemplative side of the main Christian holidays, Jaffke’s book is a wonder.

Advent and Christmas get the most attention, with great ideas on how to build up the excitement with your child through the use of the nature table, advent calendars, moss gardens, St. Nicholas, and more. Easter, summer, Carnival and several other holidays you’ve probably never celebrated before also go under the spotlight. Throughout all of the year, the nature table can reflect the changing seasons with use of different colors and decorations, and Jaffke offers specifics on that. Although this book is pretty small (only about 150 pages), so many ideas are contained within that I imagine I could refer to it many times and still not have put each idea into practice (leaving me eternal room for improvement, I’m sure).

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