Nature is Our Teacher
Seasons of Our Lives
Welcome to
Month Seven
Assignments
Readings
Audio
Braiding Sweetgrass Chapter 25 Witness to the Rain - Robin Wall Kimmerer
Season of Spring, Circle of Life: The Heart's Journey Through the Seasons by Joyce Rupp & Macrina Weiderkehr
Music
To listen to any of the music, please
click on the link below
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, "Spring"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akINCSNUVgA (Part 1, with beautiful images)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LiztfE1X7E (Full spring version, exceptional
performance)
Vivaldi's Four Seasons: Spring Analysis
Murmur: sweetly as they flow. '' Vivaldi's Four Seasons begins with Spring, a season that announces new beginnings. Written in a major key, Vivaldi shows the promising nature of spring as the violins replicate birds chirping and calling for mates.
George Winston – Winter into Spring (2.48)
https://youtu.be/u7e_592ZhHw?feature=shared
I Can See Cleary Now, Johnny Nash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_rB4v75jqU
Seasons of My Heart - Johnny Cash
Meditations
Sense Gratitude - Michael Kearney
Poems
Articles
Blessings & Psalms
Activities
Below are some suggested ideas to celebrate the Season of Spring. Feel free to add your own.
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Leave the windows open to catch a spring breeze
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Listen to the rain
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Craft a fairy garden
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Get dirt under your fingernails
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Seek out the first crocuses, snowdrops, and other spring flowers
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Get ready to plant a garden
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Enjoy something with rhubarb
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Eat some roasted asparagus
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Seek out a rainbow
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Visit a farm to see baby animals
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Watch bumblebees at work in the new blossoms
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Wade in a creek