Sunflower Homeschool Collaborative

In the no man's land that is time between holidays, it can feel ungrounded for children. The urge might be to get them right back on their routines, but this time of breaking from the regular is so powerful!

Mother Nature can help give them a reference point for integration and slowing down this experience.

During this liminal time, invite children to:

- Find a pine tree to connect to, showing them that life persists
- Pick a rosehip, modeling how to find beauty when it doesn't seem like there is any
- Show them that when all the leaves fall, it can help them see through to places they might not have seen before
- Explain that in the Northern Hemisphere the light is lengthening every day, and that sometimes it still seems incredibly dark, but that we have to TRUST, without proof, that the hard times will pass.

There's so many more, but this is a great start.

Remember, Mother Nature is here to help us process and grow and to return that wisdom back into ourselves and ultimately the collective.

So much love to you in the in-between.

Yours,

Nicolette Sowder
Art by Mary Bea
https://marybea-art.com/