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Lorax & Lucio enjoy a Portland Town snow day Greetings playschool friends and families, Welcome to these last few weeks of Winter. Blessed be, we have made it through the darkest of the dark that this year will bring us. Knowing that these lands are quickly turning towards their cycle of Spring and Light makes me just a bit giddy and eases these ol' end of season winter blues. Here in late Winter, I sit with these early, frosty, damp mornings and feel the Lonesomes for the places and faces I haven't seen since the leaves fell. I light the hearth flames, send my blessings to these Beloveds, sing the songs that bring their presence to my heart, and reasure myself; soon. Soon, it will be the season of flowers in bloom and howling at the moon. Soon, I'll sit, walk, and talk with Those Trees, next to Those Rivers, with Those Lovers, and under Those Stars. Soon, I'll embrace my kin who make their home to the far north and south of mine. I've spent a long and lonsome Winter, missing their company. But soon, we will gather together under the new and full moons, at the equinoxes and the solstices. We'll weave and sow, make music and dance, and wine and whine together. And on the days it feels particularly hard or too long of a wait, I'll walk it out, taking notice of the Crocuses and the Daffodils showing us the first of their spring dressings. Some of them push up even through snow and ice, and some were saavy enough to wait for the Right Time to Bloom. I walk on, back towards my own cozy ittle hearth, full of heart for the work of the season before me, and thankful for the gentle reminders of the perinnial nature of All Things. Miz Flow |
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Upcoming Adventures & Playschool Socials |
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Worm Moon Full Moon Gathering Thursday March 1st Families are invited to join us on for our monthly Full Moon Gathering of Friends. The full moon of March is known by many names (Crow Moon, Sap Moon, Sugar Moon, Crust Moon), and is the last full moon of Winter. For our gathering we'll work with the general themes of worms, awakening soil, and honoring the passing Winter's repose. We'll light the fires, build a full moon altar together, share a potluck dinner, have a kiddo friendly music jam, and go outside to sing some moon songs to our dear friend, Luna. Please bring a dish to share, your musical instruments, and a special item for the alter to charge with our full moon magic! |
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Monthly Playschool Dance Wednesday March 7th 7pm @ Village Ballroom This month, our playschool dance will take us to the Village Ballroom for the Every Wednesday Square Dance. This will be one of the last square dances of the season for EWSD, so put on yer boots, bring yer family, and dance yer heart out to some live Old Time tunes. More Info for EWSD at: facebook.com/EverySundaySquareDance |
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OMSI Field Trip On Friday, March 2nd our friend circle will take an urban adventure to OMSI. Please note that we will rondezvous for this day right at OMSI's front entrance at 10 am. We'll spend the day tinkering, exploring, and playing in the museum together. We'll pause here and there for lunch and snacks, and a last winter's ritual to bless our good ol' friend, The Willamette. At the end of the day we'll make our way together back to playschool for an extended day and movie night. |
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Playschool Movie Night Friday March 2nd 4:00-6:30 pm Join us at playschool for a special evening gathering of friends. All ages of kiddos and grown ups welcome! We'll share a potluck dinner together, play a board game, and view an episode or two of our very favorite new series, Tumble Leaf! |
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Upcoming Scheduled Playschool Breaks **As we move closer towards our season of summer travel and annual gatherings, I am working on getting out a seperate newsletter with a full schedule of playschool breaks and camps that will take us through the Spring, Summer and into Fall. So be on the lookout for that soon. But here are just a few of the most upcoming dates during which playschool will either be on break, or have an adapted schedule.* |
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Spring Break Dates March 19th~March 23rd Parents, please put it on your calenders: There will be no Playschool during the week of March 19th~March 23rd, so that we may gather to mark the passing of Winter, the balance of dark and light, and the arrival of Spring with our Beloveds. |
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Adapted Playschool Schedule for the Week of April 2-6 During April 1-7 Miz Flow will enjoy her first of the season annual travel up north to her Methow Valley home and kin folk. Playschool will be on an adapted schedule for the week with guest teachers, which at this time is still TBD. Keep yer eyes out for the full Spring & Summer playschool schedule! |
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Beltane Break There will be no playschool April 30~ May 4, in honor of Mid Spring. We hope you all have fun frolicking, dancing, and playing in flower filled meadows! |
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It's Tuition Time! **Please be sure to send in your tuition payments by the 5th day of the month. Easy link to tuition payment: paypal.me/JessicaElmira |
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Openings in our Moon Blossoms Circle for babes aged 0-3 We have space for one more friend to join us in our Moon Blossoms circle on Tuesday's from 11am-5pm. Check out the website for all the details of that friend circle. And, if you know of a family who would be a good fit for our playschool community, please do refer them! I do just a bit of promotion, but our community has been curated and cultivated mostly through good 'ol word of mouth referrals. Thanks y'all! |
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Moon's Nest Playschool Scholarship Fund Last month I set into motion some scholarship funding efforts. Being successful in these efforts will mean that I will be able to continue to offer a wide range sliding scale tuition model, partial and full scholarship to families who wouldn't otherwise be able to access our playschool community, as well as tempoary scholarship for families whose income fluctuates and leaves them without enough to cover tution for a brief time. As part of our Community Care Practice, we don't exclude children from their friend circle when parents are short on funds due to unseen curcumstances and Hard Times. We know that a bend in the river can lead any of us to harsh waters at any moment, and that not one of us are exempt. In this realm we share, we care about and for each other, and that's what makes the Moon's Nest different. That's part of what makes us pathwalkers and spell casters; new culture creators. Having a tithed scholarship fund to pull from monthly would help our collective wellbeing and make our Community Care Practices sustainable for the long term. Please do check out our Patreon platform, and perhaps help me share it with your networks of good folk. If you are a family who currently receives full or partial scholarship, please do consider asking your close friends and family to support your children's access to our play community with a monthly tithe, We have a long way to go to meet our monthly funding goals, but this month this small fund purchased a week's worth of fresh organic produce for our meal program. And, I am thankful for every person who has tossed in yer 5 bucks. Thanks a bunch! I sure do appreciate all of you and your partnership in being able to offer access to more Rad Families, and continue to weave and spin our circle of friends and family here at the Moon's Nest. | | |
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Lila, Lucio, and Sibyl, afternoon neighborhood walk |
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That's it for this month friends! May our days together be full of play, adventure, and connection. |
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One last reminder: It's Tuition Time! **Please be sure to send in your tuition payments by the 5th day of the month. Easy link to tuition payment: paypal.me/JessicaElmira |
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