Lorax & Violet ; Post Summer Break Reunion

October 2019

News From

The Moon's Nest Playschool,

our unschooling/wildschooling cooperative based in Portland, Or 

Archer, Granny Baby, Tinka Z; Neighborhood stroll & Place Based Learning 

Note from Playschool Teacher Claire 

Happy autumn, Moon's Nest families! I am so excited to move into this new season

(my favorite!) with your kiddos. It was wonderful to see everyone after the break, 

and these first weeks of fall have been beautiful. 

We've been revisiting our favorite neighborhood haunts, making art with the autumn leaves, casting extra potent new moon spells, and enjoying some super cozy indoor time now that the weather is getting cooler and wetter (though we've also been having fun bundling up and stomping in puddles!) Can't wait to see what this darker half of the year has in store for the witchlets of Moon's Nest.

Warmly,

Claire

Sibyl, Violet, Ember, Tinka Z; Learning with a Nurse Log Teacher

Upcoming Dates to Note

Friday, October 11th : Forest School @ Westmoreland Nature Park 

Thursday, October 17th : Field Study @ Portland Children's Museum 

Friday, October 18 : Forest School @ Mt. Tabor

Monday, October 21: Field Study @ Kennedy School Soaking Pool

Friday, October 19-20 : Samhain Campout@ Moon's Nest

Friday November November 1 : Samhain Field Study @ Lone Fir Cemetery  

Violet, Sibyl, Ember; Neighborhood stroll & Place Based Learning

Ember, Lorax, Sibyl, Cora; Mushroom investigations at Westoreland Park, Fall 2018 

Moon's Nest Forest School Fridays

Friday, October 11th @ Westmoreland Nature Park   

Rendezvous fer drop off and pick up at the Westmoreland Nature Park Playground 

Drop in spots available fer Forest School Fridays fer kiddos ages 4+

Please send an email to moonsnestplayschool@gmail.com to inquire about

yer witchlet dropping in with us fer our day at Westmoreland.

Drop in cost : $50/day

Violet, SIbyl, Maeve, Lila, Lorax;

Early Autumn Creek observations at Westmoreland Park,  2018

Lorax, Sibyl, Violet, Lila; On one of our previous 

Portland Town Field Studies to Portland Children's Museum

Portland Town Field Study @ Portland Children's Museum 

Thursday October 17th

On Thursday October 17th Miz Flow will be joining the Moon's Nest Playschool fer a 

Portland Town Field Study to the Portland Children's Museum! Please plan to rendezvous fer our playschool day at the Clinton & se 12th st Max Station fer drop off and pick up. 

We're offering just two drop in spots fer this Field Study fer kiddos ages 4+

Please send an email to moonsnestplayschool@gmail.com to inquire about

yer witchlet dropping in with us fer our Portland Children's Museum Field Study.

Drop in cost : $50/day

*No cost fer witchlets who are enrolled in our Thursday programming!!

This Field Study is included in yer tuition *

Curious hands; Catching Afternoon Sun Magic 

Sibyl & Violet ; Autumn Mushroom Investigations

Moon's Nest Forest School Fridays

Friday, October 18th @ Mt. Tabor   

Rendezvous fer drop off and pick up at Mt. Tabor Park Playground 

Drop in spots available fer Forest School Fridays fer kiddos ages 4+

Please send an email to moonsnestplayschool@gmail.com to inquire about

yer witchlet dropping in with us fer our day at Mt. Tabor.

Drop in cost : $50/day

Lorax & Liam;  Mt. Tabor Forest Day of days past

Lorax, Sibyl, Maeve, Liam; Kennedy Soaking Pool of playschool days past 

Portland Town Field Studies @ Kennedy Soaking Pool 

On Thursday October 17th Miz Flow will be joining the Moon's Nest Playschool fer a 

Portland Town Field Study to the Kennedy Soaking Pool! After our soak we'll enjoy our lunch, fire, and afternoon play in tha luvly McMenamins courtyard garden. 

(Witchlets Ages 4+, babes under 4 will enjoy tha day with teacher Claire at playschool) 

*Please plan to rendezvous fer our playschool day at the 82nd & Duke Trimet bus stop.*

We're offering just two drop in spots fer this Field Study fer kiddos ages 4+.

Please send an email to moonsnestplayschool@gmail.com to inquire about

yer witchlet dropping in with us fer our Kennedy School Field Study.

Drop in cost : $50/day

*No cost fer witchlets who are enrolled in our Monday programming!!

This Field Study is included in yer tuition *

Sibyl, Ember and Moon's Nest parent, Blue  

Sign up fer yer October Playschool Shift

Hey there playschool folks!

Here be the October sign up sheet fer Moon's Nest Co op parents to self schedule their September playschool assistant shift(s). Please do check yer calendars and get yerself scheduled fer yer monthly shift(s) as soon as you be able.  

Samhain Field Study

Lone Fir Cemetery

Friday, November 1st

Looking ahead just a bit, on Friday November 1st the Moon's Nest Playschool will be taking our annual Samhain Field Study to Lone Fir Cemetery!  This annual Field Study is a much anticipated tradition of our playschool community, and this year Teacher Claire will be leading our witchlets fer a day of mushroom hunting and observation, Samhain rituals, and walking the edges of the realms as the veil between the worlds is at its thinnest. So, add it to yer calendar! November 1st, please plan to rendezvous fer playschool pick up and drop off at Lone Fir Cemetery's main entrance. 

We're offering just two drop in spots fer this Field Study fer kiddos ages 4+

Drop in cost : $50/day

*No cost fer witchlets who are enrolled in our Friday programming!!

Field Studies are included in yer tuition *

Please send an email to moonsnestplayschool@gmail.com to inquire about yer witchlet dropping in with us fer our annual Samhain Field Study.

News From

The Moon's Nest School of Magic, Mischief, n' Mystery

So many thanks to the 2019 Northwest Permaculture Convergence! 

What a sweet few days of magic, ritual, forest creek play, crafting, learning ethical and ceremonial harvesting, mushroom foraging, fire making, square dancing, and new friend making! Look fer the full photo album from our time together to be released in the next few weeks ✨ Hope ta see you there next year! 

Upcoming Offerings

 Moon's Nest Samhain Tide Celebration & Campout

Saturday October 19th ~ Sunday October 20

Miz Flow & Lorax; Samhain Tide Celebrations, 2018 

On Saturday October 19 through Sunday October 20 the Moon's Nest School of Magic, Mischief, & Mystery is offering our annual Samhain Campout. 

We'll kick off this year's Samhain Tide celebrations with an evening ancestors potluck dinner & ritual on Saturday October 19th, followed by a night time lantern walk.

Ritual garb and pictures of yer ancestors encouraged!

And please bring yer sacred items fer the communal Samhain Altar.

After our lantern walk we'll head back to the Moon's Nest fer a viewing of the seasonal favorite, Coco, and a Moon's Nest Campout. After the movie we'll settle in fer lights out and drift to sleep calling in a dream time visit from our ancestors.

Come mornin' we'll potluck brunch and then wrap up with a closing ritual.  

Details & Logistics

Doors open at 5pm on Saturday October 19th.

Ancestors Dinner and Ritual begins at 5:30pm

Lantern Walk at 7pm 

Movie at 8pm

Ancestor dream temple & lights out

Brunch at 10am on Sunday October 20th.

Closing ritual at 11 am

Parents are welcome to join us fer the evening festivities, or drop off their witchlet fer the evening. However, we have limited sleeping spaces fer yer witchlets only. If parents want to sleep over, y'all be welcome to pitch yer tent in the Moon's Nest play yard.

Witchlets who are comfortable sleeping away from home are welcome to stay fer the camp out. Fer those witchlets who aren't quite ready fer a night away from home, they be welcome to come fer just the evening, howeva any kiddos not staying fer the campout need ta be on their way home no later than 10pm. They also be welcome to come back fer brunch and closing circle. 

Please bring!

Items fer the communal altar

Pictures + stories about yer ancestors

Potluck items fer our Ancestor Dinner & Brunch

Yer own pillow & blanket fer the campout 

Cost : Sliding scale $35 - $50 per witchlet/family 

Registration and payment required.

Please send payment via Paypal  after completing registration

* Scholarship & work trade options available *  

Okay witches!

I hope to see you as we call in this year's Samhain Tides

and celebrate the thinning of the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead!  

Maeve & Lorax; Dead specimen investigation, Fall 2018 

Kindle Cascadia 2017; Moon's Nest Winter Solstice Lantern Walk

Kindle Cascadia 2019 

December 17 – 22, 2019

Aprovecho Sustainability Education Center, Cottage Grove, OR

The Moon's Nest School of Magic, Mischief, & Mystery is pleased to be partnered again this year with Kindle Cascadia fer the 2019 Winter Solstice Skill Share Gathering and Ritual. After taking the year off last year, we are so excited to be back with these dear friends, crafting, learning, ritualizing, playing, preparing our hearts fer the longest, darkest night of the year, and welcoming in the Winter season. 

More to come in our November Newsletter, but fer now, mark yer dates and make yer plans ta join us fer this Winter Solstice gathering of family and friends! 

More info about Kindle Cascadia and registration can be found at their website 

Follow Our Days on Social Media

Liking and following our social media pages is a great way to keep up on the

work, play, and learning of our playschool days.

You can find Teacher Claire and Miz Flow on Instagram sharing sweet moments and practices, as well as real time playschool updates. And, please do feel free to share our posts using the hashtag #moonsnestplayschool 

We also have our very own YouTube channel where you can get lost in all the adorable video journal moments from our days.

Go find & follow us!

That's it for this month friends! 

May our days together be full

of play, adventure, and connection.