Discovering Waldorf - 'I am a Child of Nature'

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I have been very busy with my shop lately. There has been a flood of orders for Autumn weddings and I have been spending so many hours 'working', trying to catch up. My children have had to spend large chunks of time amusing themselves, which is good for them, I know, but I cant seem to shake this guilty feeling that I'm not spending enough time outdoors with them. With this in mind, I wanted to take Discovering Waldorf back in time to our very first in the series. I read this and I remember that, no matter what else is going on in our lives, playing in nature is paramount.

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I am a Child of Nature by Beth Curtin

We don't need scientists and psychologists and environmentalists to tell us why it is important for children to spend time in nature. The children tell us everything we need to know.

The first times I went into nature, you carried me on your back.

You showed me what I can eat in the woods.

Now I make wild food.

I cook it in my sea cauldron and

on my campfires.

I clear the way through the tall grasses with my stick.

I learn to make toys out of things we find.

I can build a shelter.

When I play in the woods I add layers to my bravery

and to my confidence.

I am small but I am strong. I can carry a fallen tree.

I can climb.

I can jump from up high.

I can throw heavy rocks.

Your interest in nature is contagious.

I learn by touching, so

I love it when you let me play with sand, water, dirt, rocks, sticks and grass.

Sometimes I play with quiet absorption.

Sometimes I am boisterous and rowdy, and I get all my yells out.

When I come back I am tired and merry. I have been where I belong.

I am a child of nature. Nature is a part of me, and I am a part of it.

Take me to the woods today, Mama and Daddy. Be amazed at what I am, and what I can do.

Copyright Beth Curtin 2010

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I know Beth as a mamma, an artist, a doll maker, a writer, a story teller, a friend and a lover of life. Her enchanting blog is called Acorn Pies and is daily inspiration for me. Her creativity and imagination, quite wonderfully, fills me with awe. She will enchant you too.

Here are the other articles in the Discovering Waldorf Series.

Blessings and magic,
Donni