Purple Day Audio: Where Has Father Sun Gone?
This gentle, Waldorf-inspired podcast episode features a circle-time song about gnomes and a nature-based wintertime story—perfect for sharing with your preschooler!
This Purple Day episode will teach you and your child seasonal songs, poems, fingerplays, and a nature-based story. Enjoy Storytime and deepen your connection to your child and the natural world.
Waldorf-Inspired Circle Time for Winter
Purple Day starts with a winter-themed circle time.
The preschoolers in my classroom always loved this circle time! Listen to the audio of Purple Day with your child, and you’ll soon be acting like gnomes under the earth–
Who is this I hear,
Deep down in the earth,
Hacking and cracking the rocks and the stones?
Nature-Based Story: Where Has Father Sun Gone
Enjoy a nature-based folk tale about animal friends who miss the longer, warmer days and want the sun to return. Listen to the episode and hear what Father Sun says when they find him!
Purple Day is a podcast from Storytime in the Schoolhouse. Our Purple Day podcasts are the audio from Storytime’s Monday episodes. This podcast program for preschoolers and young children includes a weekly rhythm of nature-based songs and stories. It will teach you and your child seasonal songs and stories, as well as mindful breathing exercises to share with your child.
A Waldorf-inspired podcast for preschoolers and their parents
Our Purple Day Podcast episodes feature audio from episodes of Storytime in the Schoolhouse, a nature-based, secular, Waldorf-inspired preschool program.
Listen to the episode by pressing play at the top of this blog post. Stream and download this episode directly from the Purple Day podcast page.
Visit the Purple Day home page to see an overview of all the episodes in one place. Be warned! It won’t be long until you catch your children singing about falling rain or hosting an impromptu storytime in the living room.
Please note: Storytime is created for the screen, and some elements may be missing from the audio version.
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