Purple Day Episode 46: Stone Soup
This podcast episode includes a seasonal circle time with songs, poems, & fingerplays, followed by a gentle, nature-based story.
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About this Episode
This podcast episode includes a winter-themed circle time with songs, poems, and fingerplays, followed by a gentle, nature-based story.
Our Purple Day Podcast is the audio from Storytime’s Monday episodes.
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Winter Circle Time Highlights
A winter-themed Waldorf circle time with songs, poems, and fingerplays about snow, animals, and cold weather.
Winter’s Cold
Winter’s cold, there’s snow in the sky
The squirrels gather nuts
And the wild geese fly.
The fuzzy red fox has his fur to keep warm
And the bear’s in the cave, sleeping all through the storm.
Winter’s coming! Winter’s coming! How will the creatures get ready?
Winter’s coming! Winter’s coming! Time to get ready for snow!
Winter’s cold, there’s snow in the sky
The squirrels gather nuts. And the wild geese fly.
The fuzzy red fox has his fur to keep warm
And the bear’s in the cave, sleeping all through the storm.
About the Story
A classic Russian folktale about a community that comes together to cook a large pot of stone soup--enough for everyone to share!
In Ms. Becca’s version of the folktale Stone Soup, a young girl is lost in the woods and comes upon a village where she hopes to find a place to sleep and dinner to eat. When she is told there isn’t any food to share, she pulls a “magic soup stone” out of her pocket.
The stone lives up to its name, and soon, the soup pot is full of delicious vegetables–enough to feed the whole village.
Like this story? Then, check these out!
- Ms. Becca tells this story in an episode of Storytime in the Woods. Enjoy a video episode from Ms. Becca's backyard.
Watch Episode 2 of Storytime in the Woods. - Explore all the episodes of Purple Day in our Purple Day Online Library.
Songs for the Story
I love pairing this story with the following Waldorf-inspired songs from Mary Thienes Schunemann.
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