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Purple Day Audio: Where Has Father Sun Gone?
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Purple Day Audio: Where Has Father Sun Gone? circle time purple day stories & storytelling

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 a...

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This Week on Purple Day: Grandpa Ivy & King Winter
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This Week on Purple Day: Grandpa Ivy & King Winter circle time purple day stories & storytelling

Listen to this episode of the Purple Day Podcast with your preschooler and enjoy winter-themed songs and a nature-based story. You’ll likely catch them (and you!) singing around the house by the end of the day.

In this episode, we sing songs about gnomes and winter animals and then listen to a natu...

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The Giant Turnip / Folk Tale for Young Children
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The Giant Turnip / Folk Tale for Young Children circle time purple day stories & storytelling summer

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Listen to the Purple Day episode in the audio player at the top of the blog, or directly from the Purple Day Podcast, where you can download the episode and find the RSS feed.
Purple Day is a Podcast from Storytime in the Schoolhouse. Each episode is the audio from a Monday Stor...

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Purple Day Podcast Episode #43: A Possum Who Didn’t Like Anything New / A story about trying new things
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Purple Day Podcast Episode #43: A Possum Who Didn’t Like Anything New / A story about trying new things circle time purple day stories & storytelling

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Listen to the Purple Day episode in the audio player above, or directly from the Purple Day Podcast, where you can download the episode and find the RSS feed. Purple Day starts with a seasonal circle time, and then you'll hear the story of the Possum Who Didn't Like Anything Ne...

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Grandpa Ivy & the Fairy Baby / An Audio Episode from Storytime
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Grandpa Ivy & the Fairy Baby / An Audio Episode from Storytime circle time purple day stories & storytelling summer

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Listen to the Purple Day episode in the audio player above, or directly from the Purple Day Podcast, where you can download the episode and find the RSS feed.

Purple Day is a Podcast from Storytime in the Schoolhouse. Each episode is the audio from a Monday Storytime episode. (...

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Green Grass Grew All Around | A spring circle time song for preschool circle time

Do you wish you knew seasonal songs to sing with your preschooler or kindergartener? I imagined I would sing all these lovely songs with my children. Then, my children were born, and I had no idea what songs to sing or where to find them. Fast forward several years and a few Waldorf-inspired trainin...

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A Little Finger Game | A fingerplay for Preschool & Kindergarten circle time

Fingerplays and finger games are fun to add to life at home with your preschool or kindergarten child. You can add these to circle time, transitions, waiting times, and more! They are fun to incorporate, no matter how you do so.

In this video clip, you’ll learn the hand motions accompanying this si...

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Purple Day Episode 46: Stone Soup
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Purple Day Episode 46: Stone Soup circle time purple day stories & storytelling

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Listen to the Purple Day episode in the audio player above, or directly from the Purple Day Podcast, where you can download the episode and find the RSS feed.
Purple Day is a Podcast from Storytime in the Schoolhouse. Each episode is the audio from a Monday Storytime episode.

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