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Purple Day Podcast #32: Mushroom in the Rain
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Purple Day Podcast #32: Mushroom in the Rain purple day spring

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Spring Circle Time Highlights

This episode includes songs, poems, and fingerplays about windy weather, falling rain, and blooming seeds.

This si...

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Purple Day Episode #30: Grandpa Ivy & the Windy Day
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Purple Day Episode #30: Grandpa Ivy & the Windy Day purple day spring stories & storytelling

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About this Episode

In this week's episode of Purple Day, we will sing songs about birds building nests and then hear a silly ...

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Cranky Chicken | A story about using our hands in helpful ways
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Cranky Chicken | A story about using our hands in helpful ways spring stories & storytelling teaching tale

Are you the parent of a preschooler who often uses their hands to push, hit, or grab? First, take a deep breath and know this is completely normal behavior for young children! Second, did you know using stories can help address more challenging behaviors like this? It’s true! Pedagogical, or teachin...

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Purple Day Podcast #28: Poppy’s Fresh Peaches
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Purple Day Podcast #28: Poppy’s Fresh Peaches purple day spring stories & storytelling

This podcast episode includes an early spring circle time with songs, poems, & fingerplays, followed by a gentle, nature-based story.


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Purple Day Podcast #26: Cranky Chicken
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Purple Day Podcast #26: Cranky Chicken purple day spring stories & storytelling teaching tale

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In this episode of Purple Day, we will sing spring songs and then hear a pedagogical story about a little ch...

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Purple Day Podcast #17: Grandpa Ivy & King Winter
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Purple Day Podcast #17: Grandpa Ivy & King Winter purple day stories & storytelling winter

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

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Purple Day Podcast #46: Stone Soup
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Purple Day Podcast #46: Stone Soup purple day winter

The Full Story

A lost girl arrives at a village with nothing to share, and pulls a soup stone from her pocket. Read the full story and watch it told in the woods on the Stone Soup story page.


Winter Circle Time Highlights

A winter-themed Waldorf circle time with songs, poems, and fingerplays ab...

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Purple Day Podcast #16: The Mitten
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Purple Day Podcast #16: The Mitten purple day stories & storytelling winter

About the Story: The Mitten

A child loses a mitten in the snow, and one by one the animals of the winter forest find it and climb inside. A mouse, a rabbit, a fox, a deer, then a bear— each one certain there cannot possibly be room, and each one making room anyway. This story about sharing warmth i...

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