LANTERN WALK AT SPRING HILL CHILDREN'S CENTER

Golden light is turning grey
Mist begins to rule the day
Bare the trees, their branches lift
Clouds of dead leaves earthward drift
Deep below, deep below,
New life will spring….

My children have been in Waldorf early education since infancy. The artful, heartfelt and spirited way in which these magical professionals nurture children is the way it should be.

I was fortunate enough to make it to my daughter’s Lantern Walk this past fall.

“A fall lantern walk is a traditional autumn celebration that happens when the days get shorter and the nights grow longer in the days leading up to the Winter Solstice. It is a celebration that inspires a connection to the rhythms of nature, community, and the light within. Join a lantern walk festival near you. Or use the traditional lantern crafts, songs, and celebration ideas below to organize a lantern walk festival in your community.

A Lantern Walk is a yearly rhythm or ritual to remind children that we are the light in the darkness. We each carry a unique portion of the spark of life. It’s an inner light that burns brightly within us. As we walk out into the night on a lantern walk, we light our luminaries and sing lantern songs to bring that light deep into our hearts and carry it with us through the dark days of winter.” [source: https://rhythmsofplay.com/lantern-walk-celebration/]