“Childcraft, Volume One. Poems of Early Childhood.” Published by the Quarrie Corp in Chicago. Copyright 1923, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1937, and 1939. Edited by S. Edgar Farquhar and Patty Smith Hill. Art editor Milo Winter. 38 artists listed in addition to the work of Milo Winter. This image unsigned.

Fall is my favorite season. After the long, dry and hot summer of Southern California, the fall is crisp and full of color. It's a quiet time for reflection after the bustling summer season in the studio where we have 18 spirited children creating and talking for full days. Fall is a time to exhale. Before that though my teachers and I thought it would be fun to have a celebration telling a story of the seasons. We thought telling the story of Persephone and her mother, Demeter would be a wonderful way to celebrate the coming of fall and to show appreciation to our supportive families. If you do not know this Ancient Greek myth, please look it up. It's such great story of mother and daughter. I take great pleasure in shadow puppets. The mysteriousness of the dark shadows allows for some great story telling and traditionally shadow plays are of folklore and myths. I also like how they are also slow with information. The lack of detail on the puppets allows the viewer to use their imagination to fill in the details. My own children, who are now eight and twelve, helped in making the puppets and performing the telling of Persephone's tale. My daughter created the upper world and my son created the underworld. Although the spider webs were my daughter's idea and add so much to the scenery. My children drew the sets individually on large pieces of card board and I cut them out. I the taped the upper world and underworld together. The kids waited anxiously but patiently for the show to start while the translucent scrim displayed the set stage for our story. Here is an image of Demeter and her reunification with her daughter, Persephone while Hade's empty throne sits below in the underworld. After the puppet show and some refreshment that included pomegranates from our tree, we offered a workshop for the kids to make their own shadow puppets. It's not so easy for kids to just create s a silhouette and not add detail of facial features and clothes. And parents loved getting involved. I think the parents enjoyed it as much if not more than their children, which is one of the reasons why we do family workshops. Parents so enjoy the creative outlet but sometimes need the excuse of their children to be creative. We had all kinds of puppets join the theatre and play in the shadows, alligators, turtles, super heros, cats and snakes. Happy Fall to everyone.

Norge / Norway - Akershus - Romerike - Ullensaker - Nordbytjernet

Scotland is awe-inspiring, powerful, and even spiritual. The country's crumbling ruins interspersed throughout the landscape truly move travelers.

Sharing some of my favorite movies to watch in the fall and my number one favorite for giving me all the autumn feels. Hint: it's a tearjerker!

I absolutely love Would You Rather writing prompts, especially for introducing making and argument and claims to support that argument. What better than to make one for my favorite season: fall! Enjoy this product for multiple uses in your classroom.

Celebrate the autumn season with a printable fall word search. There are 3 autumn themed word searches for kids with varying levels of difficulty: easy, medium, and difficult. Pdf includes answers.

Explore Millie Motts' 17536 photos on Flickr!

“Childcraft, Volume One. Poems of Early Childhood.” Published by the Quarrie Corp in Chicago. Copyright 1923, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1937, and 1939. Edited by S. Edgar Farquhar and Patty Smith Hill. Art editor Milo Winter. 38 artists listed in addition to the work of Milo Winter. Illustrated by Electra Popadopoulos.

Autumn is by far my favorite season for working with children. A simple walk into the forest sparks many new experiences and projects. The possibilities are endless. So pick up your camera, snap those photos and then use them for reference. The children's thoughts, messages, and ideas both implied of spoken will be endless.

Eagle Creek Trail to Punchbowl Falls.

Find out my favourite films to watch in Autumn.

The mysterious origins of a Windows desktop image.

You can find this photograph for sale at my online store The Waterfall Hunter You'll find, postcards, greeting cards, prints and posters. All at reasonable prices. If you don't see something your looking for please feel free to email me.

Found at an estate sale. Poem from a school book from Northgate School - Seattle, Washington. I love the picture this poem paints.

Happy Mabon! Autumn is definitely in the air, and it's time for celebrating Mabon. We're going to be talking about the mythology and folklore of Mabon as well as the herbs for this season. What better way to get into the spirit of fall and celebrate the season than with some herbal inspiration?

These six autumn color palettes are the perfect inspiration for seasonal home decor, brand colors, or fall-inspired artwork!

Words and Pictures by Grant Snider