As the last weeks of term rush by, it is  lovely in the kindergarten to slowly build up our advent stories and songs.

In making the season meaningful for young children Silver Birch kindergarten has slightly adapted the more traditional advent verses.

The first light of advent is the light of stones, stones that live in crystals, seashells and bones

The second light of advent is the light of plants, plants that reach up to the sky and in the breezes dance

The third light of advent is for animals one and all, animals that we care for from the big down to the small

The forth light of advent is for people everywhere, people who know how to think and love and share

In celebrating the mineral, plant, animal and human worlds we are able to bypass the materialistic marketing  and northern hemisphere imagery that we find in the shops

Seashells, gumnuts and crystals adorn our advent candles.  Wallabies, lizards and magpies feature in our advent morning circle.

As the season of Kambarang makes way for Birak we can relate the happenings in our natural world to the coming of Christmas. 

Wishing everyone a lovely end to the school year