Welcome!

Welcome to Wood Nymph Way! I have created this blog with two intentions: (A) keeping our family and friends, many of whom live in lands Far Far Away, up to date with what we've been doing, and (B) as a tool to document and learn from our journey as a Waldorf homeschooling family. Enjoy! And don't forget to check out my resource pages on the right!

This is the Way We Read for the Four Seasons

Here are our favorites for seasonal reading!

Spring
Spring-Wynstones Press
King Beetle Tamer by Isabel Wyatt
In the Light of the Moon by Carolyn McVickar Edwards
Three Tales of My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
The Land of Long Ago by Elsa Beskow
Pelle's New Suit by Elsa Beskow
Children of the Forest by Elsa Beskow
Peter in Blueberry Land by Elsa Beskow
Flower Fairies Alphabet by Cicely Mary Barker
The Sun Egg by Elsa Beskow
Pico the Gnome by Martina Muller
One Fine Day by Nonny Hargrogian
1 is One by Tasha Tudor
Marshmallow by Clare Turlay Newberry
An Egg is Quiet by Dianna Hutts Aston
The Odd Egg by Emily Gravett
Spring by Gerda Muller
Mother Earth and Her Children by Sibylle von Olfers
A Donsy of Gnomes by Sieglinde De Francesca
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
The Golden Egg by A.J. Wood
The Golden Egg Book by Margaret Wise Brown
The entire set of Beatrix Potter books
When the Root Children Wake Up by Audrey Wood
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
The Story of the Rabbit Children by Sibylle Von Olfers
The Starry Bird: An Easter Tale by Reg Down

Summer
Uncle Blue's New Boat by Elsa Beskow
In the Land of the Merfolk by Daniela Drescher
The Story of the Sea Glass by Anne Dodd
Swimmy by Leo Lionni
Mr. Seahorse by Eric Carle
A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle
The Curious Fish by Elsa Beskow
A Summertime Song by Irene Haas
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
Summer by Gerda Muller

Autumn
The Vanishing Pumpkin by Tomie dePaola
Pumpkin Moonshine by Tasha Tudor
The Little Old Lady Who was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams
William and the Magic Ring by Laura Robinson
Fall is Not Easy by Marty Kelley
The Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg
The Gigantic Turnip by Aleksei Tolstoy & Niamh Sharkey
Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert
The Widow's Broom by Chris Van AllsburgWinter
Festival of Stones by Reg Down
Winter by Gerda Muller
The Snowman by Raymond Briggs
Snowballs by Lois Elhert
White Snow Bright Snow by Alvin Tresselt
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
When Winter Comes by Nancy Van Laan
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Snowflake Bentley by jacqueline Briggs Martin
The Big Snow by Berta and Elmer Hader
Stopping By Woods On a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost
Annie and the Wild Animals by Jan Brett
The Winter Child by Wendy Froud and Terri Windling
Winter -Wynstones Press
A Gnome's Christmas by Rien Poortvliet
The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore, ill. by Tasha Tudor
The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore, ill. by Grandma Moses
Gingerbread Friends by Jan Brett
The Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett
Trouble With Trolls by Jan Brett
The Hat by Jan Brett
The Mitten by Jan Brett
Stranger in the Woods by Carl R. Samms
Snow by Uri Shulevitz
Little Fairy's Christmas by Daniela Drescher
The St. Nicholas Center (website devoted to St. Nicholas.  Excellent source for stories, etc.)