First Day School continues our theme of “How do we find peace?” We have been learning about compost and have some composting experiments going on in jars in the FDS room.  We hope to build a compost heap over against the trees beyond the garden, but first we have to learn about what materials to use.  Our older children are doing Dungeons & Dragons two times a month hosted by Adam Hurley; since they have more D&D sessions, they will be coming up to Meeting for Worship when the younger children go up.  While the older children play D&D, the younger children have lightly supervised Free Play under the care of non-parent adults, allowing parents and regular teachers to spend more time in worship upstairs.  We will celebrate November birthdays and full moons.  We will spend time with our “personal trees” and start a “nature weaving.”  The “How do we find peace?” theme includes trying to make worship more meaningful for the children.  Lee Miller came to talk to the children about what he does during Meeting for Worship and answered questions.  We want to invite more adults from our meeting to briefly share with the children what makes worship meaningful to them.  We have been learning the song “Teach Me to Stop and Listen” and we are teaching it to the adults.  We continue to seek non-parent adults willing to spend one Sunday a month with the children.  We have a wide age range, and our topics are not always so interesting for the youngest, so they need some supervision during play.  All adults are welcome to attend our brief weekly planning sessions on Wed. evening at 7:30 on Zoom.  Get in touch with Anne Anderson if you would like the Zoom link and to confirm the time and day.  Please also get in touch if you would like to be added to the weekly FDS email with a description of what is coming up.