Senses & Strawberries! - June family program

For June's Family Program, we celebrated the abundance of nature and the vibrancy of our senses. We delighted to be inside the Temple as a Family Program for the first time in over two years! 

We shared things that we have been noticing about the natural world, such as the peonies and showy lady slippers, the abundance of light, the delectable wild strawberries, and the singing of the birds. Children then had the opportunity to ring the big Temple bell, and we all quietly listened as we felt its vibration in our bodies. 

Parents then had the opportunity to sit meditation inside the Temple. As outside, children experimented with our animal senses - deer and rabbit ears, owl and eagle eyes, bear and dog smell, mole and raccoon touch, and groundhog and human taste. We used all of our senses to forage for sweet wild strawberries around the Temple grounds and appreciated them with gratitude, along with a delicious snack in the screen house.