At Spring Hollow, the children experience "Love Water" which was created as a follow up to the Green Circle Program. If you want to purchase the authentic "Love Water" bottles, they can be found on my etsy site, springhollowstudio.etsy.com.
Circle Green as you grow
All your love will overflow
Show love for the world to see
Thatʼs the way it ought to be”
(Sung to the tune of "This Old Man")
"The Green Circle Program: Its Effect on
Altruism And Social Relations Among Kindergarten Children"
Dr. Katherine Ratliff Vanderbilt University 1989
Years ago, I sat in a circle of three and four year olds singing the Green Circle Song as I had done with children for over thirty years. But this particular day, the word “overflow” brought to my mind a vision of water overflowing from a glass. Taking advantage of a teaching moment as all of us in the education field have been taught to do, I invited my co-teacher to bring to me two clear containers, one filled with water. As I poured water from one container into the other, I asked the children to think of a time they showed someone love or someone had shown love to them. As they named these kind acts, pushing a friend in a swing or giving or receiving a hug, I poured a bit of water from one container into the other until the second container overflowed spilling water on to the floor as the children squealed with joy. Ever since that day, we have made this activity a daily part of our curriculum.
"Everyday, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can."
Dalai Lama blog.gaiam.com/quotes/authors/dalai-lama/47951
