Find the lesson. Start the day.

Baking day. The Little Red Hen. Beginning the week with warm hands and a set table.

Doing-day. Brave stories, strong work, red crayons and effort.

Words, songs, letters, errands, movement games, things that travel.

Handwork, counting, generosity, the abundant table.

Beauty day. Table setting, flowers, Stone Soup, the family feast.

Real work with the family: garden, repairs, market, keeping the home.

Rest, gratitude, the golden day. Festival preparation and family time.

Blue silk, the bowl of clean water, the little stream story. Pairs with Monday, Moon day.

The candle, the hearth, the sleeping spark. Reverent and carefully held. Pairs with Tuesday or Sunday.

The feather, the little breeze story, three slow breaths together. Pairs with Wednesday, Mercury day.

The green hill, the tree, making a small world beautiful. Pairs with Friday, Venus day.

The brave seed, the rain, the nests, and the whole world beginning again.

The garden at full strength, the bees at their work, bread and honey with thanks.

Apples in the basket, leaves letting go, and the first lantern against the dark.

The sleeping earth, wool and candlelight, and the seed keeping its promise.

Why Monday belongs to the Moon and Sunday to the Sun — the week as a round dance of seven friends.

The standing bear and the two round loaves. The first letter-friend.

The wanderer's path over two peaks: up, down, up, down.

The swan who writes on the evening water with her winding wake.

The sea's own footsteps: two valleys, two crests, and the boat riding home.

One sun, one sky, one you. The great wholeness everything begins with.

Nothing flies with one wing. The number of partners and pairs.

Three goats, three bears, three leaves: the storyteller's number.

The tree's four dresses and the number that stands steady.