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10 things to teach to a child: 1. Willingness to choose and change 2. Kindness 3. Compassion 4. Honesty 5. Generosity 6. Courage 7. Perseverance and self-dicipline 8. Humor and playfulness 9. Wisdom 10. Integrity

Recomended Book List

Celebrating the Great Mother: A Handbook of Earth-Honoring Activities for Parents and Children by Cait Johnson, Maura D. Shaw Circle Round: Raising Children in Goddess Traditions by Starhawk, Diane Baker, Anne Hill Pagan Kids' Activity Book by Amber K Raising Witches: Teaching the Wiccan Faith to Children by Ashleen O'Gaea Wiccacraft for Families by Margie McArthur All I See Is Part of Me by Chara M. Curtis, Cynthia Aldrich Pagan Parenting by Kristin Madden

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Simple magic or simply magic?

What is magic to a child?    Blowing out a birthday candle and making a wish. Winking at the moon. The leaves changing color in the fall, a snake shedding its skin, and a bird learning to fly. A catterpillar emerging from his cocoon, a flower blooming, and the turn of the seasons. All this and more is magic to a child. No fancy words, or candles, or ornate robes required. Just nature, at its purest.    So what magic can you do with a child? Sit on your porch and watch the sun set. Go to a feild to watch fireflies dancing about. Plant a garden, grow a tree. Bake bread, or cookies, or just a pumpkin pie. Tell stories, play make-believe, let your imagination run wild.    To children all things are magical. And isn't that how it should be? See the world through news eyes, watch a spider weave a web as if you have never seen one before. Drink lemonaide for the first time. Pick wildflowers that you've never heard of. Be a child yourself and let the magic of childhood flow into you.    The strongest magic that a child knows is you. You are their first connection to the divine, live up to that standard well. In their eyes your every action and every word is overflowing with magic. How else could you kiss a cut and make it disapear? How else can you fix the broken toys? How else can you make the world better again so many times over? You are the divine to a child.    There is no simple magic to a child. It is all simply magic.