Prepare a classroom feast, celebrating with food that honor the coming of spring like eggs, early spring greens, shoots, sprouts, seasonal local produce, and local bread.Go on a nature walk, observing and celebrating the new life beginning that surrounds you in nature like fresh sprouting grass, earthworms, snails, and leaf buds on a tree.Play the “How Tall is My Shadow?” game, measuring from the child’s toe to their shadow top and comparing the size to that on the solstice.Show how the sun passes over the equator. Demonstrate the spring equinox using a globe and a flashlight. Common themes reflected during observances of the spring equinox include fertility, new beginnings, and rebirth. Since the spring equinox takes place when new plants are growing and animals become active again after the winter, many people celebrate a time of renewal. Spiritually, equinoxes are a time of celebration in many cultures. Also known as the vernal or March equinox, the spring equinox marks the first day of spring. The word equinox comes from the Latin words aequi meaning equal and nox/noct meaning night, fitting for a word that describes the times of the year when day and night are almost equal in length. The official change of the seasons and the day when the sun shines directly over the equator, making day and night almost exactly the same length all over the Earth, the spring equinox takes place on March 20th or 21st in the Northern Hemisphere.
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