Material to experience the weekly cyclic rhythm. The children will associate each day with their color, and in this way they will be able to understand the passage of the days.
Many ancient cultures believed that every day of the week had it’s own planet, colour, scent and grain. Then, this ideas were applied by Waldorf pedagogies.
Monday: moon, rice, purple or violet, jasmine. Tuesday: Mars, red, Barley, clove. Wednesday, Mercury, Millet, yellow, copal. Thursday, Jupiter, rye, orange, cedar…
Friday: Venus, oats, green, rose Saturday: Saturn, corn, indigo or blue, myrrh. Sunday: sun, wheat, white, frankincense