When you have discussed the reading, have your child proceed with the activity that follows. Everything an Aboriginal does is in a circle. Because the power of the world always works in circles, and everything tries to be round. The sky is round, and the earth is round like a ball, and so are the stars. The wind, in its greatest power, whirls.
Birds make their nests in circles, The sun comes forth and goes down again in a circle.
The moon does the same, and both are round, Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were. The life of a man is a circle from childhood to childhood. The circle is sacred to them and they sit in a circle to show that each person in that circle is equal - all members are important. Aboriginal people know that everything is alive and has a soul, or life's energy. Our natural environment provides precious gifts for each of us.