It was great meeting with all of you this week during parent teacher conferences. I was so interested in hearing about how the children act at home compared to in the classroom.
We had many visitors in the classroom this week, including our newest student, Macy! All of the kids were so excited to meet her, and they did a great job making her feel at home. Just another one of the many ways the kids spread peace.
We had two surprise visitors on Tuesday. Gonzalo and Armando came to celebrate Emma's birthday. They showed us Cuba on the map, which is where they're from, and taught us that Cuba is an island. Gonzalo read "The Family Book", by Todd Parr, which demonstrated that, no matter how different families can be, all families hug each other and love each other! Emma also read one of her favorite Spanish poems and helped her friends learn some new Spanish words.
On Wednesday, Agusta, Julia J's mom, came in to celebrate Julia's birthday and to teach us about Iceland. We learned that Iceland can be very cold, but is not actually covered in ice as its name implies. Julia and her mom read the kids an Icelandic story that is well known to their family, and the kids learned some new words in Icelandic like 'bless', which means good-bye! They also donated a new book to our classroom written in 3 different languages, including English and Icelandic.
There was so much excitement throughout the day on Wednesday. We had the photographer snapping shots throughout the day during freeplay, meeting, dance, and during Agusta's visit. The kids also baked cookies and muffins for the pajama party Thursday night. This was a long awaited event, and it ended up being a lot of fun for everyone.
The kids have really expressed a lot of interest in measuring objects around the classroom. This coming week, we will be making a height chart. This idea came from all of the kids, and they will be measuring their height using measuring tape. They also chose to measure themselves using blocks. Tyler brought back a huge leaf from Miami, and they compared the size of the leaf to the size of their heads. The Leaf was actually bigger!
The seehere.com website is down for maintenance. Fortunately, I was able to show you some of the pictures from this week and last week during conferences. I will send you a link once the website is up and running.
See you all during the week,
Amanda
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