After Max arrived at school, he drew his self-portrait by drawing his head and his shirt. For Project Work, we made "butterflies" to give to Jackson Square Park. Then we had dance with Elizabeth. After Dance, we read Kitten's First Full Moon and sang Sticky, Sticky, Sticky Bubble Gum.
Then we grabbed a bucket of water and chalk to make chalk paintings outside of school to enjoy the beautiful weather! What a fun day!
We began our morning enjoying Jacob's book Mr. Messy. Then we revisited our moon conversation from Monday. After reading the discussion, the children decided to bake the moon a birthday cake for its 5th birthday. Scarlett read the teachers mind by saying "And we will do this Friday."
Then we walked around the room, looked, and praised the children's work from International Week. We also decided with them where the Hudson and Scarlett's moon paintings are going to go. At Morning Meeting, we shared with the class that we are going to be making presents for Jackson Square Park. Then we went for a walk to Jackson Square Park to meet Nancy the gardener who taught us about planting and showed us the new flower buds growing on the leaves and the trees. We got back to school just in time before the rain!
We had French with Deborah. Then we revisited Hudson and Scarlett's painting video. During lunch we read Happy Birthday, Moon by Frank Asch.
While eating snack, Hudson and Scarlett began talking about the moon:
Scarlett: "We need to catch the moon and put in on the ground, but I don't think it will stay down. It will go up and up and up."
Hudson: "I am going to paint the moon for you, Scarlett."
After Morning Meeting, we decorated flags and taped them behind the door in our classroom. Next, Hudson and Scarlett worked on their April self-portraits. When we asked Max if he would like to work on it today he replied "No not today. Next time Jenny." So, Max will work on his this Thursday. Brandon drew a picture of entitled "Daddy's Airplane". Then we had Free Play and went outside for a walk with the Sunflowers and Daisies classes to Jackson Square Park. During lunch, we read Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown.
First of all, welcome back Brandon, Jamie, and Harry! We are so happy to hear that you had such wonderful vacations and had so much fun at the beach! At Morning Meeting, we had a wonderful discussion about the moon:
Jenny: What do you see at night?
The Sweet Peas Class: "The moon!"
Scarlett: " Well, I did not see the moon because it is here in school. It's blue. Yesterday I saw stars and they were so beautiful and it was dark like when I close my eyes. The moon gets hurt when you bite it."
Jenny: Is the moon a person?
Scarlett: "No it is a "he". "
Jenny: What is a "he"?
Scarlett: The moon!
Jenny: Does the moon have a mommy or daddy?
"No," said the Sweet Peas class laughing. "it doesn't."
Jenny: Well how did it get here? Does it have a birthday?
Scarlett: "Let's make a cake for the moon and sing Happy Birthday. We can put candles in it!"
Jenny: How old is the moon?
Lili: "3 years old."
Scarlett: "Nah, I think 5 years old."
Nico: " 4 years old."
After this conversation, we read Happy Birthday, Moon. Then we blasted off to outer space to Rocket Ship Run by Laurie Berkner. Then we in investigated shaving cream. As they felt the cream, we asked the children if they think this is what the moon feels like...
We had such a fun
day celebrating! We began our morning representing our countries by walking
down the runway at the BMS International Week Fashion Show. Then we had Yoga
with Lakshmi. After Yoga, we had an International snack: Mamgu Bara Birth Jacob
a bread from Wales, crepes with apricot jam from Lili, and Nico brought in
hummus, goldfish. Nico showed us the Hebrew version of Where the Wilds Are.
After snack, we dressed up like Italian fashionistas and had a dance party! Next, Gina decorated our faces with face piant. For
lunch, Nico made delicious pasta for everyone. Then Lili showed us her Russian
doll. We are excited to continue International Week when Harry, Jamie, Brandon,
and Grandpa Barys return from their vacations!
Hudson arrived at school wearing his Manchester United football uniform
to celebrate to represent his English heritage. We had Morning Meeting in the Sunflowers room with the other classes. Then we had dance with Elizabeth. For Project Work, we made rangoli designs using colored sand and sticky paper. Scarlett and Hudson flew to Mexico to visit Brandon. We had lunch and read a book about the moon.
Scarlett arrived at school in a beautiful green Irish gown wearing a pretty red rose in her. We began Morning Meeting singing Come On and Sing With Me with instruments. Scarlett shared with us her Irish flag and we found Ireland on our globe. For snack, Scarlett shared delicious cupcakes with the Irish flag on them.
Then we readied our passports, packed our luggage, and boarded the plane. First, we flew to France. Once we landed we stamped our passports and had French with Deborah. Then we flew to Belgium and tasted some chocolate. We boarded the plane once again. This time we visited Africa, Mexico, Ireland, Italy, China, and Egypt listening to music from each country.
After our journey, we asked Nico to be "the story picker" for today. She picked a book titled Astronaut which led to a wonderful conversation:
Jenny: What is an astronaut?
Lili: "Space. They are supposed to live in space. We are thinking about space."
Jenny: Why?
Scarlett: "They go to a rocket ship all the way up to the sky."
Jenny: Where?
Scarlett: "The moon. They go in the moon."
Jenny: Why?
Scarlett: "Because they got to get there in a ship."
Then we danced all the way to Puerto Rico where a rice and beans lunch were waiting for us from Debbie. We sang We've Got The World, Moon, Stars, and Sun In Our Hands. What an adventurous morning!
