It's been an outstanding week. We've managed to renovate the afternoon classes and the kids seem to be responding very well. What we are trying to do is to include everything in a short amount of time, and thanks to Miss Kelly's industriousness, we are putting all our puzzle pieces into a very sophisticated frame.
At 1:30 we've always come in for foreign language and then followed it with music. Music is a many splendored thing, and fitting all the parts of music together is tough. And then on top of that there are the many other things we want and need to do with a full curriculum, and a bunch of tired kids, so here's what we're doing.
Every day we will come in from recess at 1:30 and either go to Spanish or Geography class for just a few minutes. Then we will do music that will include dance, rhythm, song, karaoke, flute, poetry and listening which will be team taught. Then in the last hour, we will divide the groups into two - the Scholastica group and the Benedict group for back to back social studies, Bible stories, art, fine art, science, and literature. It will be very busy, but worth doing. We've done all this in the past, but as a whole group, and what we've found is that smaller groups work better.
Today Mrs. St. Louis told the story of Noah's Ark. The kids did a multiple intelligence approach to the story and ended up staying with the props a long time.
I did Lit with a wonderful story by Max Lucado called, "You Are Special." It's a favorite of mine and worth buying for Christmas for kids.
This means a lot of prep for teachers, but that's what teaching is all about.
The play goes very well, and Miss Annie was asked to put suckers for every line learned in envelopes this afternoon. Mr. Ian knows his Mohican line very well. It involves an acrobatic tongue. I also told him today if he ate his baked potato that I would tell his brother Ty that he was superhuman. He laughed. He laughs a lot with me.
Did anyone notice Jasmin's hair? It was strikingly beautiful. And Phoebe got a hair cut this week.
Abby and Hadley and Lexi and Madison got some really nice compliments for their grown up ability to assume work and do it to completion. They are really responsible young ladies and the new mother was impressed.
Miss Jana will be taking some of the preschool activities. She will partner with Mrs. St. Louis and will contribute some messy stuff like sand and water. Mrs. St. Louis will be doing more with the older kids with their art work.
Please look at the new Nutrition Links that I'm collecting. If you have a favorite link, please email it to me. I've had to take comments off for a while because of some obscenities, but they will be back soon.
I have a new sourdough starter in the kitchen. If anyone wants a start of the starter, please let me know.
Does anyone have the fruit cake starter that was popular a few years back?
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