As you can imagine, Christmas time in the kindergarten is a
wonderful opportunity to redecorate every inch of the classroom. Here are just some of the activities of group 7:
Since the kids were busy learning new songs for the Christmas show
(including a really hard Croatian one - but I'll write about that later), I had
decided to try and teach them some easy new vocabulary that wouldn't get in the
way of memorizing festive tunes. So, we learned how to say parts of the face in
Croatian! Considering this part of Croatian vocabulary is extremely similar to
Polish, it was a breeze for the kids to remember and recognize everything
within minutes. We also created a lovely new face:
Pani Marzena suggested I lay down on a paper and let the kids draw a life-sized outline of me, and these were the results (I think group number 7 will produce quite a few artists):
Group 7 worked really hard to prepare the Christmas show for the parents. They practiced with pani Marzena every day, and we could see them becoming better and better each time :) One of the songs they sang was the Croatian Zeko i potočić, which is about a bunny trying to find a small stream covered in snow. It's pretty long and there's not a lot of verse repetition, but due to language similarities (or just because they're genius), the kids learned it super fast with me and pani Marzena. They also presented the Spanish Feliz Navidad and demonstrated that they are, in fact, multilingual! Here are some of the photos taken before the show:
Group 5 in action
Pani Gosia did another crafty project with the kids in group 5, this time arranging amazing decorations (that they mostly did themselves)!
Aida helping with the packages
Pani Marzena had the idea to decorate the classroom with a depiction of the Nativity scene, so she asked me if I was willing to try my hand at drawing one. She gave me a postcard which I used as a reference, and you can see the process here :)
Aida brought Turrón from Spain and shared it with class number 2 and pani Dorota. Turrón is a traditional Christmas dessert in Spain, containing roasted almonds and other nuts, and the kids enjoyed tasting a new kind of confection :)
Walking and drawing with class number 2 :)
Playtime in group 7
Matea
