This St. Patrick’s Day, the parents and children joined together in another family gathering, the kind we have every month or so. We began the morning dressed in green and sampling kiwi, green grapes, and honey dew melon. Leaves in different shades of green were painted and added to our “classroom tree”; that tree mirrors our deciduous outside tree that burst into leaf this week. We also made wonderful “green ” collages using the recycled materials.
The ending was a great retelling of Green Eggs and Ham. Each child chose a book page representing one of the items in the book- a fox, a box, a mouse,a house, etc. and the parents were the “Greek”chorus- “I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them Sam I Am”. Regular family gatherings give parents a shared school experience with their child and create opportunities for parents to know each other better. This sense of shared community is an important part of our school.
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Comment by Steve — March 18, 2010 @ 7:27 am
Looks like a Great Green St. Patrick’s Day Celebration! I’m sorry that I missed it! It looks like allot of fun!
Comment by EPM — March 24, 2010 @ 12:57 pm
That was a fun morning. Thanks Deborah for offering so many opportunities for parents to participate in these types of school gatherings. It’s nice to see our child in her school environment and we know she’s happy to share it with us as well.
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