Luisenpark (October 8, 2012)

 

On Monday, October 8, 2012, Reception 1 went to Luisenpark in Mannheim with Reception 2. At the park, we walked (a lot), looked for autumn things, saw many birds, animals, and insects, and had a great day! Special thanks to Julie Depla and Diana Hatz for joining us at the park. 

Waiting for the Strassenbahn

The tram was late and filled with double the people

but we squeezed in

shared seats

 

 

and enjoyed the ride!

We crossed the bridge over the Neckar River

and walked alongside the park

We saw bright green parrots in the trees

and looked for fall leaves and other things

One bird stayed near us (until he got chased)

but then he came back

We found mushrooms of different kinds

and we picked up anything that reminded us of autumn

We looked under trees and found chestnuts

and an earthworm

Flamingoes

and caterpillars!

The coat carriers (so kind)

and the otters

A shark pool

Wow!

 

Little people need a boost sometimes

To see the big lizards inside!

 

The desert tortoise lives longer than a human!

 

 

 

 

 

October is here! (October 1-5, 2012)

 

CLICK HERE TO HEAR SOME OKTOBERFEST MUSIC (and watch your child dance):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWjeITmDmmo&feature=related

This week in Reception 1, we talked about October, Tag der Einheit (Reunification Day), and Oktoberfest. We constructed and colored German flags, colored O K T O B E R F E S T letters to decorate our wall, colored, cut and constructed Oktoberfest mini-musicians, and we made pretzels out of modeling clay. We learned to dance the Chicken Dance (beaks, wings, tail feathers), and we ate pretzels, all to celebrate October being here. All month long it will be October, and all month long we will be doing fun October activities!

Mr. Bernard talks about how there were two Germanys and shows his East German flag.

 

Now there is one Germany

 

and one flag.

 

 

This guy can be turned into a moving, dancing accordion player!

 

LEARNING IS FUN!

 

We colored fall things in different amounts

to talk about Numbers 1-5.

 

Scarecrows, pumpkins, squirrels, American

footballs, apples and leaves: all signs of autumn.

When Devi got done coloring, she wrote numbers

on the back of each picture card.

  

Lani counts her pictures in sequential order.

 

Making pretzels out of Play-Dough!

(Later, we ate real pretzels for snack.) 

 We love playing with clay!

 

 

 MORE PLAYTIME!!!

Our helper, Laura, from the Viernheim School Gymnasium

New friends are fun!

Friends!

Firefighter Gavriil

 Chefs Mika and Alessio

 

Sharing a good book

 

Playing soccer with Mr. Bernard

Daredevil riders outside the classroom!

 

 

Miss Aliki worked with us Thursday and Friday,

and now she's off to college!

 

 

 

 

TUESDAY WAS PIZZA DAY

Yummy pizza

No piece went untouched!

Alessio -- with discriminating tastes -- enjoyed his pizza, too.

Mika likes crushed red pepper like Ms. Kristina.

 

 

RECEPTION 1'S GOT TALENT!

 

 Lucie sings "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"

 

 

Mr. Bentgens let us play his guitar!

 

Sylvie sounds like a professional Spanish guitarist! 

 

Navneeth has a different sound...

 

 Hugo gets the first Reception C.A.R.E.

award for citizenship!

 

Cody rides her friend the pony.

 

 

 

 

NEXT WEEK:

PUMPKINS!