One Thing We Can Do

Today I was away at a training session. I always love to hear about the many things I can do as a teacher to foster learning in my students. But missing a day of school always makes me realize just how much I love, more than anything, to be with my students! Because at the end of the day, they are the ones who teach me the most. In my work tonight, I came across some photos and a quote that I feel go together beautifully...

"More and more I've come to understand that listening is one of the most important things we can do for one another...

Whether the other be an adult or a child, our engagement in listening to who that person is can often be our greatest gift...

Whether that person is speaking or playing or dancing, building or singing or painting, if we care, we can listen."          Mister Rogers

Drawing Outside

What a beautiful afternoon for drawing outside! We headed out in groups to some of the big rocks where we practised using pencils and erasers to draw what we saw. Afterwards, we sat in a circle and shared what we had chosen to draw, and some of us chose to continue working on our drawings inside...

 a tree, a piece of rock, a bamboo and a woodchip 

 a tree with a bunch of flowers

 the road and yellow lines on the road

 three bees, a big rock, and a little rock

 a tree, one of those pointy things, and this bamboo

 a dandelion

 the bamboo

 the worms with blood splatted on them

 the road

 a bus, a flag, the grass

 a fence

 a flower tree

tree

It's such fun to draw and share what we see out in the world!

La Soupe aux Legumes

We made soup today! It was a big hit with many of the friends, with several asking for seconds and even thirds! Since I chopped up the veggies ahead of time at home, I'll show you what went in...

 le celeri...

 le brocoli...

 les haricots verts...

 les poivrons rouge et orange...

 le zucchini...

 une patate...

 une carotte...

 de l'oignon...

Et voila, une soupe aux legumes!