Today we took advantage of possibly the last beautiful day before some cold weather hits us and brought a little reminder of summer into our classroom. One of our grandmother's is a Master Gardener. As a retired preschool teacher of many, many years she brought her expertise in both plant care and child care to our immersion Spanish group of preschoolers. We planted an herb garden to keep in our room and which will later serve as some wonderful experiments in the 5 senses for this Fall. We learned about care and vocabulary for plants in Spanish. Muy divertido! Gracias Gramms. Please visit us again.

Fridays are always fabulous at LEXNC. We call it Vamos Viernes and the kids and I have even come up with our own jingle for the day. This Friday we finished up our Spain studies but we also had Pet Pals day. The children talked about "mascotas" which pets we have at home, what is required to take care of them, how we treat them and then..we got to share our best Pet Pals. Conejos (bunnies) came, Ratas (rats) and dos perros (dogs). It was a regular petting zoo! To remind us how we care for our pets, Hathor and Isis have become our new classroom mascotas and Lex the beta fish has been brought out of his sabbatical.

Finished up Spain study

Our young students have had quite a run these last few weeks. We have met and walked alpacas, made sangria, eaten tapas, danced the flamenco and acted out and played with our Don Quijote characters about as many ways as you can. It was a blast.
The most amazing thing to me is how they no longer really notice the Spanish factor. It's all the same games and fun for them. The most wonderful thing though has been watching the preschoolers slide into that same level of comfort with Chinese. Wait! Did I say Chinese? That's right...our preschoolers also get one hour of Chinese including Tai Chi every day of class. They are already more globally astute than most of us adults!!