While I was at the Reggio workshop today, Andrea (Mama to Colton) came in and ran things at the house. It was SO strange to leave the children (including my own) with someone else in my place, but I felt very confident knowing the kiddies were in great hands. What was especially comforting was, that Mama Andrea knows all the children, and they know her, so me leaving, was very easy for us all. I thought perhaps Sophia would be clingy or cry as I left. Nope. Even Lulu didn't seem to notice I was heading out. They were all so excited about their visitors today!I have much to share about what I learned today, and am excited about additional ideas I will implementing and adding to my program, and especially happy about the alliance I have with the owner of the Olive Tree.
What a wonderful and beautiful little school this is going to be! And a great option for S. and Central Austin families. I have Part II of the training on Thursday, but for now, I'll leave the parents with the notes from our 'sub' today. And she even managed to take a few pics. ;)
Andrea, thank you for coming in.
*The beautiful tree in their playground.
All went quite well today! Seemed everyone was on best behavior…er…except for my son who needed reminding of the rules at Casa T. I am sure that was partly due to Mama being the “teacher” today! No accidents but we did have some splashing around the potty and some paint mess so those towels are on top of the washing machine.
Everyone ate well and Sophia opted to eat some of Colton’s quesadillas so that is why her lunch looks barely touched.
I only got Lauren, Colton and Austin to reach in the pumpkin once and then they refused. Austin said it was too messy and Lauren said it was yucky…lol. They did enjoy rinsing the seeds in the strainer and tossing them with a bit of brown sugar and cinnamon before baking.
I read the “Pumpkin Time” book immediately prior to our Pumpkin exploration which was a nice segue as they seemed excited to see the seeds inside. I wanted to capture some pics but then for the first time ever I had low batteries and so just got a few!
Austin put eyes on his bat and then while working on starting Gwen’s Colton added some of his own artwork to her paper so she may need a do-over! The white painting on black paper is Lauren’s picture of Austin’s ghost that he told us all about today.
All in all Colton and I enjoyed ourselves.
Andrea
Photos by Andrea H.
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