Djembes

Yes, we now have a full djembe set for all the kiddies to use!



A BIG thank you to Mama Tanya for donating them to the Casa. What a generous gift!!

Love,
Andrea (and the children!)

" Today was FABULOUS!! "

When I have a moment to sit down and collect my thoughts, I will be posting about the additional wonderful things I learned during my Reggio training. For now, I'd like to share with you the note from Mama Tanya and the story she shared about her day at the casa. =)

Muchas Gracias Mamita, for helping out today.
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I have TONS of photos, and will go through them tonight.

The girls played in the sandbox for a while. Lauren made applesauce, Sophia made a cake and Mia boated…like her Pawpaw. Then we went inside and pulled out all the musical instruments and made beautiful music together until Austin arrived. Alex was hungry, so Sophia sweetly held his bottle the whole time he ate…such a helper. Then we popped in the CD and pulled out the Djembe! They were so excited! Mia started playing, and she was saying ‘bass..tone…tone’ then all the others got into it. I showed them where to find the bass and were to find the tone. Mia and I also sung Fanga until the others just jumped in and sang along. I hadn’t expected to teach them the lyrics to Fanga. It was delightful. :)

Then out for painting. Mia finished up her bat while the others opted for water colors…then crayons, so we just flipped their papers over and kept going. I brought out the little pumpkins and gourds. We talked about their different colors and shapes, then read the pumpkin book…forgot the title. I pulled out the modeling clay and set to work on making a pretty good rendition on a pumpkin. I doled out everyone’s piece of clay. Lauren ran and got the rolling pins. They shaped and sculpted for quite a while, then made their little pumpkins….stems and all. I think they were pretty darn good. Oh, I went back and read the list of activities for the day and read that we were supposed to make SMALL sculptures….here’s hoping they were small enough…not sure as we used all the clay. :)

They had a lot of free time to do as they pleased. Sophia, Lauren and Austin went around and around the picnic table a gazillion times. Austin tired and joined Mia at the patio table. They played peek-a-boo with each other under the table for a while. Tooooo cute. Back indoors for lunch then more free play. We listened to José Luis Orozco’s music all morning, even during lunch. The kids were eating then all of a sudden they all broke into Pio Pio y La Araña Pequeñita.

More free play after lunch. Sophia, Austin and Lauren played with the cars and buses…the bus is having front wheel problems L Mia was totally into the little mother doll with the baby and little cradle. Then they all switched…books, music, manipulatives. I really enjoyed watching them totally engrossed with whatever activity they were involved in, then they would move on to something else. Very happily sharing objects and space.

Lauren, Austin and Sophia went down for their naps without a problem. Mia stayed downstairs with me. While waiting for Mr. Mike, Mia went back to the little mother and baby. I could watch her for hours.

Thank you for the opportunity to be involved with Casa T in such a present way. I truly enjoyed the whole day…the children were fabulous and easy. They made me laugh and sit in wonder….they are all such different and special people. You’ve got a good thing going there at Casa T!

Besos y mucho cariño

Tanya