Category: school
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Dahlia’s birthday week at school
This week Dahlia had a chance to celebrate her birthday at school. She wore her birthday crown and everybody sang Happy Birthday to her before eating their donuts. She made an “All about me…” poster this week to display in her classroom. It was very easy to tell who had helped her make her poster.…
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Eric Carle project
As part of the Art Docent program at IVE, Dahlia's class put together a mural imitating Eric Carle's books. First the class painted large pieces of paper with lots of different colors and patterns. Second we pulled students over to our table in the back of class to cut out shapes from the paper they…
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Finale at night
Our act was a complete success except for the fact that I had it in my mind I would be meeting Joe at the ER with Dahlia right afterwards. All the moms had a great time doing the act even those who had their own fears and doubts.
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Dites-moi
Monti sang the song “Dites-Moi” from the musical South Pacific at theIVE Variety Show. She sang her little heart out. In the musical thissong is sung by a couple of Polynesian children. Monti and I searched theinternet to find an appropriate costume. The dress came all the wayfrom Guam — we found it on ebay.…
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Dahlia’s heart
Moments before the variety show evening performance began Dahlia toldJoe her heart was “beeping” fast. I had to manage the backstage area during the performance so Joe had to care for Dahlia. He took her outto the car to see if she could relax and get her heart back to normal.Relaxing wasn’t working so I would…
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Cougar Mamas
The teachers never perform at the evening performance of the variety show Liz (dark hair in front) had the idea that the volunteers that ran the show should get their moment in the spotlight. People agreed very reluctantly. I was on board right away. Liz also came up with the name “Cougar Mamas” for our…
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They will talk about this finale for years
The surprise act at the end of the Variety Show included a group ofteachers rocking out to the song “Old Time Rock N’ Roll.” To set thestage for their act we used some fog in a can. We had tested it beforehand and used it in the opening number but this time the fire alarmwent…
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Nerves
Monti woke at 5:30 am the morning of the Variety Show full of nerves.When asked what was making her so stressed we found out it wasn’t thefact that she would be singing a solo in front of more than 300people. Instead she was terrified she would hold up her sign the wrongdirection during a skit…
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Continuous line art
The project seemed very simple but even “simple” with a class ofkindergartners can have its fair share of frustration. The kids wereto create a design using straight or curved lines but they had to doit without ever lifting their pen off the paper. As a parent volunteeryou want to help several children instead of focusing…