In Germany, Easter is a holiday that is celebrated like in the U.S. where children dye eggs and search for them, and Easter candy is abundant. At my placement, the teachers and children have been talking about Easter for the past week, but not from a religious perspective. Here the children get a four-day weekend from school because the Monday after Easter is also considered a holiday.
The day before Easter holiday began, the children had an Easter breakfast at the kindergarten in the gym. Children's families brought in bread, pastries, fruit, vegetables, cupcakes, and dyed eggs. All the food was set up in a buffet line and all the children served themselves by table. Teachers served water and tea to the children after they got their food. We didn't have our regular morning meetings, but the children and adults still had conversations together.
After breakfast, all the children were dressed to go outside for recess, where we spent the remainder of the day from 10:30am-4pm. We even brought all the tables and chairs outside to have lunch since it was much warmer than it has been. It was surprisingly easy serving 50 children lunch at the same time since the older children are very helpful.
Around 2pm, Erhard and I gathered some of the older children in the gym to have a Skype conference with my pre-k classroom back in the U.S. We tried using the kindergarten's laptop, which was connected to a projector, but technology was not in our favor and we ended up using my Kindle Fire tablet. My classroom back home told us that they are learning about things that fly and sang us a song. It was great seeing my kids from home and hearing them say they miss me! They even invited me on their class field trip on May 6th and I'm so looking forward to it!
The day before Easter holiday began, the children had an Easter breakfast at the kindergarten in the gym. Children's families brought in bread, pastries, fruit, vegetables, cupcakes, and dyed eggs. All the food was set up in a buffet line and all the children served themselves by table. Teachers served water and tea to the children after they got their food. We didn't have our regular morning meetings, but the children and adults still had conversations together.
After breakfast, all the children were dressed to go outside for recess, where we spent the remainder of the day from 10:30am-4pm. We even brought all the tables and chairs outside to have lunch since it was much warmer than it has been. It was surprisingly easy serving 50 children lunch at the same time since the older children are very helpful.
Around 2pm, Erhard and I gathered some of the older children in the gym to have a Skype conference with my pre-k classroom back in the U.S. We tried using the kindergarten's laptop, which was connected to a projector, but technology was not in our favor and we ended up using my Kindle Fire tablet. My classroom back home told us that they are learning about things that fly and sang us a song. It was great seeing my kids from home and hearing them say they miss me! They even invited me on their class field trip on May 6th and I'm so looking forward to it!