Thursday, 3 March 2011

DAYS OUT

As part of our world project I took M. to visit the British Museum for the Africa and South America sections, and to the Victoria and Albert Museum for the Asian section.
It seems a bit hazardous taking children to big museum, full of staff that they can't touch,there are no toys, and do not know what it is for. But for M. is different. I was observing her in front of the museums windows boxes, observing Japanese kimonos and samurai armors, African musical instrument and Native American clothes, and she didn't look at all out of place in that big hall full of adults. M. was very interested in what she was seeing, she asked many questions and I could see that she was digging in her memory and fishing out all the information I gave her about how people around the world dress, and live. The things she was observing behind that glass had meaning for her and she highly enjoyed the experience.








GARDENING

We tryed again to plat some bulbs. Last winter we didn't succeed much, only one flower bloomed in our pot kept indoors, so this time I wanted to try to plant daffodils outside in the common green area.
This time was a real bloom!
now all our daffodils are in bloom and I want to make cards with their photos to keep as a life cycle experience. M. helped me through all the phases of planting and kept on going and observing every little change during the flowers' cycle.





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