Dwarf workshop
Text and photos: Dilek Iusuf
We started the lesson with a karaoke session, of course with a repertoire familiar to children. Some of the songs surprised us parents and caught us a bit off guard, but we did very well.A little riddle for you: What's small, black and goes swinging?
Yeah, penguin!
The dwarves watched the story of Pingu, then created their own penguin. Parents were asked not to help/correct the children, so Picasso Penguins were created:The penguin dance couldn't miss, so we grooved like crazy!
The lesson ended with another round of karaoke and finger sucking:Thanks to Andrea for your help, we'll be waiting for you!
Romanian language and culture
Text: Eliza van Peppen
As we are already used to, we started our workshop with a small discussion in a circle, reviewing the notions we learned and introducing the new theme: "Me and my World", the first part "Human Body". Through conversation, play and song, we discovered the parts of the human body, defined the 5 basic senses (sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch). We had fun singing and cheering each other up with this little song: 'Head, shoulders and knees'. Here's the link:To exercise our senses (of hearing: attention and musical ear), we used the sensory game "Open your ear wide". The game goes like this: A player is chosen from among the children to stand in the middle of a circle with his eyes closed and a few metres away from the other children. The other children will sing:
"Open your ear wide/ Let's see if you can guess or not,/
Who called your name,/Hey guess, don't stay any longer."
At the end of the song, one child is chosen, who has to call out the name of the child in the middle of the circle. If they guess who it was, they are replaced by the one who called out, while everyone sings:
"You guessed it,/You guessed it,/You guessed it, be happy!".
If you don't guess it sings:
"You didn't guess,/You didn't guess,/Sit back down,/Be grounded" and he stays another lap. Kids can change their voice.
Next, we talked about what goes on inside our bodies, what internal organs we have, how blood gets to our heart, which is our largest organ (the liver), and of course we learned what makes us different from other living things (thought/reason). We watched the video "Why we need to wash" and concluded that it is important to take care of ourselves.In the last part of the lesson, we focused our efforts on finalising our entries for the competition: 'Romania - 100 Roots and a Look to the Future'.
I look forward to seeing you this Saturday when we continue with our theme, "Me and My World".
Play, personal development and photography
Text and photos by Raluca Tudorache
Last Saturday I spent it quietly, watching old Romanian cartoons, such as "Mihaela" or "The Adventures of Pin Pin". Starting from the cartoons, we talked a bit about these characters and their mission.We came back to the idea of the contest proposed by Diaspora Românească and we got some nice results after having talked to the children about some of the specific things related to Romania, such as the Danube that flows into the Black Sea, the Infinity Column which is a very important monument for Romanian culture, rare animals like the lynx, the bison and the black goat.I would like to continue to tell the children next time about the stories of important rulers, our folk heroes and folk legends.
For those who missed last time, I suggest they try drawing at home or using cut-out pictures and other materials for a collage, choosing images of important monuments or buildings, wild animals or Romanian folk motifs.
We can continue the drawings or work in class one week after this week's photography class.
So don't forget to bring your cameras this Saturday!
See you soon!
