We're heading to Australia!

Happy Thursday everyone! We had another wonderful day at Ohana! We had a short free play time this morning because we were expecting Shelley to come pay us a visit. Before our Australia day, we gathered into a circle and talked about our Question of the Day, which was “Is saying “no” bad?”. The question really made us think and we had half the class say yes, and the other half say no.

Yes, it is bad because:

K: Because if you say No, it’s not nice.

L: If you say no, it’s not good, the people don’t like it.

K: Somebody say no, he don’t come

A: Because No means it’s bad for people, and No is like the bad thing to say.

Our friends that put their names on No didn’t want to share their ideas with the class. Nimo asked us another question, “How do you think K feels if I pat his back very hard?”

K: He is sad, he’s not going to like Nimo.

K: That makes me sad.

A: K need to say No thank you, Nimo need to stop.

N drew a face on each of his thumbs, the one on his left hand was named Charlie and his right hand was David. He used his thumb puppets to tell us a story. The story was about Charlie and his best friend David, they always played together and loved doing everything together. However, when the two played, David would sometimes pat Charlie’s back a little too strong and Charlie really didn’t like it. Everyday on his way home, he would tell his mom about how David hits him and he doesn’t like it. The mom would tell him to let David know, however Charlie was unsure how to say it and he was afraid that David might not play with him anymore. Nimo asked us how we could help Charlie.

C: Say gentle hands please.

K: He can talk to the teacher and get some help.

We liked the ideas our friends brought up and so Charlie went to Teacher K and talked about how they could say No, without been so strong. The answer was surprisingly simple and with a little help from Teacher K, Charlie was able to tell David he doesn’t like being patted on the back too hard. David apologized and told Charlie he was only playing and he didn’t know, and was very happy Charlie told David. We talked about how David wasn’t patting hard to be mean, he just didn’t know Charlie didn’t like it.

We ate our snacks then hopped on the airplane and headed to Australia with Shelley! There she showed us a map of the world and pointed where Australia was. We talked about how far Australia was from Shelley’s hometown South Africa and how Australia is the biggest Island in the world.

K: Australia is so so big country, my daddy can go and surf in Australia!

Shelley told us when there is a birthday party in Australia they always eat Fairy Bread. Shelley asked us if we knew what a fairy was.

K: There is a tooth fairy, when your tooth comes out the tooth fairy comes and puts a new one in.

V: My sister got a 100yen coin from the tooth fairy

K: There is a fairy in Cinderella

V: Sleeping Beauty too!

We were very curious about what this “Fairy Bread” was so Shelley said we will go ahead and make our own!

Because of the Corona Virus we had to be super careful when handling food. We made sure to split up the ingredients so we touch ONLY ours. Of course, we made sure our masks were on properly, we washed our hands thoroughly, and to be extra safe we used the alcohol spray. We had the dividers up and we had our own space to make our fairy bread. The recipe was very simple, we got a slice of bread, then we spread butter on the bread, and finally we put some sprinkles and we were finished. After we finished we got to eat our creations, our friends really liked it! As we munched our Fairy Bread, Shelley wrote a new question on our QotD board, “Is Australia on the Northern Hemisphere?”. Shelley briefly explained to us what the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere was.

We thanked Shelley for stopping by and we gathered into a circle to talk about an event that happened 10 years ago, the 3/11 Tsunami. We put our sillies in a box and put them aside. We talked about how the whole thing started and briefly about what happened on that day. We mainly talked about the schools in the Tohoku area who successfully escaped the tsunami. They were okay because they did such a great job during their drills. Everyone was always serious and didn’t talk, they also made sure to keep their shoes on at all times. We learned the importance of our drills and making sure we are always prepared for any emergency. We ended our circle time with a “Moment of Silence” or “Mokutou” to pray for our friends in Tohoku.

We finished up our day with a few rounds of dodge ball! Our friends showed great sportsmanship when playing, great job!

Have a lovely evening everyone and see you all again tomorrow!

Love,

Flowers.