Our moms and dads!

Our Tuesday kicked off with a burst of creativity, we constructed our paper cup houses for the Petals City we are making for our class, practiced spelling our name with clay stamping, and letter matching activity.
To start off our circle time, we happily looked for different colored objects while we were singing the “Color Song”. This day is extra special because L (senpai) led the “Good Morning” song while playing the ukulele. Then, Evita revisited the concept of families, introducing tiny toy figures representing family members. Engaging the class, she asked them to identify each family member, setting the stage for today`s focus-dads. She then prompted the children to describe their dads and made the class do their Dad's portrait. Beaming with excitement, they described how their dad looked.
Evita: Who are the members of your family?
R: Mom, Dad, L, M, S, Grandpa, Grandma, Abu, Abba!
L: Daddy, Mommy, and me!
E: Mommy, Daddy, chocolate, Ultraman!
Evita: Can you tell who this is?
N: Dad! Mom!
L: Brother!
R: Baby!
M: Grandpa!
L: Grandma!
Evita: Today, we are going to talk about dads! What color hair does your dad have?
R: Black!
R: Black!
N: Black!
Y: Black!
L: Black!
Evita: How about the color of their eyes?
R: I don’t know.
N: Black!
Dad’s portrait making
R: long hair, smiley face!
R: My dad’s hair is black but he has brown hair sticking in his face!
S: black eyes!
E: I want red hair!
After finishing their Dad's portraits, Evita and L read the book for the day, “My Family, My Mom and My Dad”. It is about Kan, which belongs to a biracial family. His classmate, Lenny, went home with him because he was the student of the week. Lenny learned a lot about Kan’s biracial family. He learned that Kan and his family used slippers and chopsticks at home. Kan’s mom also calls her friends with “kun” added to their names. Kan's dad on the other hand loves playing guitar and cooking barbecue.
Rafi: I take off my shoes but I don’t use slippers!
N: I use slippers!
R: Sometimes I use chopsticks, but I also use a spoon and fork.
M: Chopsticks!
B: Chopsticks!
Y: I like to play the drums!
R: I have a mickey mouse guitar but it lost two strings!
N: I have a guitar at home!
L: Drums!
R: Dad and baby are brown.
E: white! (referring to Kan’s mom)
N: I eat sushi!
L: Yes( answering if he had ate barbecue before)
N: Me too!
R: I had a barbecue before!
N: I went far away and did fishing!
Evita: Who loves you?
L: Mommy!
N: E!
Y: E!
S: A!
R: I don’t know!
M: The whole family!
B: Mama!
R: Family!
As the day unfolded, petals class not only embraced the joy of creating but also celebrated the unique qualities that makes each family and dad extraordinary.
Love,
Petals