This time, the party is for all the mothers! Que lindo. The students at our school spent the last week preparing for today, a giant celebration for Mother´s Day (Dia de la Madre).
Each grade prepared some sort of musical performance to honor their mothers, in addition to the posters hanging outside each classroom. Although some of their song choices were puzzling (Michael Jackson´s Thriller...whaaa??) , all of the groups were entertaining.
Here are some photos highlighting the day:
As nothing started at 10 as promised, Matthew and I had time to see the posters for the mothers outside each class. Here is the project I helped the 5-year-olds complete Wednesday. It was very involved, including coloring the mom´s skin SKIN COLOR (not pink or orange) using horizontal and vertical lines ONLY, gluing pieces of colored paper and gems to the skirts, then gluing the mom to another piece of colored paper.
The fifth graders wanted to dance to Thriller and their teachers appealed to Matthew for dance instructions. Here he is trying to enlighten them yesterday with moves he learned on youtube. (Reportedly, no one has seen the video.)
Here are the kids dancing today, in full costume...still lacking cohesive coreography. A for effort, though. They opened the scene with tombstones and fit three kids in one small box!
The tenth graders did a traditional dance. Very coordinated, very impressive. At one point the girls were like bulls, charging towards the red blanket.
Then, they were spun out and back in to the boys with whips. The dance ended with one pair dancing and a contender fighting for her. While they were busy, a third boy carried her away!
For the finale, a photo from another school program. Our "sobrina" is the one on her toes. The four-year-olds required extensive costuming for 3 minutes of jumping around!
So, that´s how we celebrated Mother´s Day at school. Not surprisingly, we heard that Sunday will be full of parties and beer. Mom, don´t worry, I´ll have one for you!
P.S. If you´re confused about the first photo, it comes from the first grade´s poster for the mothers. Many of the images honoring mothers that I have seen involve an infant nursing. I´m not completely sure why...but I think it´s better than using the song one class was learning...it included lyrics about mom sweeping the floor and taking out the garbage. hrm.
Well, that's all very impresssive. I think what's most impressive are the outfits/costumes the kids wear! And their artwork is awesome! Do the kids insist on certain colors ("skin color"), using horizontal and vertical lines, etc. Too bad you didn't have a video camera for Matthew's dance. That would have been fun to see! Well thanks for thinking of me and taking one for the team by having a beer for me on Sunday. I'll be thinking of you as well, but probably not over a beer! And thanks for making me a mom. Love you and miss you lots!
ReplyDelete