We celebrated Užgavėnes and chased the winter out
On February 22, the school had a lot of fun: we laughed a lot, ate pancakes, danced, and sang as we celebrated Užgavėnes. We chased the winter out of the yard, but it seemed like winter had come earlier this year: the outside was warm, the sun shining on the smiling faces of the children, and we were feeling the coming spring. The children learned and danced to this year's Lithuania’s Eurovision song contest entry. In our lessons, our elders prepared the theme of "My Birthday" and talked about how to celebrate a birthday in a meaningful and beautiful way.
The oldest girl's littermates read Antoine de Saint Exupery's "Little Prince" and learned to tame a fox, which writer Evelina Daciute says is luck. Another class talked about Lithuanian food, their favorite Lithuanian dishes. The children were preparing for the game “Lithuanian Restaurant”, where they will learn how to order a variety of dishes in Lithuanian. Children are becoming more profound and adapting the pronunciation of the pronoun in their own language.
In history lessons, children analyzed primary historical sources and learned to identify the historical period. It is gratifying that students are beginning to understand the differences between historical periods, and to select the key events of the periods. Our little ones used to make Mardi Gras masks, which they wore to run outside in the winter. In the class, the little ones repeated letters, shapes, counted, and learned to recognize numbers up to 20. Learned how to write and recognize two new letters, E and Ė. They placed the dot on the letter "Ė" very carefully. The calendar helps you remember the current month, the day of the week, what was yesterday and what day of the week will be tomorrow. And all of us, along with the youngest students in the school, remember that spring is here when we look at the calendar. With spring approaching reading month, school birthday, dance festival…. and a new time of rebirth, awakening, and discovery. Looking forward to seeing it together.
