United Nations Day is October 24th. It is a day set apart for recognizing the aims and acheivments of the United nations.
United Nations Day is quite a big day here in Mexico. At Colegio Americano it is a big celebration. The younger children dress up to represent a country and march in a parade. Then each class performs a special song. Carter and Logan each wore their sarapes to represent Mexico. I told Tyler we need to invest in an Uncle Sam costume or some US army cami's for next years parade. The boys had a lot of fun. Carter, who is usually a ham for the camera covered up his face when he realized I was taking pictures of him. On the other hand, Logan who usually doesnt like to draw attention to himself was all smiles for the camera. After the parade and song there was an open house set up with booths that represented different countries. The boys loved that part too because they had little samples of traditional snacks from each country. Chloe's class and the other 1st graders had an open house later in the day. Read more about that below!
Three quarters of Carter's class wore the traditional clothing that Mexicans wear for weddings and other formal occasions. They were awfully cute with their little guitars.
All of the children in first grade got to participate in a United Nations Day open house. There were 8 stands set up and the kids spent 15 mintues at each stand and then rotated until they went to all the stands. They had various things to do like, create a flag that represents a country, draw a picture of some currency from another country, make a dove out of crepe paper to wear on your shoulder (you can see Chloe's in a later picture--the dove is the UN symbol).
This is a picture of Chloe standing in front of her spanish classroom. On the far left of the picture I cut off the door to her english classroom. All of the backpacks get lined up outside. There are a lot of backpacks on wheels because these kids have to lug around 3-4 books each day for homework, plus their pencil boxes that must include everything from pencils and erasers to glue, scissors, crayons, markers, & colored pencils, plus a pencil sharpener. Plus, everything has to be labeled. And I mean everything--each individual crayon, marker, pencil, eraser, everything. Chloe has already lost 2 glue sticks, 2 pencil sharpeners, and her scissors.
3 comments:
How are the kids liking school now? HAve they started to pick up more spanish. My spanish has gotten better just in three months so I am pretty excited. Anyway, I just had to comment about your post about what you miss in CA, and I agree to all of them!! I didn't even know what street I lived on until I called the girl that lived here before us! And the punctuality...sadly I have started to pick up on that habit...but I am changing my ways because I invited some people over and they were all late which made us all late to the ward party that followed dinner at my house! I am getting pretty good and converting the liters because of gas pumps! Approx 3.7 liters per gallon, I think? Anyway, I'm glad your mom got to come visit, my in-laws are coming in a week and a half and I can hardly wait!! Keep up the good spirits! :)
Chloe looks so grown up! She is getting taller and taller! I love to see their school and it is so interesting to hear and see how everything works there!
Sounds like a great school and what a fun holiday. I wonder why we dont celebrate UN day?
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