Do your kids eat well in the morning? Do you give them fruit? Or they rather have the chocolate? What do they like most at breakfast? Is what they eat what they want or what you want? Do they get all vitamins? Do you need to convince them each day to have vitamins? Do they understand the importance of a healthy diet? Tell me your story, here is mine...
"Have an apple!", said Papi to the Little Girl.
"Why Papi?", asked the Little Girl.
"The Apple will make you have good white teeth, you like white teeth?", asked Papi.
"The downstairs neighbor has brown teeth Papi, he does not eat apples?", asked the Little Girl.
"Yes, that is right, he does not eat apples!", answered Papi.
"And the lady we pay things at the supermarket as yellow teeth, she does not eat apples?", asked the Little Girl.
"Yes, that is right, she does not eat apples!", answered Papi.
"I don't want to have yellow or brown teeth Papi", said the Little Girl.
"Then Papi will get you an apple everyday for breakfast!", said Papi.
"Yeepee!", shouted the Little Girl.
"What do we eat for a cold and running nose Papi?", asked the Little Girl.
"For that we need to have an orange or orange juice!", said Papi.
"I want orange juice Papi!", said the Little Girl.
"Why, have you a cold?", asked Papi.
"No, but Pink Girl and Blue Boy have a cold, they don't drink orange juice?", asked the Little Girl.
"Probably not everyday, let's get you an orange juice!", said Papi, "Do you want a banana Little Girl?"
"Why do I need a banana Papi?", asked the Little Girl.
"The banana gives you a lot of energy, you can play a long time in the playground if you have a banana!", said Papi.
"Yes! I want a banana, I want to play forever in the playground!"
Does your child tell you what happened in kindergarten ? How do you ask your child how his days was ? What are your child's strengths ? What is your child's learning style ? What goals you like for your child ? How are his social skills ? What do you tell to his teacher ? What you do at home to support the kindergarten ? Tell me your story, here is mine ...
"Today is Papi day to pickup Little Girl!", says Papi to the Little Girl.
"Where is Mami?", asks the Little Girl.
"She is at work, but today you have Papi."
"Can we go to play at the playground ?", asked the Little Girl.
"Yes! You want to do the same games you did today at school ?", asks Papi.
"No Papi, I don't want to do the circle, I want to go to the slide, can I ?"
"Yes, let's go to the merry-go-round first!", suggested Papi.
"OK! I sit here", said the Little Girl.
"Look, it's just like the Circle, who was in front of you in the school circle ?", asked Papi.
"The Blue Boy was in front, and the Red Girl next to me, and also the Big Pink Girl", said the Little Girl.
"And what did you do in the circle, you were singing ?", asked Papi.
"Yes, we sang the cloud song!", said the Little Girl.
"Can you sing the cloud song for me ?", asked Papi.
"Yes, the teacher sang it for us first."
"Who was the teacher ?"
"Was Miss Laura!", said the Little Girl.
"Did Miss Laura send you to the bad girls chair today ?", asked Papi.
"No! but the Big Boy did go".
"So you had a good day today in kindergarten ?"
"Yes Papi!"
Do you go often with your kids to the playground ? Do your kids ask you to take them ? Do they like the playground ? Can they stay for long ? Do they play with the swings, sandboxes, monkey bars, sliders or invent games on top of them ? Do they play with the other kids or play alone ? Do you have a ritual like going for ice-cream afterwards ? Do you go there by bicycle or walk ? Tell me your story, here is mine...
The Little Girl climbed the ladder quickly, other kids followed her. At the top of the ladder she made a small jump on to the platform. The other kids mimicked her. The Little Girl walked on the rope bridge to the platform on the other side. The other kids followed her. At the tower the Little Girl climbed the stairs to the top of the tower. The other kids climbed the stairs as well. The Little Girl slides down the slide and the other kids follow her.
The Little Girl runs around the play castle. The other kids followed her around the play castle. the Little Girl says: "STOP!", and all the kids stop. The Little Girl shouts: "RUN!", and all the kids start running. The Little Girl shouts: "JUMP!", and all the kids jump. The Little Girl shouts "Clap you hands!", and all the kids clap their hands. The Little Girl shouts "Stomp your feet!", and all the kids stomp their feet.
The ice-cream lorry comes with its music. It is playing a pop hit. The Little Girl starts to sing the song and stomping her foot. The other kids also sing the song and stomp the foot. The Little Girl sings loud and dances like on the TV. All the other kids follow her steps and dance to the song.
The playground was now transformed into a music show. All the parents watching and enjoying. When the music stopped the kids were exhausted. All the kids cried at the parents for ice-cream. The Little Girl copycat the kids and asked Papi for ice-cream.
