Emma and Hallie both had special school days in April. When their classes finish a novel, they have an event to celebrate. Emma's 3rd grade class read "Sebastian Bach, the Boy from Thuringia" and participated in "Bach Tea Day." It was a formal tea with fancy clothes, food, and teas, and the students were graded on using their best manners and dancing the Minuet with each other.
Emma looked beautiful, but she was not super excited about this fancy event. I can only imagine how the boys were feeling. Heh!
The food was delicious!
The gentlemen in the class escorted the young ladies to their seats.
We enjoyed a fancy tea with our girl
Mrs. Fox, Emma's 3rd grade teacher. I was her room mom this year, and helped her coordinate the parties and special days.
And the moment most of the students were dreading - dancing the Minuet with someone from the opposite sex. It was adorable.
After their big day, the 3rd graders performed in the lower school Spring Concert that night.
Hallie's Kindergarten class finished reading "Little House in the Big Woods," and celebrated with "Pioneer Day". We dressed up in pioneer costumes and the kids spent the day going to different activity and craft stations. They made bread and butter, sewed, punched tin, embossed leather, washed and hung laundry, painted a fence, and learned about hunting and natural medicines.
My little pioneer girl
Dan got to dance a country dance with Hallie
I helped the kids at the laundry and fence painting station, and watched Hallie do a couple of other activities.
All the Kindergarten pioneers!
