Happy April Fool's! Or, in France, the day is referred to as "poisson d'avril" (April fish). French kids like to bring paper fish to school and tape them to the backs of unsuspecting classmates. Madame decided to bring this tradition to our classroom today, but the joke was clearly on her. It was also Crazy Hair day today! And the kids did not disappoint! We also need to say, "Joyeuses Pâques"! ...Happy Easter! We've been reading some French stories about Easter and discussing how it is a celebration of new life. We talked about how Christians celebrate how Jesus came back to life, but people in general celebrate new life in nature with the coming of Spring. We had fun coming up with ideas of all of the things in nature that "come back to life": plants sprouting again, caterpillars becoming butterflies, and even how we cut our hair and nails and they grow back again! So many great student-generated ideas! In light of the season, we had some fun with Easter art. We also discovered a new favourite classroom song. We love jumping and dancing along with the bunny. We were so excited to return after the break and find that the spiderweb on the playground had been replaced! It has been a hot commodity, for sure! In fact, we have been spending lots of time outdoors between picnics, literacy activities, and forest adventures... "Look! I made a salad!" Baby plants coming to life! We were so excited to show Madame when we discovered them! Practicing our knot tying... Some of us are starting to be able to do the bunny ears knot. How seasonally appropriate! :-) Thank you, Heather E, for many of these photos!
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