Away From Home
Hola
Well,
it's 86 degrees, the sun is setting out over the
Caribbean and a nice tradewind is blowing -- with the
recent warm spell our pool has warmed up nicely too.
How's things up north?
The
girls are at the ISC talent show -- they are both in a
dance number and Anna is singing with Deborah Chong, and
Liz and Mikayla Ribeiro -- the song "Tomorrow from
Annie." They performed at the matinee and most of
the audience was singing along. As I was "woofing"
during the applause, little Sarah Ribeiro (age 3) got
mad and said, "You can't clap for them -- they are my
sisters not yours."
Last
week in the classroom was my first week using some of
the booksets Carolina Veenstra brought down for me.
It was a blast. Being able to do Guided Reading
with some appropriate books is a lot more fun than
standing at the front of the class. We did make
Solar System Mobiles -- I have since found out that tape
does not work so well in the tropics. Jupiter and
Saturn, being the largest planets, tend to detach at odd
times and float down like so much gentle rain.
With 23 students, that is a lot of planetary action. And
as always, 7-year-olds handle it so well -- you'd think
it was the real
thing colliding with earth they way they shout -- over
and over.
Miss you
all but not the weather.
Ajo,
Keith
