Greetings
from the artic Priekuli. Today we recieved -21Celsius. But don't worry
about us we are safe in warm rooms. After two or more days it will be
till -30. Let's see. Ski tracks are open in Cesis and Priekuli. Please,
you are welcome to join us! We played in the snow with LABAN! HE enjoyed it very much!
In
Belgium it has been snowing as well the past week! It was really really
cold! Up untill now we hadn't had any winter weather yet, so we are
not quite used to it yet! Here we had -10, the coldest was - 13°Celsius.
A few days ago it was -8°C but it felt like -20°C because of a strong
wind! So we know how it must be in Latvia every day! Today we played
outside with Rudi's Cat! He enjoyed it a lot! He was a little cold so
we gave him a woolen hat! He liked it very much! Have a look at the pictures taken in Latvia (with Laban) and Belgium (with Rudi)! lots of love
We made a dictionary! We have translated the most common words and expressions in 4 languages! So for those who want to learn a foreign language: START STUDYING! HAVE FUN!!
Hi everyone, After a very busy week celebrating Chinese New Year, the Year of the Dragon, I thought you may like a few photos of Theodore and Frida joining in! Theodore helped lead the Dragon Dance round school! Weather here has been really odd again! Waking up to severe frosts and temperature around -2 then as the day goes on, the sun has shone and temperatures have reached 8-10......most peculiar! The trees are budding far too early.
I received a picture of the postboxes of England and Latvia! So here they are! As you can see they are all different. The only thing that is similar is the color...two of them are yellow, two of them are red! greetings!
a few weeks ago the children of Juf Lieve's class (Belgium) went to the library. They went by bus and took Rudy's cat with them! The children in England payed a visit to the library as well. Here you can see the pictures of these two visits! And look, as you can see Theodor went along with the english children! The first pictures you see with Theodor were taken in England, the four last pictures were taken in Belgium. ENJOY!
at christmas we all send postcards to each other. In Belgium we went to the post office with a few kids. They put the stamps on the envelopes and then they posted the cards! Our friend from Germany also send us a picture of their mailbox! As you all can see in Belgium they are red and in Germany they are yellow! I wonder what colour they are in Latvia and England!
We went skating with our friend Rudi's cat from Latvia.It was the first time for the children . In the beginning they need a
walking rack, but after half an hour most of them could skate alone. Our parents
helped a lot and enjoyed it also. Rudi loved being on the ice!
weather report of the 4 countries! week from 9 till 13 January 2012
Latvia (1)
Greetings from white Priekuli! -2 in day and -5 in the night and snow. Cloudy today. Helmut with children and Inese were outside playing with snow today
Belgium (2) The weather
reportin Belgium from 9 January 2012 10°C and very cloudy
Germany (3)
Now it is cold in Germany about 4°C and in the nights it is -2°C The sky is blue and the sun is shining. England (4)
Sunny and mild (8°C) then wet, windy and chilly (3°C) all within 5 hours on the same day! Yesterday morning at 7 am I was scraping Ice from mmy car then at lunchtime it was sunny and we don't know where we are!
I'm sending you some pictures from January. The children
went to the Basilika, a very old church in Kaiserswerth, to have a look at the Nativity
Scene. On their way to the church, they passed the river Rhine.
As you can see, the river was flooded.
This article was send to us by our German partners. Also in Germany our comeniusproject was in the newspaper. The article is in German. I don't have a translation.
The following article appeared in our local newspaper. I tried to translate it as good as possible. I hope you understand!
"At the Kindergarten "Pa LEI s" in Diepenbeek the childeren and teachers are getting acquainted with education in other European countries. For two years they have made a commitment with schools in England, Germany and Latvia. For the children this means that their mascot visits these countries and that he brings back pictures, activities and knowledge of these countries. The children make sure that whenever a mascot of an other country visits us he/she can take a lot of information about us with him/her. Our teachers visit the other schools and get to know their educational system. The didactic approach and methodical practice are a rich source of information of which our school benifits. from the 30th november till the 2nd of december two teachers from Latvia visited us. They had a chance to get to know "Sinterklaas" when he visited our children!
Benji was visiting Latvia. The following pictures were sent to us by kristina. She wrote: We went on biking trip together with Benji to nearest Waterfall. We had picnic, ate sausages on maple leaf. It was great!
Hello everybody, Here you can see a few pictures of the nice times Benji is having over in Latvia. He went out swimming with group 1 and group 2. We had a lot of fun! You can see pictures of Benji in Priekuli swimming pool together with Hedgehog group. Two pictures of groups- Hedgehogs and Sprīdīi.
We have been busy showing Rudi around our house. He has been with us to a Kartoffel-Feuer (Potatoe-Fest), with all the parents and children down by the river Rhein.
We made a big fire for our potatoes and had a buffet withsalads and snacks (all organized by the parents).
In the green group he helped preparing the Laternsfor our St.Martin´s Celebration. In the yellow group he had breakfast andjoined the children for their morning circle. One of the girls took him homeand showed him how she lives (photos will follow).
Next week Rudi will go to the Fliednerstraße andvisit the blue and the red group. He will check out our building site, we heard that the doors have been installed.
autumn recipe Germany 2: mashed potatoes play dough
Mashed Potato Play Dough
Entertaining
to make and lots of fun!
Ingredients:
5potatoes (420g)
330g flour
splash of oil
Bake the potatoes in their skin until soft.
Peel and then mash the potatoes. Combine 330 grams of flour with 420 grams of
mashed potatoes. Roll until a good dough is formed.If needed, add a splash of
oil to firm up dough. Now,
Dear all, Here some pictures from October. Children from Hedgehog group together with their families made vehicles from vegetables. Autumn's vegetables from children's gardens. We also drank some Milk together with Benji. Have fun looking at our pics! Kristina, Letland
-minced meat and spaghetti for the spiders clean the vegetables and slice into little pieces before they simmer in the butter . Add the water and bouillon cubes and let it cook for 45 minutes. Puree the soup in a blender.
spiders: roll little balls of the minced meat and put the spaghetti through the meatballs. The spaghetti will be the legs of the spiders.
In Germany we made potato waffles, very yummy and easy to prepare
Ingredients for 4 Persons:
500g potatoes,
best if boiled the day before
250g flour
100g butter,
melted
200ml milk
4 medium
sized eggs
1 package
backing powder
1 ½ tspsalt
Boil the potatoes. Then, let them cool .
Cut the potatoes into small pieces and place them in a large bowl. Add melted
butter to the potatoes.Next, mix
together all additional ingredients with the potatoes and butter. This will form
a thick batter. Pour batter into waffle iron to cook.
Tip: Instead of cutting the potatoes into
small pieces, try placing them into a resalable bag. Seal bag
and knead potatoes until thoroughly mashed.
Serve with smooth herbal cottage cheese,
called Kräuter Quark in German, or serve the savory waffles as a side item with
meat.
