Grundschule (Elem. school) Open House

Aliya and Jordan both go to the

German Grundschule in our village,

and they are both doing well! It has

been a challenge for them, and us, to

learn a new language while doing their

regular schoolwork at the same time.

The first weekend in September the

school had an open house and the kids

all had things to show the parents about

what they had been learning. Jordan's

class was learning all about sea life, so

their classroom was decorated with

all of their projects and things that

they were learning about sea animals.

Aliya's class was learning about Dino-

saurs so they performed a dinosaur

song, as well as a dance that they

learned for the open house.

This is Jordan's teacher, Frau

Fuhrman. She has had the same

teacher for the last two years.

This is another new skill that Jordan

and Aliya have learned in German

school. I love the little differences

like this between this school and

the American schools.

They start out on stilts with the

platform really close to the ground, and

then gradually move up to higher and higher

platforms. Jordan is really good on those

things!!

Here is Aliya performing the dinosaur song...

she is the second girl from the right.

And here is part of the dance that her class learned.