ISM's Safi Circus

The girls performed at ISM's Safi Circus last night. I was so proud of them for getting up there with their classes after they'd only been at school for a week. I think they really loved doing it. Ashlyn's class acted as "mini beasts" (bugs). They've been working it into the curriculum and they've been busy identifying and finding bugs all around school and learning about how they move. They've learned that insects are important to life on earth how they are important for a food chain, etc. It's really interesting how they work it all together. Tierney's class' theme was "My incredible body" with the idea that the body is an amazing machine with special parts that do special jobs. They learned about the functions of different parts of the body and learned about how the body moves. So, for the circus they got to be the 'acrobats'. I was impressed with the whole idea as well as the circus itself. And this definitely wasn't something that you could probably do at a school in the US. They had kids climbing up ropes to the ceiling (with just a small mat underneath), etc. Very fun though.

Here are a couple of videos (apologies to non-grandparents watching):

Ashlyn's class entrance (she's second to last):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_k5w4TqOc8

Ashlyn 'performs' (very dark, sorry):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRBpYVs-zl0

Tierney's class as acrobats:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTevGu3CZzk

Closing song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3T7_hmx4FA

Anderson even had a great time watching the performance. We also had a great view of Mt. Meru before the circus. Most days you can't even see it because it's surrounded by clouds, but not then.

The highlight of my day today was produce shopping. Ashlyn stayed home from school today for a special 'nap' day. She's been miserable and unreasonable and fell asleep on her teacher's lap yesterday (after a meltdown at drop-off). So, I had the pleasure of dealing with two overtired kids for the morning. Naps were finally had - yeah!