“Can we have one more party tomorrow, please?”

January 9, 2017 / dorothysnot / Leave a comment

Returning from Christmas Holidays, pre-Ks started describing how they spent Christmas time. Each one had a story to tell about relatives visiting his/her house or about a beautiful gathering at a friend’s home.

So, they decided it would be a good idea to invite over the post-toddlers’ class, for the first tea party of the year!

They wrote and distributed the invitation and prepared a welcome note!

They got excited by their own creations (look below Anastasis and George astonished in front of the welcome note they wrote, hanging on the wall!!)

They rearranged tables and chairs in such a way that we could all sit together! Children from both classes had lot of fun!!!

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Having finished the tea party and after cleaning the class, Rosa said: “I really loved that! Can we have one more tomorrow, please?”

(by Spyridoula Patouna, teacher in Pre-K class, in Athens)

Boxes everywhere!

December 8, 2016December 8, 2016 / dorothysnot / Leave a comment

Suddenly, large and small boxes appeared in toddlers’ classroom. What could we do with them?

We turned them into sofas, exactly like in the stories we read. We imagined sailing in the sea and boxes were transformed into boats!

We played “hide and seek” and we found unique ways to hide ourselves inside the boxes. We had fun, we played and we learned! We got familiar with special notions such us “in and out”. We practiced our gross and our fine motor skills.

Last but not least, we learned to share and to wait for our turn! We became more sociable and friendly. We came closer and bonded more!

(by Evangelia Nteka, teacher in toddlers’ class in Athens)

Getting ready for Christmas

November 28, 2016 / dorothysnot / Leave a comment

He has a red, red coat
and a red, red hat.
His boots are black
and he carries a sack.

He has a twinkle in his eye
and a friendly smile.
And his name is Santa Claus.

He has red red pants
And red gloves on his hands

He has a twinkle in his eye
and a friendly smile.
And his name is Santa Claus.

(by Claire Hadjinikolaou, English teacher in Athens school)

Balloon sensory play in babies class

November 16, 2016 / dorothysnot / Leave a comment

Some times it takes just a balloon to keeps babies happy. Just hang it from the roof and let them play with it!

(by Anastasia Kouroubali, teacher in babies’ class in Athens)

Pop up basketball play in kindergarten

November 14, 2016 / dorothysnot / Leave a comment

“Let’s play basketball” someone said… And so, kindergarten kids just constructed a pop up basket from used tires!

They arranged by themselves a shooting order and patiently waited for their turn. They were little puzzled about how to get the ball out of this basket and needed to come up with some original solutions.

Through this spontaneous yard play, kindergarten children accomplished a bunch of educational milestones by themselves, just being based on pleasure and joy! Priceless….

(by Ioanna Eleftheriou & Stavroula Gaoutsi, teachers in our Athens kindergarten)

Halloween 2016

November 11, 2016 / dorothysnot / Leave a comment

(video by Claire Hadjinicolaou, English teacher in Athens)

Cornelius Crick sent us a letter

October 28, 2016 / dorothysnot / Leave a comment

Cornelius Crick, the famous detective of our favorite book, sent pre-K class a letter! He was informed about our talent in solving problems and finding answers to mysteries…

Cornelius’ first request was to get to know us better. He asked for our portraits.

Children drew them with pleasure! But, just a wall full of our portraits was not enough.

Kids also wanted to add their names under their own portrait.

So,we played a game after which each paper obtained the right name, on it!

We are now ready for the next Cornelius Crick’ challenge…

(by Spyridoyla Patouna, teacher in pre-K class in Athens)

There is a ghost in our school…

October 25, 2016 / dorothysnot / Leave a comment

There’s a ghost in our school that spooks us all!

We’re making a scarecrow to scare it away…..

Getting ready for Halloween!

(by Claire Hadjinikolaou, English teacher in Athens school)

Dorothy Snot sent us a postcard!

October 20, 2016October 20, 2016 / dorothysnot / Leave a comment

During the first days of school this year, children in pre-K class read the book “The disappearance of Dorothy Snot”, the book out of which our school was named of!

As the story was moving on, Dorothy started sending letters to the children. Green envelops began to appear in class, very often. Dorothy was asking for help and ideas.

In one of her letters, she sent us some photos of her last trips around the world and asked for our imagination: Was it possible for us to construct with those images by using toys and other materials?