12 October 2008

SMILING FROM A DISTANCE

Just read a note from DA & MK in Bratislava. When LG started school she came home very excited. She said, "There are two of me!" She had just discovered a little girl in her class with the same first name. And, LG's first name is not a common one for Slovaks.

Their pre-school is unique from ours. When they arrive at school they remove their shoes and put on slippers. To go to lunch they put on their outerwear and line up 2-by-2, holding hands, to walk next door to the lunch room. After lunch they change into their p.j.s and take a nap!

Can you imagine wrangling 15 3-year olds? Much credit to the two teachers.

They begin learning English at 3 years. Our LG will certainly be the teachers' helper as she is bi-lingual and very fluent in both English and Slovak.

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