But for now I thought I'd share Elise's 'story' so far. I offered to read a story to Elise's class the other day and her teacher, Miss Lisa, suggested I might like to talk about something relevant to where Elise is from.
Ok I thought - how about we do some little collages, covering the significant places in Elise's life, and share those with her class.
Elise is English, was born in Australia and now lives in Singapore. I thought that might provide some interesting topics for us to chat about in her classroom!
So the topics I looked at:
- What children like to do in each of these countries
- What foods the children like to eat / are 'native'
- How the weather affects life in each place
- Which animals are native
Here's what we came up with (please forgive the stereotypes - I was talking to a group of 3 and 4 year olds):
England is often wet and so children play outside in their wellies a lot. It also sometimes snows in England! Not many of the children in Elise's class had seen snow before - awwww! Children like to eat bangers and mash, strawberries and orchard fruits like apples in England. England has rolling fields and a queen, who lives in Buckingham Palace and she has many guards who look after her:
Australia is a hot place with plenty of desert. People spend a lot of time on the beach and swimming in the sea. There are many culturally interesting factors about Australia - aboriginal culture being one of them. Elise's class had just recently done a project about aborigine art so they connected with that picture. There are many animals that live only in Australia such as the kangaroo, koala and echidna. Avocados and oranges are grown here:
The children enjoyed spotting the different fruits and animals and talking about different ways to play. It was a fun way to spend time with Elise's class and share some interesting stuff about her with her friends!
Love and hugs
Rebecca and Elise x
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