BIBABUTZEMANN is welcoming everyone back to Tivoli!
I hope you all had a wonderful vacation time.
The new school year started well. Everyone is getting into the daily and weekly Tivoli rhythm and we all are getting to know each other. The new children are adjusting and the older ones are very helpful in the process to support the new and younger ones.
We are looking forward to the new year with all of the planned activities, field trips and festivals.
We will update you on all of our exciting and fun activities: so stay posted!
Our Father’s Day celebration was so much fun! We all got a tour of Fire Station #5 in Santa Monica and even got to see them get a call and go out to put out a fire!
After our station visit, we went on a picnic at Cloverfield Park. We showered them with a special verse, cupcakes, kale salad and bread that we made right here at Tivoli! Everyone enjoyed the food made with love from the children. After our picnic, the children played tug of war with the dads and the teachers.
As a special surprise, the children also made Father’s Day cards. We made a special trip to the mailbox to make sure our cards were delivered by Sunday.
Traditions are important to keep and hold dearly. The Maydance around the Maypole, at our Mayfair at Tivoli Rainbow Garden Preschool, is one of those. It carries us thought the year and brings us joy and reference for the seasons! AND many happy memories!
To honor our Tivoli Mamas the children backed cakes, made kale salad, pressed oranges for Mimosas and served tea. The Mamas were so excited to be spoiled by their children. They also learned a beautiful Mother’s day verse, made flower pots and decorated stone hearts. We are all grateful to have our Mamas around to celebrate.
We had a wonderful Easter celebration this year at the new location. Everyone was involved even the Mamas and Papas were joining in the egg walk and loved the reverential feeling at the puppet theater show called ” Der Ostermond”. We had a magical easter bunny come and visit to lay special treats in the children’s handmade/grown spring baskets. Even the eggs, from our chickens Bobbie and Frida, got painted and placed in the baskets for the children. It was truly a beautiful surprise for everyone and we had so much fun!
A fun day visiting an amazing rescue program in Santa Clarita: The Gentlebarn https://www.gentlebarn.org
The Tivoli comunity had an educational day meeting the animals despite the rain.
Fashing is a tradition where we are pushing out the dark winter days and grim winter spirits. Welcoming spring time with happy costumes, masks, yummy food and dancing.
Oh what a lovely week of sharing love and caring for each other.
Our Valentines celebration here at Tivoli was super sweet and heartwarming. The children brought wonderful cards and happily shared them with everyone. They went home with a full bag of love cards. Thank you for the special, yummy Valentines treats that the parents brought. We all loved it. Since it was raining we took our umbrellas and went to bring treats to the neighbors as well. They were happy to receive a Valentine form us.
The Hand in Hand workshop last Thursday was a great way to hear about many issues parents have. Susan Derby a Certified Instructor, trained by Hand in Hand, holding a Master of Social Work and a B.A. in psychology, offered a framework for understanding further the emotional lives of preschoolers and provided specific strategies that parents can use at home to strengthen connectedness and emotional well-being within the family.
She gave us an overview of the hand in hand approach and she answered many questions:
1. How to handle children who wine and fuss all the time
2. What to do when spouses cannot say no and don’t set boundaries,
3. Setting boundaries and the importance of them
4. Creating a safe zone for our kids to release their emotional stress
5. The importance of special time
Happy new year! Its Winter time in LA and in many countries around the world. Its the time to go inward and reflect, keep warm and safe what is growing inside of you and mother earth is doing the same. King Winter brings rain and snow and the cold Northwind is blowing even in LA. The nights are colder and the days a crisp and we are awating the cool rain to drop on out thirsty land. Be patient with your self and enjoy the quiet that the long nights are bringing, for springtime will be much different.
