Thank you all for coming to our Abschluss Zeremonie / Moving-on celebration! It was a beautiful afternoon with beautiful weather and the children and parents had a great time sitting and enjoying each other. The performances from the children were very special and heart-warming. They loved to dance and sing for everyone!
The soon to be Kindergarteners enjoyed the movement story ”Ich bin ein Kind im Tivoli …” and sang it all alone without Ilka’s help!! And the “Oh lalala, Oh lalala, ksksks……” snake fingerplay was simply precious. It was great to see some of the younger children join in to support too. Everyone loves this hand movement game!
And then there were of course the Schultüten /school cones! The stories and images they showed were amazing and the children were proud to show them off!!! Now let’s hope that everyone’s really stays closed until the first day of school …
Thank you, too, for everyone’s potluck contributions! There was a truly relaxed and caring energy in the air.
We send everyone off into a wonderful summer with special fairy rocks … for the fairy is always around. And for the Kindergarteners and their families we would like to add an extra dose of love and care and a breeze of good luck to begin a new phase of their lives!
As the school year is slowly coming to a close, we hosted our last parenting workshop before the summer break: “Feelings and mindful limit-setting“. Uff- that‘s quite a big one!
Chrys Masey Rhodes, our in-house consultant, was there to help guide us through the topic. As typically her style, Chrys made room for everyone to chip in with their own questions, comments, and experiences. Jumping from one situation to the next, we covered quite a bit: the importance of validating feelings, setting boundaries within the perimeters of what we are comfortable with, and honoring the children’s focus on their play are just a couple of examples. The parents were very involved and happy to receive information on how to handle challenging interactions with their children.
Thank you so much to everyone who came! It is invaluable to have such an open and supportive community here at Tivoli! And of course thank you to Chrys for breaking down such a complex topic in such a relatable way!
We kicked things off with our 10-year anniversary party. When Tivoli Rainbow Garden Preschool first started we had 6 children in Ilka’s program. We have since grown to over 20 families and relocated to a site in Mar Vista. It was a wonderful evening of sharing memories over live entertainment and catered food. The night finished with a fire dancing performance by one of our very own Tivoli Dads – what a treat!
Two weeks later, on June 15th, we celebrated Father’s Day at Mar Vista Park. To say thank you for all their love and care the children learned a little dance to invite their Dads to. They also made sandwiches for a picnic in the park. Pretzels, ball games, and a tug of war with a rope and the Dads was sooo much fun. And to top things off the firemen from station 62 swung by! The children got to explore the firetruck and together with a fireman they could spray water out of the hose! What more could one ask for on a Friday afternoon?
Looking ahead we have the projects from our 4- and 5-year olds coming up. The projects are chances for the children to pursue an area of interest and to share their excitement with the rest of the children. So far we have seen wonderful experiments ranging from color mixing to homemade aquariums and play with textures and density. We are excited to see what else the children have in store for us!
10-Year Anniversary Party:
Father’s Day Celebration:
