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Ta Morakia

The Greek langauge lessons this week in Ta Morakia class was that  we sang Ax Kounelaki, Ta Psarakia, To Pazari and Xaropa.  The kids loved it! I used stuffed animals as props.
We started with "Xerome Poli" "nice to meet you" and saying each childs' name in Greek.  Then we did Agios O Theos three times.  I read a story named "Ta Psarakia".
Each child had a stuffed psari(fish)  while we sang "Ta Psarakia".  When we sang "To Pazari",  each child  was able to hold a Kokkoraki(rooster), Kotoula (chick) Skilaki(puppy) and a Gatoula(Kitten).  It is very important to let the child not only see but feel the objects that are being sung.
During "Ax Kounelaki",  each child held their own kouneli (bunny) while singing the song and doing their hand gestures.  I even had a picture in front. After that, we all stood up and did all of our hand gestures during Xaropa.  Hands, fingers, knees, feet and our"HAHA'S".    We used the parachute for ena-deka and used a color bag.  Blue had "ble" objects inside and the same for red had "kokkino", yellow had "kitrina" objuects too!.  We ended with a Zouzounia cd and a 15 minute free play in our tunnels and play area!  Fun!!  Great first day!

First Week of The Greek American Preschool at Saint Paraskevi

This week was absolutely wonderful.  We have a total of 31 students in our Greek language preschool. We actually recruited 4 families to our church because of this program.  Unfortunately on Long Island there are very few Greek Orthodox churched that offer Greek school for our preschoolers.  I want to thank Kyria Callie, Despinis Katerina and Despinis Sophia for all of their hard work.  You guys are awesome and I feel truly blessed to have you on my faculty.  educate, d certified Greek woman!  Plenty of pics to follow.

First Day of Ta Kouklakia Class

The first day of Ta Kouklakia class was wonderful.  We have 7 students total.  It is a 2/3 year old class with two certified teachers co teaching.  Kyria Callie and Despinis Katerina.  Today our children learned how to write their names in Greek. BRAVO KOUKLAKIA!  Our teachers also are preparing a wonderful bulletin board entitled Feggaraki Mou Lambro.

Mommy and Me The Greek American Preschool

Success. Great class. We sang Ax Kounelaki, koulourakia, To Pazari and used the parachute introducing numbers, also we had color bags with different colored objects that we referred to by color. After a ten minute free play using our tunnels and listening to Ta Zouzounia.

Yiannis first day of The Greek American Preschool at Saint Paraskevi

So excited. My third son starting his first day at my Greek School in fact I'm teaching the class. I was up all night preparing. 5 kids in the class. I'm nervous. Kostas says I'm a pro but I just want it to be perfect! Fingers crossed.

Festival at Holy Trinity was so much fun. We went again on Sunday. The souvlakia were amazing, wine and parea. My nieces and nephews were so sweet to my boys. They bought them so much stuff. I bought two komboskines for my boys to wear everyday. Since they play sports I don't want them wearing their baptismal crosses. I also bought Argyri a Greek soccer jersey considering his Gekas one is getting too small. I bought 3 CDs . I'll let you know how they go. Here are some pics of the cousins. My pethera is in one too. She was making loukoumades the whole weekend.