May Day 2011

Yesterday was May Day at the boys school.

They always start off with the 4th graders (that is the last grade at our school) being introduced as they come in. Then they wrap the May Pole (I remember doing this as a 6th grader at the same school!)

Each grade learns a dance. The 4th graders do their dance then they go over to their teachers who are sitting on the side lines. Once the students are with their teachers, they are able to do the dances that the younger grades are doing (only on the side lines).

The third graders then go up to their dance. They were doing a dance called the Woka Woka (the spelling may not be correct, but that is how it sounded). It was a new dance. I tried to get some pictures of Austin doing the dance, however he was not in the front. So nothing really turned out.

Soon it was time for the first graders to go up and do their dance. They were also doing a new dance. They did a Russian dance called the Troyka (again, not sure of the spelling). They did the dance in a group of 3.

Adam is on the left. His best friend, Desirae is in the middle, and another friend, Jamil, is on the right.

After Kindergarten does their dance, the parents and teachers are invited to come down to the field and do singing in the rain with all the children. I had to get a picture of Austin doing this song. I waited until almost the last verse. He had is thumbs up, shoulders back, bottom out, tongue out, he just needed to add eyes closed.

It is such a fun time. The kids enjoy the dancing, I enjoy watching, and it is nice that they get out 1 hour early-since I take them home after the program.