I have talked about this playgroup before; it happens in the early learning classroom at the school. Each week the teacher and teaching assistants keep their doors open for an extra two hours, haul out the paints and easels, the play dough table, the water station and sand toys, and spread coffee and tea for the moms. The playgroup ends in a big circle, with everyone singing nursery rhymes like The Itsy-Bitsy Spider and If You're Happy and You Know It. I've said it once, and I'll say it again...Eleanor and I loved this playgroup.
I felt a little guilty not making the trip with Tim just because a playgroup was ending, but saying goodbye to this weekly activity was like saying good bye to a close friend- many friends actually- and I'm sure that there are several women and children I will see far less frequently now. And I know that there are many I will never see again. Already, our time here is ending. It's a curious, bitter-sweet and somber feeling.
Goodbye ISM.
-kjd
Eleanor watches a teaching assistant.
Kids at the water station...
...and on the playground.
Nannies, moms and babies.
Eleanor in the sandbox, her favorite place after the swings.
Friends Lux (left) and Millie.
Playing in the classroom.
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