Christmas shows
Preparations for Christmas began in November with Crystal Nurseries rehearsing Kitty’s version of the Nativity, Born In A Stable, and Mother Goose – Greendale practising their Christmas Show.
Come December, Crystal Nurseries parents and carers enjoyed performances in all three settings while Mother Goose – Greendale’s show took place at Christ Church in East Dulwich. Shows were jam-packed and it was wonderful to see the children and staff dressed up in their costumes, singing their hearts out.
My Body
Meanwhile, at Under the Willow, we brought our 12-week project, My Body, to a close with our final music sessions and My Body Project Celebration.
Our last two sessions were about:
Children enjoyed:
growing up tall from a crouching position while making a rising ‘ooh’ sound
singing Everything Grows by Raffi
playing a steady pulse on claves while reciting Kitty’s rhyme, Here’s My Heart
pretending to run while playing a fast pulse / pretending to sleep while playing a slow pulse
taking it in turns to come into the middle and jump during the song, Jumping Bean
With songs and stories inspired by My First Book of the Human Body, which uses the Montessori method to help children develop an awareness of their own bodies, the My Body Project Celebration brought together songs and activities from previous sessions in a performance for parents and carers on 27 November 2019.
Christmas dress-up
We finished the term at Under The Willow with three sessions on Christmas during which children took it in turns to wear Santa and elf hats and to hold reindeer puppets while singing and dancing to:
Carols in the Wildlife Garden
Kitty was delighted to host Mother Goose Wildlife Garden’s annual Carols in the Wildlife Garden event on 14 December 2019.
With carol singing and Christmas wreath-making, families and members of the local community enjoyed mulled drinks round the fire pit and homemade mince pies courtesy of wildlife gardener, Di Wallace.
