Brazil and New Zealand and Singapore... oh my!

Yep, I got behind again. Sorry! Three weeks ago, we covered Brazil. Oi! We made Carnaval masks, took a virtual field trip through the rainforest, ate negrinho (a soft chocolate dessert rolled in coconut), and listened to an old Brazilian folk tale about a dreaming tree.

Two weeks ago, we visited New Zealand with Teacher Beth. Kia ora! We got to see awesome pictures and souvenirs from her trip there, learned what Christmas would be like in the middle of summer, learned how the Maori people greet one another (close their eyes and rub noses... we couldn't get the kids to try it! 😊), and played with some sheep (New Zealand has 4 million people and 30 million sheep!).

Last week, my friend Erani Gray came to visit us and share about her childhood in Singapore. She told us all about the 4 different cultures in Singapore: Chinese, Indian, Malay, and mixed-American. She is of Indian descent and showed us some very cool traditional clothing and a water pitcher that she received as a wedding present. She taught us about getting around town and how difficult it is to move if you want to live somewhere else. Because it is so densely populated, the government has to regulate housing. We ate prawn-flavored crackers, which are very popular in Singapore (and were very popular with some of the kids in class!!).

This week is our final week of class and Pastor Edwin from BLC will be coming to teach us all about growing up in Colombia. We are so grateful for our guests who helped us out with class this year and grateful to your awesome kids for being so polite and respectful to them!