Back at Reymontowka

Message of the day: Education is not the learning of facts, but training the mind to think. –Albert Einstein (Shared by Shelby).

We had an AMAZING weekend but it feels great to be back at Reymontowka, our home away from home.

One thing we really missed  was eating together at the manor. There’s nothing better than home cooked meals!! This morning, we started off with a hardboiled egg topped with mayonnaise and green scallions. We also had the opportunity to eat liver pate amongst an assortment of fruit, yogurt and other delicious breakfast items.

At 9:30, we began our English lessons. Joanna, Mark, and Jordan taught their little ones how to play Bingo. Joanna also taught them how to say, “A mosquito bit me!” in English. Lori had her class write words to match the different letters of their name. Shelby’s class put together an American puzzle map to get ready for future activities. Amanda’s class played different games to help build their vocabulary. Amy’s class reviewed parts of the body and played the popular game, “Food Jingo”. Erica’s little ones played a career word search and had a preheated game of Uno. Megan’s class drew pictures and wrote sentences about things they liked to do. Through fun worksheets and a beautiful nature walk, my students added new vocabulary to their already long list. 

After lessons, our students danced their little feet away. They also enjoyed a game of musical chairs which of course always gets very competitive.

For lunch, or you can call it dinner like the Polish, we had vegetable soup. For the main course, we were served buckwheat with pork and gravy.

After lunch, everybody caught up in different activities. Some started planning for  tomorrows lesson plan. Others took small naps. A few even caught up on shopping!!

For dinner we had pierogi, kopytka (potato dumplings), and blueberry bread. And if you are anything like me, there is always Nutella and bread in addition to every meal.

At  8 pm, our kids participated in performing various lip syncs. Some of them persuaded a few of us with their “can’t say no” charm to join in on the festivities. Shelby, Megan and I lip-synched to Brittney Spears, “Oops I did it again!” Like every event we participate in, no matter how bad or good or bad we do, the children treat us like rock stars!! From asking for our autographs, to screaming at our arrival, tonight was no different. This time they held out their little hands so we can high five them down the rows.

The children really make it hard to miss back home. We are enjoying our stay so much at Reymontowka that we are already missing our home away from home.