Eli's Preschool

Eli started attending a new pre-school called Enchanted Garden. It is a Waldorf inspired pre-school so it has lots of music, lots of natural toys and focuses on imaginary play and creativity. The class is held in his teacher Frances' house here in Bemidji. There are only 6 kids in his class and he is the only boy. Frances sent me these pictures. It is interesting to see how Eli's participation changed from the beginning of the month to the end. Usually, he is so shy but you can slowly see him starting to emerge from his shell in the pictures. It was cool to see.
Frances tries to take the kids outside everyday come rain or shine or 20 below days. They go on hikes and do lots of exploring.Tuesdays are soup days. Each child brings a vegetable to school. They cut the vegetables and make a soup, then eat it for snack that day. Frances says he "tries the vegetables" but Eli says he likes the "butterflies" (pasta) the best.

Eli has done a few art projects at school which is surprising because he didn't do any last year!

Having a tea party with Leanna and Scout (blonde hair). Leanna's mom is a Dr. out at Cass Lake, she works with Dennis. Eli loves Leanna.

They do lots of music activities. I guess this is how Eli dances with a scarf, which is an improvement from the pictures earlier in the month when he is just sitting and watching the girls dance.

A little violin time. (Frances teaches Suzuki method in piano, violin, cello and harp. She also teaches orchestra at one of the charter schools in town.)