Botanic Park and Halloween

Another week in Ankara is checked off the list. Pre-K had our first fieldtrip on Tuesday to the Botanic Park. It was so great to see the kiddos outside of the classroom and having wonderful and meaningful experiences with nature. We walked around and collected leaves, acorns, and chestnuts and just played. I was surprised at how smoothly the trip actually went. No accidents. Nobody got hurt. No tears were shed= great fieldtrip!

Friday was our first teacher professional development day. It was nice to have a little break from the little squirts and learn about technology in the classroom. Kind of bummed about the topic. I JUST got done with two “Technology in the Classroom” classes at NAU. It was still nice to socialize with teachers that I don’t get to see very often. But the greatest thing was that it was a half day, so some of us went to the market in Ulus and had a wonderful lunch!

Saturday morning we had a “Republic Day” ceremony at the school. School on a Saturday?!? What! It wasn’t all the bad. It was real quick and the kids who were there seemed to enjoy it. That afternoon Joanie and I went and walked around Tunali. We discovered an English bookstore! So exciting! That night was the Halloween party at the British Embassy. Way too much fun! We had quite a few people from the school and everyone was dressed up! I was a Greek goddess. It was a successful weekend in my book and now I’m preparing for Italia! I leave Thursday morning! Yay!