So tomorrow morning the children begin their Summer Program. This will be their first introduction not only to German Schooling but to their fellow classmates. The program is run by the afterschool teachers at the school we will be at but is optional so many but not all their classmates will be there.
We need to supply breakfast, snack, sunscreen and a water bottle. Not so different than camp programs we are used to. However, the Germans have the nifty little boxes called "pausenbrot" for carrying their snacks. I checked out the contents of the little boxes at the Zoo today to see what people put in them. I saw sandwiches in one, carrots in another, and pastries in a third. I think my children will have yogurt, fruit and bread with jam for breakfast and then a sweet crunchy item and a juice box for snack. We'll see how they compare to their peers and then we'll reevaluate.
So what to pack in their back packs is my curiosity. Annika wonders what language will be spoken. Seanna wonders where they will play outdoors and what they will do. Malcolm wonders how the children will be split. Will they play as one big group or will they be divided by grade level. We'll let you know what we find out.
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This entry surely brought back memories of our times there. Rose had a "pause", and enjoyed buying a "kasebrot" or "schinkenbrot", or sometimes bringing those great drinkable yogurts they packed in triangular-pyramidal cartons (try saying THAT three times fast!). Emily had a little red bag that was her "tasche" for school - Ipacked fruit and other goodies for her. We all loved the tradition of "zweitesfruhstuck" in Munich, and stopping for butterkuchen or dampfnudeln. My mouth is drooling already! Love, Mary
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