National Adoption Day was celebrated today at Dayspring Preschool in Tempe!:) Initially, the teacher.. Mrs. Slama... suggested I explain what adoption is to the school! Ha ha... That is very difficult if not impossible with a group of 4 year olds. We talked about it very briefly, then read the book "A Mother for Choco" which is a book for preschoolers that explains adoption. It is about a little bird Choco who has lost his mother. He looks and looks, and finally spots Mrs. Bear. She takes him home to be her child along with Hippy, Ally, and Piggy.. the hippo, alligator and pig. It is a cute story that shows how mothers don't have to look the same as their children and can even come from different environments.
We talked for awhile about Vietnam- how it is very far away- and what an orphanage is. I showed alot of photos of Vietnam in some impressive picture books I have, as well as some photos that I took in Vietnam of men driving cyclos and motorcycles, Vietnamese houses and buildings, and a market close to Jasmine's orphanage. We even showed where Jasmine was born on the map of Vietnam. I brought some brightly colored conical Vietnamese hats which the kids decorated with glitter glue and all kinds of little stick on things.
Later, we had a snack of Vietnamese egg rolls- otherwise known as "rollers" by Jasmine. They were catered by Pho Van restaurant and catering- close to our house. We also had some coconut cookies made by Donna's Asian Bakery in Tempe.
It was a fun day and a nice way to at least introduce the word "adoption" to the other kids.
Ready to go to school with her Vietnamese doll - which was her adoption day gift
decorating hats
eating eggrolls and cookies
making a turkey decoration for next week
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