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March 24, 2011

Children made great use of the shortened school day. After arrival they got right to work (omitting morning circle time). We had a student teacher come and observe from 9am-10am. Her words as she left were "I wish I were a child again!"

We painted Japanese "nature art" using red and black paint and q-tips. We also tuned the guitars and polished the bells.

New works included:
parts of the fish cards
nutmeg grating
flower poem

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