One thing I love about The Pea's kindergarten class -- and her whole school, actually -- is the diversity. This melting-pot of backgrounds and cultures and ideas is one of the things we love about living in the San Francisco Bay Area.
In Pea's kindergarten class of twenty children, ten are of Caucasian descent, three of Indian descent, two of Asian, and one of Hispanic descent. The other four are mixed-race children. Out of these twenty, eleven kids have one or both parents who grew up in another country. Eight of them speak a language other than English at home.
Here they are at this week's Spring Concert, looking like a bunch of spring flowers themselves (see if you can spot The Pea). I look at them and see this rainbow of children. And it makes me happy that my kids are growing up in such a colorful community.
AWWW--I love those precious moments. I bet you were so proud! Have a wonderful weekend :)
ReplyDeleteCute! ...and you sure know about her class! hehe I know how many of what decent in my son's class but has no idea about where their parents were (tho it's likely all but one were born here in the USA) and no idea if they speak more than English (other than one family).
ReplyDeleteOh, how adorable!!! :-)
ReplyDeleteHappy Weekend!
a diverse 'surrounding' is always one of the best teachers. i was blessed with diversity growing up. great take on this week's theme!
ReplyDeleteA colorful world is the best! What a great experience for your Pea!
ReplyDeleteThat's a great picture they all look so sweet.
ReplyDeleteHopefully with so much diversity these days and with schools educating for all faiths, backgrounds and cultures we will see less and less ignorance and racism.
So sweet! And, yes, it's colorful, in so many ways....your description shows so much along with the photo.
ReplyDeleteHappy Weekend.
its a colorful world!
ReplyDeletei wish im still like them heheh...
Precious. What a great take on the theme this week!
ReplyDeleteThat was a great post! I agree-people are often more "colorful" than anything!
ReplyDeleteThat is sweet. Makes me think of the line from the song..."red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in his sight.." Hope you have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteyou can't go wrong with a kid's picture....
ReplyDeleteNice photo!
Happpy weekend!
nice entry for the theme.
ReplyDeletehave a great weekend!
The Simple Times In Life
awwww .... that's so cute!
ReplyDeleteis she the one in front with the striped dress? :)
What a great way to portray the theme this week! I bet it was a great concert!
ReplyDeleteYes, a rainbow of children. Wonderful take on this week's theme. :)
ReplyDeleteLovely photo. I think your Pea is the 5th little lovely girl from the right. Am I correct?
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful children! I love kids, our neighborhood has asian, indian, hispanic, and caucasian. And I love meeting them when I go out for my walks!
ReplyDeleteTara
hi again! just read your question on my post ... about zoobic.
ReplyDeleteyup, ok naman dun. took that shot on our Aeta Trail at Zoobic. mas maganda punta kayo dun early, para yung mga tour guides di pa pagod. specially during peak seasons (like summer, christmas and lenten breaks), at di pa masyadong mainit. :)
enjoy the weekend po. :)
Unity in diversity. Great idea for the theme!
ReplyDeleteYou got the school really checked out knowing how many are from here and how many are from there. Sounds like a good school to me...global.
ReplyDeleteLovely photo and wonderful post. I'm impressed that you know so much about her classmates! Wonderful choice for colourful. :)
ReplyDeleteIt's so easy for children of different colours to mix; shame the grown-ups can't always do it as well! Lovely take.
ReplyDeleteWhat a delightful, COLORFUL picture!
ReplyDeleteMine is up!
Great take on the theme! I love the "colorful" theme - so many ways to see color in our lives. You've chosen a wonderful one.
ReplyDeleteWonderful. You had a deep interpretation with the colorful theme.
ReplyDeleteMine is up too. Have a great week ahead.
Ooops, PinoyMonsNetwork had a mommy lunch today. :)
Sorry, typo there. Should have been PinoyMomsNetwork.
ReplyDeleteA lovely post.
ReplyDeletetruly colourful
ReplyDeleteand joyous
Very nice interpretation of colorful ! Looks like the "united Nations" !
ReplyDeleteDifferent background of these kids truly are colorful. Great take!
ReplyDeleteThat is a wonderful interpretation of the theme!
ReplyDeleteWe live in a small town but my kids attend a tiny Montessori school which is fairly colorful considering the size of our community. Their "End Of The Year Celebration" looked a lot like yours!!
Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!
Looks like a nice presentation in school. It's good that everyone has a chance to meet other children and learn about their respective cultures and traditions. It's a good exposure for everyone. Thanks for visiting my photo hunt. Take care!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great photo and opportunity for Pea. My daughter has 22 kids in her class, of them, 2 are Chinese and one is African-American. Most of the kids in the upper grades (in fact I think all of the kids) are Caucasian.
ReplyDeleteIs there anything more wonderful than kids performing?
ReplyDeleteFrances
It's always nice to meet and make friends with people from different parts of the world! I hope Pea is enjoying.
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Lovely, lovely. And I'm sure the singing was too.
ReplyDeletei wish my 5-year old's class/school is as diverse are yours. he is the only non-Caucasian in his kindergarten class of 16. and the only one of three in the entire kindergarten program. sadly, there are only 3 African-Americans, one Indian, and less than 10 of Hispanic descent in the entire school of 700 (K-12). plans to move him to a more diverse school is under way...
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