Epic Indonesian Thanksgiving

Neighborhood park adventures

A Year of Preschool

Eliana is finishing her first year of preschool in Indonesia this week. In July she will be begin Prep, which is essentially Kindergarten. But I  have to say that I am extremely impressed with the school curriculum here. Ellie started the year knowing her phonics in English and Spanish (carry over from her days at Aprende Con Amigos in Portland) and is ending the year understanding basic Indonesian, reading three letter words in English and Indonesian, writing letters and numbers, basic computer skills, piano basics, intermediate swimming abilities, and overall enhanced motor skills. Not bad! Here are some pictures shared with me from the school. Enjoy!

Puppet Show: The 3 Pigs

Puppet show: Goldilocks (Ellie really doesn’t get the whole peace sign thing here)

Art presentation

PE

House visit and storytelling by Seth

Wayang (Traditional Indonesian puppet show)

Hindu temple visit

Buddhist temple visit

Sawah (Rice paddy)

Sawah visit

Sawah visit… is that a water buffalo?

Yearbook photos in traditional Indonesian clothing

Beautiful escape

We managed to escape the chaos of Jakarta and Bogor for a day in nature. A hike and picnic amongst waterfalls was like a mini vacation.

My legs are sore, but I’m thankful to have worked them as next weekend we take a ferry to Sumatra and hike Krakatau! So excited!

Rainbow in Bogor

Barongsai!

We celebrated the Chinese New Year at school today!

It’s the little things

We got a washing machine!

And Ellie got an appliance box aka the coolest fort ever.

The Up and Up

Poolside.

Neighborhood Park