Freya 07.12.11

Freya arrived very ready to start the day. We enjoyed a walk through the garden, chasing
butterflies and blowing dandelion puffs. Freya was in a really positive space
and very much enjoyed Ahliah's company; the girls gave flower and garden gifts
to each other played wonderfully all day.

We spent the morning in the garden as usual, but today it was beautifully harmonious as the
girls inspired each other with water play and cooking, they walked together
picking and sat together in the penny royal mixing. It was wonderful to see
Freya so happy and relaxed in herself, as she flowed through the day and could
fully immerse herself in each activity.

 During inside playtime Freya and Ahliah found themselves in the playroom.

Freya carefully built a house with 'strong walls' and a comfy bed, she gathered lots of things
together in the house. Ahliah spent most the time cooking, as Freya built
around her and talked about the game; 'Ahliah here is a nice strong wall for
the house. Here are all our things. Ahliah I need some food.'Ahliah then would
pass Freya food. Soon Freya started calling Ahliah 'Mama' and I knew Freya had
slipped into the wonderful world of imaginative and therapeutic play.

 We did some work on our portfolios – Freya carefully coloured some of the blank
spaces and shared all the crayons so well with Ahliah, the girls ended up
passing crayons back and forth between each other.

08.12.11

Freya found it difficult to say goodbye this morning. There are a lot of big changes taking
place in Freya's life; moving house, visiting pre-school/starting pre-school,
finishing here and going on holidays. With her growing awareness these events
can become more stressful, but with the support and consistency of trusted
adults and her childhood flexibility, Freya will manage all these transitions.

Freya cheered up very quickly as Denzil and Jasmine arrived. Today Denzil had some beautiful
pictures he drew to give out to all the children as gifts.

All the children enjoyed the morning circle and sang along together with lots of gusto
– it is lovely to see how their confidence has grown and how they have been
able to enjoy so many different experiences through each other's interests and
talents. Freya is especially quick at learning new sings and verses.

For our midday activity the children worked on their portfolio's – colouring any
available space. They are very proud of their work and really loved looking at
all their photo's. There was lots of comparing and memory sharing between the
children.     

The children settled really well into an array of imaginative games; dressing up, building houses and a
water skiing circuit ($1 per ride) for the small dolls. Then there was lots of
cooking and a 'mum and dad' game started, the dolls were tended to and soon
everyone was making their beds to go to sleep. It's wonderful to see how the
children are able to use their creativity and concepts to build a world of
imagination and fun.

09.12.11

 Freya was still very sensitive today; if I wasn't nearby and busy with her she would
become very quiet and withdrawn. At one stage Freya cried, but couldn't say
what was upsetting her. I asked if it was because she is moving house and
suggested to take some photo's of her favourite places and put them into a
little book, that was Freya can always have them. Freya seemed to like the
suggestion.

Today was the last day all the children would spend the day together. We have been planning a
feast of fresh pesto pasta, honey carrots and fruit salad. We have been
watching the basil and carrots grow in our garden, all the children are very
excited to be able to pick and enjoy this feast. We came in to make our pasta
dough and rolled it through the pasta maker. We picked and washed our basil and
carrots and I prepared them for lunch.

Freya was especially happy to have pesto pasta – the recipe came form home and I think
Freya really felt as if she was sharing and contributing, it was wonderful to
see her smiling.

 Later in the afternoon we went for a walk around the garden and picked some fresh green
beans, Yum!

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