Saturday's lessons in class A1 were all about the letter L – the same letter that begins the words ‘litera’ (letter), ‘lew’ (lion) and ‘lalka’ (doll).
The lesson opened with Aesop's timeless fable ‘The Fox and the Stork’ (‘Lis i bocian’). In it, the fox invites the stork to dinner and serves him soup on a flat plate, from which the long-beaked bird cannot eat; the stork repays him in kind, serving his guest from a vessel with a narrow neck. This short story carries a moral that is meant to stay with the pupils for ever: ‘Do not do to others what you would not like done to you.’ The fables attributed to Aesop, a Greek fabulist of the 6th century BC, have for centuries been among the first lessons in wisdom that children encounter.
Having been introduced to the world of fables, the pupils learnt the sound L, which they liked very much. They practised writing it in worksheets, and at the interactive whiteboard they built the words ‘lalka’ (doll) and ‘lampa’ (lamp) from letters. Linked to the new letter, they also made wonderful wooden dolls, painted by the children, and paper lions with colourful manes.
At the end of the day, the class watched a short film about the family and the family tree, and the pupils prepared certificates for Grandparents' Day, which in Poland is celebrated on 21 and 22 January. More photos from the lessons can be seen in the gallery.
