{"id":1063,"date":"2011-03-24T05:34:35","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T09:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/fcw\/?p=289"},"modified":"2011-03-24T05:34:35","modified_gmt":"2011-03-24T09:34:35","slug":"good-bye-winter-a-global-awareness-presentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/fcw\/2011\/03\/24\/good-bye-winter-a-global-awareness-presentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Bye Winter &#8211; A Global Awareness Presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Aneta Orkwiszewska, an au pair from Poland, took part in the \u201cHands Around A World\u201d program at A Child\u2019s Place at 90 Hillspoint Road on Wednesday March 23<sup>rd<\/sup>.\u00a0 She told the class of four and five year olds about the March 21<sup>st<\/sup> Polish holiday, Topienie Marzanny, a holiday which celebrates the arrival of Spring.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In Poland, Marzanna, the evil winter goddess, is usually depicted as a doll made of straw.\u00a0 At the end of winter, she is burned or thrown in the water so that Spring can arrive.\u00a0 For Spring to come to Westport, the children had to find Marzanna and lock her in a cabinet.\u00a0 To get ready for their search, each child had to perform an interactive task, such as clapping hands, hopping twice on one foot, drawing a tree and house or jumping like a rabbit.\u00a0 The class then followed the picture clues placed around the school to find the wicked Marzanna.\u00a0 After successfully locking her up so Spring can arrive, the children feasted on Krowki Milanowski, Polish fudge candies, and played a Polish version of \u201cHead, Shoulders, Knees and Toes&#8221;&#8221;\u00a0 It was a fun morning for all.\u00a0 Thanks, Aneta, for sharing a little of your Polish culture.\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-285\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/fcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2011\/03\/IMG_00011-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0001\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/fcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2011\/03\/IMG_00011-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/fcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2011\/03\/IMG_00011.jpg 909w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-286\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/fcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2011\/03\/IMG_0008-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0008\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/fcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2011\/03\/IMG_0008-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/fcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2011\/03\/IMG_0008.jpg 909w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-287\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/fcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2011\/03\/IMG_0009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0009\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/fcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2011\/03\/IMG_0009-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/fcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2011\/03\/IMG_0009.jpg 909w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-288\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/fcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2011\/03\/IMG_0013-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0013\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/fcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2011\/03\/IMG_0013-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/fcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2011\/03\/IMG_0013.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Aneta Orkwiszewska, an au pair from Poland, took part in the \u201cHands Around A World\u201d program at A Child\u2019s Place at 90 Hillspoint Road on Wednesday March 23rd.\u00a0 She told the class of four and five year olds about the March 21st Polish holiday, Topienie Marzanny, a holiday which celebrates the arrival of Spring.\u00a0  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/fcw\/2011\/03\/24\/good-bye-winter-a-global-awareness-presentation\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun-things-we-do","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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