Life in a Ukrainian Kindergarten: Part 1

 This is the locker room outside of S's classroom. Each classroom has their own locker room and each kid their own locker.

This is S's locker. Translation (Hallenbeck Solomiya).

When the kids first arrive for the day, they have to change into their "school shoes" and put their street shoes in the locker. Kind of like on 'Mr Roger's Neighborhood'. They can also hang up their jackets and backpacks inside.

S insists on changing her own shoes every morning we are there.

The menu for the day is posted downstairs by the kitchen. These kids get 3 hot meals a day. Made from scratch. How awesome is that!?

Breakfast is usually a hot kasha (like oatmeal), freshly made rolls with butter and hot tea.

Lunch is always soup with bread, along with some kind of meat and potatoes and a salad. And also freshly made compote: a drink made from boiling fresh fruits.

Supper is either a different type of hot kasha or soup.