Swedish School of Boston


Smultronen

The Smultron group is made up of our youngest students. Many of the kids have older siblings that are in the other groups in the school. The kids play, sing, talk, and fool around. In the beginning of the lesson the kids, with Anna-Karin’s help, count how many are present. Then they get a chance to talk about something they’ve done in the past week. We work according to the same Silorema themes as Hallonen and Blåbären. We talk about the theme picture and review new words, do activities and sing songs about the theme. Sometimes the books we read also have to do with the theme.

We sing a lot in the Smultron group. The kids pick songs by picking balloons off a board. On the back side of the balloon is a song. During the fall we’ve sung several songs, including Bä bä vita lamm, Imse Vimse Spindel, I ett hus vid skogens slut, Blinka Lilla Stjärna etc. We sing, play, and do arts & crafts along with the Blåbär- and Hallon group.

The point of the Smultron group is to, through games and songs, develop the kids’ vocabulary and give them a chance to talk in Swedish to children their age.

Angelica is originally from Västervik and has lived in Massachusetts for 10 years now. She currently lives in Maynard with her American husband Greg, their two children, Sebastian '03 and Linnea '06, and their 2 dogs Bella och Winston. By day she works as Affiliate Marketing Manager for Sweden and Norway at Everest Gaming in Cambridge. On the weekends she spends her time driving Sebastian and Linnea to various activities or playing flyball with Bella and Winston.
Sebastian joined Swedish School Spring 2006 and is a Blåbär this year. Linnea just started Swedish School and is a Smultron.
"The Swedish School gives me the chance to show the children that it is not just me who talks that funny. It's also incredibly rewarding to be part of the Swedish School and it has helped me and the children to be more active in the Swedish language and Swedish culture."

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