Longtime Saratogan and retired Saratoga kindergarten teacher Betty Peck held her most recent Kindergarten Forum on June 21--the Summer Solstice-- in the rambling, wooded backyard of her and husband Willys' home.
Andrea Alphonso-Gibbs of San Francisco, a mother who also organizes play group meetings and activities, gets her cloth ready to dip into a bucket of dye.
Photograph by Kathy De La Torre
These forums give teachers and administrators a chance to interact with their colleagues, exchange ideas and listen to various guest speakers on topics of interest to teachers of young children. The forums also usually include refreshments and social activities such as singing, poetry, storytelling or games.
Photograph by Kathy De La Torre
Teachers make a rainbow.
Peck began the sunny June 21 afternoon with a tie-dyeing workshop, in which everyone enjoyed tying up thirsty pieces of cloth and dipping them into a variety of rainbow dyes. The participants used their clothes at the end of the day in a summer solstice-welcoming ceremony.
Saratoga, California Since 1955
