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Please join us for the 1st Portland Kinder Festival: When? 20th October 2019 from 3pm – 5pm Where? BodyVox1201 NW 17th AvePortland, OR 97209 Who?Ages 3-6 With:bouncy house, face painting, singing, dancing, fairy hair& more

On June 16th the school year at Portland Kinderschule ended with a big Abschlussfeier. For that the PKS Circus came to town. There were monkeys, horses and elephants in the arena. Acrobats were showing breathtaking stunts. A magician performed his tricks, musicians played and the clowns told funny jokes. All in front of an audience of parents, grandparents, siblings and … Read More

Traditionally lent are the last 40 days before Easter starting on Ash Wednesday during which you’re supposed to fast and give-up on luxuries. So you better enjoy the last days before all this fasting starts. This is what people all over the world do, whether it’s the famous Carnivals in Rio or Venice, Mardi Gras in New Orleans or the … Read More

Do you know where Santa Claus got his name from? From the Dutch. Their name for the legendary bishop Saint Nicholas of Myra is Sinterklaas which turned into Santa Claus. And the Germans call the same person Nikolaus. There are a few differences between Santa Claus and Nikolaus. Santa Claus wears a white trimmed red coat, rides around in a … Read More

Every year in fall around November 10th or 11th little kids in Germany go out on the streets at dusk holding self-made little lanterns and singing songs for the traditional Laternenlauf (lantern walk). In Catholic regions it is also called a St.Martin’s-Umzug as it happens on November 11th which is St.Martin’s day to honor the saint, who cut his coat … Read More

Faschingsfest is a pre-Lenten celebration that is marked by many different traditions and customs throughout Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The festivities traditionally include parties and parades.  Portland Kinderschule loves to take every opportunity to enrich day-to-day education with celebration of German culture.  We recently took a vacation from our usual curriculum to celebrate Fasching with a play, games, costumes and … Read More