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Maria Friessen is our third grade spotlight. She is 8 years old, and her birthday is December 5. Her mom’s name is Maria, so I asked her if she was named after her and she said yes. Her dad’s name is Benny. She has four brothers and one sister; her brothers’ names are Jacob, Johan, Peter, and Benny, and her sister’s name is Sara. Maria goes to the after school program, and when I asked her what her favorite thing to do is she replied, “I like to play all the game and we get to eat snacks.”
After school Maria likes to sit around her house and go play outside with her brothers. Her favorite colors are green, red, and blue. I asked her why they are her favorite colors and she said, “I like them because they’re bright.” She has some pet cats, but she said that she didn’t have any names for them yet. Maria’s favorite subject in school is math. Maria is new to Moscow, so I asked her if she likes going to school in Moscow, and she said, “Yes, I went to other school like German schools and a school in Garden City, and I didn’t like them as much as I like Moscow school.”