Tuesday, March 11
Gooood evening! So it's the end of the work day for me but the beginning for everybody at home, so good morning! Just finally put all the videos that I have taken on YouTube so now I can upload them onto here so you guys can see them! Feel free to show anybody and everybody! I have quite a few videos so I'll be adding them little by little. The one below is of the kids watching the Disney Silly Symphony version of The 3 Little Pigs. We are going to be doing that story as a play, so I wanted to show them the video. As you can tell, they loved it! They love any video I show them though haha. They've already learned the Big Bad Wolf song, so things are going well. Other than that, I've just been working like a dog! Always trying to put together new things to do so the students stay interested and don't get bored with the materials. On the other hand, I'm already over working, so I've been researching places I want to visit with the time I have left here. Lots of things I want to do and not much time to do it! Oh yeah, my parents and Aunt Donna are coming here towards the end of April, so I'm pretty excited about that!! I can't say I'll be the best tour guide, but I'll be the best one I can be! I think they'll really like it here, although it is quite the culture shock! I think it will be funny to hear all the strange things they encounter and compare it to how I think all that kind of stuff is normal now! The other 2 videos I put on here are of the students doing their morning exercises. It's quite a routine and I'm impressed that they even know any of it! I want to put some more pictures on here within the next day or two as well, so I'll make another entry by the end of the week. Adios!
Gooood evening! So it's the end of the work day for me but the beginning for everybody at home, so good morning! Just finally put all the videos that I have taken on YouTube so now I can upload them onto here so you guys can see them! Feel free to show anybody and everybody! I have quite a few videos so I'll be adding them little by little. The one below is of the kids watching the Disney Silly Symphony version of The 3 Little Pigs. We are going to be doing that story as a play, so I wanted to show them the video. As you can tell, they loved it! They love any video I show them though haha. They've already learned the Big Bad Wolf song, so things are going well. Other than that, I've just been working like a dog! Always trying to put together new things to do so the students stay interested and don't get bored with the materials. On the other hand, I'm already over working, so I've been researching places I want to visit with the time I have left here. Lots of things I want to do and not much time to do it! Oh yeah, my parents and Aunt Donna are coming here towards the end of April, so I'm pretty excited about that!! I can't say I'll be the best tour guide, but I'll be the best one I can be! I think they'll really like it here, although it is quite the culture shock! I think it will be funny to hear all the strange things they encounter and compare it to how I think all that kind of stuff is normal now! The other 2 videos I put on here are of the students doing their morning exercises. It's quite a routine and I'm impressed that they even know any of it! I want to put some more pictures on here within the next day or two as well, so I'll make another entry by the end of the week. Adios!
Thursday, March 13
It's almost the end of the week! I've been super busy! The school has decided that they want us to put together a play....in 2 weeks! It's all fun and games until the students don't get it together on time! And Hannah is coming up with all these great ideas but for the moment, a lot of the work is falling on me! GRRRRRR. It stinks being the foreigner teacher and having extra work to do just because they want your perspective on things. I guess it should be flattering but it's crazy! Oh well....had to rage for a minute there. Other than that, I tried centers with the kids for the first time yesterday and they did pretty well. They like being able to play the games but I definitely need to come up with some more things for them to do. Any suggestions are greeted warmly! Been fiddling around with the new whiteboard too. The students seem to really like it and it catches their attention. Just have to get a step stool of some sort because it is too high to reach up to the top! Another thing on the list. Well...here's some more pictures and a few videos of Andy eating an orange haha. I call him a pig and this is how he responds.... : )
It's almost the end of the week! I've been super busy! The school has decided that they want us to put together a play....in 2 weeks! It's all fun and games until the students don't get it together on time! And Hannah is coming up with all these great ideas but for the moment, a lot of the work is falling on me! GRRRRRR. It stinks being the foreigner teacher and having extra work to do just because they want your perspective on things. I guess it should be flattering but it's crazy! Oh well....had to rage for a minute there. Other than that, I tried centers with the kids for the first time yesterday and they did pretty well. They like being able to play the games but I definitely need to come up with some more things for them to do. Any suggestions are greeted warmly! Been fiddling around with the new whiteboard too. The students seem to really like it and it catches their attention. Just have to get a step stool of some sort because it is too high to reach up to the top! Another thing on the list. Well...here's some more pictures and a few videos of Andy eating an orange haha. I call him a pig and this is how he responds.... : )