Today was our second day at the school and we had two new grades. At 9:00 we had... 30 pre-k children!!!! Oh wow. We thought yesterday was tough... I wish Alana and Emily were here to help us! We walked in and saw about 10 kids sitting in a circle on the floor, which appeared to be pretty manageable. Then the other 2/3 of the class came in! They were all adorable, but it was difficult to give direction because their head classroom teacher didn't speak one word of English!
At 10:00 we had the 1st grade kids and they were great. This was the easiest class to manage and they were very eager to learn. It was a relief after the pre-k class.
At 11:00 we had the 2nd grade class again, and boy, they were restless. We did a couple lessons out of their English activity/work book, and I really believe that they are much more familiar with their ABC's now.
In each of our classes today, we taught the "Good Morning" song that the famous Lauren Sheehan taught us in Africa. It goes, "Good morning, good morning, good morning how are you? I'm fine, I'm fine, and I hope that you are too." The kids all enjoyed learning it and we plan to get a video to share with Laurenski and Jennster : )
All our love,
Maggie and Robbie
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I LOVE that you taught them that song! I have more where that came from =)
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"Days of the week (snap snap)
"Days of the week (snap snap)
Days of the week, Days of the week, Days of the week.(snap snap)
There's Sunday and there's Monday, there's Tuesday and there's Wednesday, there's Thursday and there's Friday, and then there's Saturday!
Days of the week (snap snap)
Days of the week (snap snap)
Days of the week, days of the week, days of the week (snap snap)
haaaa!!! love it!! your posts sound a bit kunduchi-esque without all the drama! so far, i'm most impressed that you learned so many kids' names (their english names)--I like how these people roll--perhaps I'd be able to learn the kids' names the 2nd or 3rd time around without all the double consonants getting in the way! keep up the great work!!! it's so fun to read what y'all are up to! :)
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so glad to hear that you got your blog up and running. not sure if this'll work so this is just a trial comment
ReplyDeleteYEA! it worked!! it's a miracle for me! it was great hearing your voice today. what an adventure y'all are on. can't believe it's more third world than tanzania. y'all were in the lap of luxury there! great that lauren and jenny are keeping up with y'all. tell robbie to cut his pants off just below the knee! we miss you and love you both! momma and dad
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