Colours and Fruits!
On Tuesday I had the pleasure of teaching two interesting P1 students. We were learning about colours and fruits!
"I" and "R" have such different personalities but they are so entertaining. As I had never taught them before I was
a bit nervous but I ultimately had a really good time with them! It certainly looked like they had fun too!
"I" was a bit sleepy and a little non-responsive at first but soon he was all smiles and speaking as much as he could.
He also made funny sounds and faces that had mom and I laughing so much! "Green Melon" and "Pink Peach" were the cutest as he said them with a big smile on his face!
"R" was such a champion! He repeated everything said and read to him with so much excitement! Even when I praised him he repetaed it!
His grandmother and I thought it was so funny, when he kept saying Good Job and Nice Work! It was hilarious!
He was able to remember almost all our colours and fruits together! I was really impressed!
Who knew learning about colours and fruits would be so much fun!
- Khanya (Kay) Sensei
3歳さん、英語をたくさん話しています!
みなさんこんにちは!
今日は年少クラスのお話をいたします。
3歳のKちゃん。
今年から独り立ちをし、自分の力で頑張っています。
一回目のレッスンからとてもたくさん話をしてくれて、レッスンの中でも、'My name is 〇〇!'と大きな声で発表してくれました!
色の確認のパートも、自身のクレヨンを使いながら探したり、発話を楽しんでいます。
そして、聞きなれているABCの歌も、一緒に大きな声で歌ってくれました。
また少しずつ新しいレッスンに慣れていって、自分で発表できる文を増やしていきましょう!
福田
Being New in the Big Class...
My Wacky, Wednesday class has a new face from another school. Student "K".
He seems a bit shy and I am trying to find the best way to get him more intergrated into the group.
It is a big class and I worry that he might disappear into the background. Some of the personalities are very big
in that class and I don't want him to feel pressure or feel out of place.
As a teacher with a big class and a new student, it's often hard to balance the two things.
Student "K" comes across as quiet, but I can tell he has an interesting personality!
He laughs at all the jokes from the other students and myself! I am hoping this will continue to encourage him to open himself up more.
So far I am very happy with "K" level of English as it has potential grow and quickily!
Being New in the Big Class can be very scary and but it can be exciting though!
- Khanya (Kay) Sensei
Full House!
The second week of school has brought with it some interesting challenges.
I have a few large classes and one of them is my very wacky and fun 2nd year Junior Highschool class.
It's a full house, I am trying to come up with some innovative seating arrangements to make the class seem less...crowded.
I used an L shaped arrangement for the tables and had the students sitting freely infront of them. Whilst that seemed to work, I doubt it can work for long. I wonder if I could come up with something long term and most effective to run the class smoothly. This requires more thought, but I love that my students want to be involved as well. My student "Y" jumped at the idea to help me re-arrange the class and she was really enthusiastic to explain it to her classmates!
Despite it being a full house, I thoroughly enjoy teaching that class.
The variety of personalities and the overall group dynamic always makes the classes interesting!
- Khanya (Kay) Sensei
New Friendships blooming
Amongst the cherry blossoms this week we have started to see something even more special bloom.
Our students, getting to know eachother and their teachers, and seeing the friendships begin to bloom in the classrooms.
There have been several students I`ve seen immediatly click with each other, and I could easily be convinced they had been friends all their lives.
Others are less immediate, but still warming up to each other in such a wonderful way.
I can`t wait to see how everyone will grow closer throughout this year and I want to support each and every one.
-Jordan sensei