In June, K1 did a wonderful job. They had lots of fun learning so many different things. As usual, we start our classes off with our “Walking Walking” song. Even though we do it often, the students find so many ways to make it exciting! EVERYONE does the dance and most of the students sing loudly! Once a week, I pick different students who sing loudly lead the class! They always seem to love it.
We added our “How’s the weather?“ and “What‘s today’s date?“ boards! The students love participating in changing out the cards on the board and asking and answering our board questions.
Last month, we started focusing on our days of the week and our months. We do a song and a chant to help them remember! Everyone did so well that we even had fun playing new games. 7 students would pick a random day of the week, and they would try to organize themselves. Their classmates would help as well. Once they thought they were in the correct order the students would chant the day of the child that I am standing behind. Everyone did so great!
We also practice our colors through our color shakers. We also have our fruit shakers, so every week, we alternate. The students have so much fun learning about their colors and fruits this way, and it has also been a great way to teach the students to raise their hand and ask politely for which color/fruit they would like. The students also have fun using our shakers. We’ve learned so many opposites like “up” and “down” and “loud” and “quiet.” I am so happy, and they have a blast!
We did a lot of different things last month, and the students and I made so many gestures for all of our actions. We also worked on learning how to get the rain to leave us alone! We learned the “Rain Rain Go Away” song. We had so much fun doing this chant on rainy days!
English isn’t all about talking! We also focused on writing this month. The students worked on writing their alphabet as well as writing their names. Names have been a bit hard, so we’ve been working hard to improve. We have been learning how to individually write each letter. The students have improved greatly and I am so proud of them!
We’re only half way through July, and the students are doing so well! I can’t wait to update you guys next month!!!