Today, the Kinder 3 class gathered to start their English lesson. However, having just woken up from a small nap, they were a tad tired and needed a little pep to begin.
With a group picture enough to rouse them from their mid afternoon fogginess, they stood up and sang the “Hello song.” They clapped their hands and stamped their feet.
They stretched up high and turned around,
and, of course, they said “Hello.”
With the “Hello’s” said, the children then gave today’s date and changed the wall chart.
Though the day can sometimes be tricky, they are improving well and giving the date much faster. They did very well with the “th” sound in 29th.
Next, they sang and performed the actions to, “Let’s Go to the Zoo.” In this song, they practice actions such as, stomp like elephants,
jump like kangaroos,
waddle like penguins,
slither like snakes,
and, finally, dance like an animal.
If the children were sleepy before, they weren’t now. Excellent.
This being the final week of August, the class was reviewing the target language for the month. Today, they played Bingo. First, everyone received a Bingo card and some counters.
One child was chosen to pick a location card and everyone asked, “Where are you going?”
The child answered, “I’m going to the (mountains),” for example, and the children marked off their card. They then asked the chosen child, “Who are you going with?” The child chose a face card, said the child’s name, and that child would choose the next location.
When 3 locations were marked in a row, the person had to call out loudly, “Bingo!” and raise their hand. After each round, the children swapped their cards with each other, saying “Here you are,” and replying “Thank you.”
With the last ten minutes, the children practiced writing. First, they wrote their names focusing on size of characters. Then they were asked to write the word “bus.”
They spelt the word well and wrote the correct letter. They just needed to be careful not to write it backwards.
With that the children sang the “Good-bye song,” gave a hefty high-five to the instructor, and prepared for their afternoon snack.
Great job, everyone.