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It's getting better!

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Another poster on shapes!

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Even though today everything was better, it was not perfect. There was not TPR, although we moved a lot to finish the posters.

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Today I felt relaxed and children knew it, so they were also more relaxed than usual.
They liked the activities.

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If I had to describe the feeling I would say: happy & relaxed!

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Getting Ready for Class Four... The Last One!!

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Getting Ready for Class Four... The Last One!!

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We are going to learn TRIANGLE! So we'll revise circle and square.

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We wanted to listen to a song and dance, but the audio wasn't good enough so we couldn't hear. We changed the activity... but I wanted to dance!
I had to ask students to put on their extra pinafores 'pintorcitos' and it took us some time and effort.
We also made a mess with the blue paint. But I think that's part of working with four-year-old kids and paint!

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They liked the idea of jumping - TPR, and they liked painting using their fingers.
I think I'm starting to get what they like... :)

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As usual, today we started with the 'Hello' song.
Then we watched a video about the colours red and yellow. They loved it, and solved the activities (they had to point at yellow/ red things). After that, we played a game. I made a line with tape and asked them to stand on it. We jumped right or left according to the colour I mentioned. They liked it, and I ended up tired!! :)
Then we watched a video, but this time it was a new colour: blue! We solved the activity, we pointed at blue things in the class, we listened to a song, and finally we worked on a flashcard.
In the end, we painted some worksheets using paint and our fingers!

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We are going to watch a video!

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I See Something Blue | Colors Song for Children | Super Simple Songs

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Getting the BLUE things ready for the class tomorrow.

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I need to include more TPR in the class. Their teacher thinks they should move more... so we planned a game for next class.
Another thing that I need to improve is to organize the activities in a way that they do not change the seating arrangement all the time (like 'sit on the chair, now sit on the floor', 'now sit on the chair again').
There are some things that I'll have to pay attention to, but they are not impossible. I'm learning a lot!

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Today we started singing the 'Hello' song, as usual.
Then, I opened my bag and took a puppet robot that was folded... They tried to guess what it was, the results were amazing!
Using the robot we revised colours and shapes (square & circle) and introduced the new one: Triangle!
After playing with the puppet, we watched a video where they had to listen and point at the screen. They loved it, they love videos!
Then I put some posters on the walls and they had to stand up and touch a square, circle or triangle.
When we finished touching we used some cut-outs to complete the posters. They loved it!
In the end we sat on the floor and sang the 'good bye' song. After that I showed them two photos that I had printed for them and they gave me a present they had prepared -A book full of the kids' drawings!

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Today I felt more comfortable. I followed the teacher suggestions and slowed down when repeating (using the puppets) but gave them more things to do (they need to be busy all the time).
They all liked the activities and things I prepared. :)
One last thing... which is very important. They asked me to go back again! That's not good... that's AMAZING!!

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Today we had our second class together... and there is light in the end of the tunnel! :)
We started singing the 'Hello' song. Then we revised class one vocabulary using the 'family puppets'. We began with one, father, we repeated the word, put it up and down, and made it dance. Then we continued with mother and finally with baby. They liked it!
We continued with the Big Family Book. I showed it to them and then I gave them the missing family members. They helped me complete every family.
After that, I divided the class in two groups (boys and girls). The girls played with me and the boys with their teacher. The aim of the game was to throw the dice, pick the correct family member and stick it in the house. They enjoyed working with the dice.
In the end I showed them some flashcards of a story. It was simple and a boy said it was 'too short'. He wanted a longer story! :)

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There's so much to learn!

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Today we finished the family book. We included the brother, sister and grandparents. Then we played with the dices and made four families (red, yellow, green and blue).
Now everything is part of the Big Family Book!

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I made this big book using the drawings they painted in class one. In class two we are going to include more family members.
Hope they like it!

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Step 1 in the learning process. It won't be easy, but it'll be worth it!

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From coffee boxes to dices to play in class

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creating family puppets to play in class

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This is where everything started... at a bilingual school in Esquel - Chubut

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Observation... Day Two...   Part of the class

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Observation... Day Two...   Part of the class

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The second class was on a Wednesday morning, it wasn't nice, in fact, it was quite cold.
The class started as usual, with a ‘Hello’ song. Then I met ‘Robertina’, the class puppet. She’s very nice and children love her. With Robertina they talked about ‘The Earth Day’ and recycling. The topic was complicated and confusing because these four-year-old kids where not familiar with it, but it all worked well. The class ended with a poster of the Earth that students painted and decorated with colour pieces of paper.

This class I sang, danced and worked with them from the beginning until the end of the class. They are lovely!

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Observation... Day One... Meeting the children

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Observation... Day One... Meeting the children

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The first time I saw them was a nice Monday morning. It was 9.10 am, and students had been working with their teacher. We entered the class and everybody was surprised... there was a stranger in the classroom!
Their teacher, Gretel, introduced me as her friend. And she told the children I was there to learn English with them.
My first idea was to be just an observer, I didn’t want to interfere with the class. But by the end of the class, I was already interacting with the kids and helping the teacher.

On that class they learned a new colour: yellow! They worked with real yellow objects in the class, watched a video where puppets danced, sang a song and ended the class dancing.

They are beginners. Most of them started at that school this year -they are 4 years old- and these are their first English classes. That’s why the teacher has to speak in Spanish in many different occasions. But they are a very intelligent group and they learn fast!

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The positive aspects of the class are that the students understood the pictures, videos and activities. They liked them. And they also learned the vocabulary!

They loved the video that I showed them.
Another good thing is that I really want to go back! ;) Their teacher gave me some tips, and next class will be better! I learned a lot!

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The children are great. They participated in all the activities. The beginning wasn’t easy… there were bumps on the road… but their teacher helped me.

Whenever things were going the way they weren’t supposed to, she said things that guided me… like commands to the children.

We started with the ‘Hello’ song. They love that song and they are used to singing it in different ‘moods’. For example, they love singing it like ‘flash’, which means really fast, or ‘enfermado’, which means ill, so they sing and cough. I introduced a new way to sing it, which is ‘hiccups’.

Then we worked on the family members: mother, father, baby. We said the words, repeat them, point and touch the family members in a photo. After that, we made some animal families, and they painted them. They don’t know, but those animal families that they painted will be part of an activity in class 2.

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I need to improve some things. One of them, the first one and most important, are the activities. Students this age get distracted easily, so asking them to stay still while others were working was not always possible. Now that I’ve seen that, I can change the ones I plan for next class!

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Some things we used in class.
The kids painted the animals using chalk.