Who would have thought that cute little Chinese kids with their terrible English, Chocolate brown eyes and cuddly ways could be such.. trouble makers. We were so excited to start teaching these little kids under the impression that they had the same discipline as the older children we teach. Little did we know that these kids run around crazy and don't understand a word you're saying, the language barrier is so hard to get around. We find ourselves using alot of hand motions and using chinese when we really shouldn't. wuh oh. The first week was so hectic because we were also so new at this, calming down kids and finding ways to get them to understand English. We also thought they would know atleast the basics of English but most couldn't even say hello or their own name. Some kids didn't even have a name and so we were able to name them ourselves which was fun! We all have our assignments for each class and do a five person rotation with things like arts and crafts, kitchen, shop, reading and basic English. Brittany got lucky with arts and crafts, it's one of the most toughest subjects because you have to find things to create that they have never done before, and explain every little detail to them such as scissors, cut the paper, glitter Etc. It may not sound hard but once the kids have glue in their hands they go biserk! Splashing glue of the walls, glitter on their clothes and hair, they are always so hyper. Brits room is definantly decorated with the kids projects. Good thing Brit got the privlage with this, she seems to have the most patience! Were also not allowed to discipline, were not even suppose to hug them let alone tell them to sit in the corner haha. Natty has basic English which is teaching the alphabet and constants, she gets to use games and flip cards, the kids seem to pay alot of attention to the games and racing each other to spit out the letter first. We have never seen a girl with so much energy as Natty has with the kids. Lexxy gets to read to the little munchkins, books like, "The three bears," "Hansel and Gretel," etc. and she gets to dress them up into character. She loves being animated with the kids while reading and if you happen to walk into her classroom you might find her just as dressed up as they are. The Second week was much more of a breeze because were finally starting to get a hang of it and getting to know the kids better is such an amazing thing. At the end of each class they get to have shop time, (through out the day we hand out tokens rewarding them for the English they learn in class) the usually end up getting the candy but the big talk of the school is Natty's sports balls she has on sale. Quite frankly she makes us look bad. Triton (Natty's Child) aka (Lexxy's boyfriend) makes sure that she gets a candy if he gets one in shop, such a stud. The joy of having your kids run up to you and hugging you is such a blessing.
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