While I was in the south
of France I taught at a French preschool and elementary school and it was So
much fun! The kids were adorable, so sweet, and eager to learn English.
With the younger kids we
just sang songs and read a few books, but with the older kids we went ahead and
learned many other things. I taught head, shoulder, knees and toes, played red
light green light, talked about emotions, and more.
One day we devoted to family members and they
learned how to tell me who was in their family.
Another day we worked on
emotions and sang if you are happy and you know it. I even added a verse for if
you are sad and you know it. This always ended in huge fits of giggles from the
kids as we pretended to cry and sit on the floor all upset.
But my favorite day of
the year was the day in which I taught the kids about my favorite holiday of
Thanksgiving. I printed out these plates
that they could color and then proceeded to explain to all of the kids the different
foods we ate on thanksgiving and why. With the younger kids, I called them over
in groups to fill up their plates. They were all eager to draw carrots, and
peas. But when it came to the cornerstone of Thanksgiving dinner they didn’t want
to draw it. It took a lot of work to get them to draw turkey, gravy, mashed
potatoes or pumpkin pie. They looked at me like I was slightly crazy. I hadn’t
thought about it but they don’t eat those things in France. The best was the child who covered everything on their plate in chocolate... hmmm?
The older kids wrote in the words, and learned how to pronounce them in English. It was a lot of fun to celebrate my favorite holiday!
The older kids wrote in the words, and learned how to pronounce them in English. It was a lot of fun to celebrate my favorite holiday!
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