I’m happy to report that it’s not as cold today! The wind isn’t blowing as hard and I think it’s a few degrees warmer too! I had class with the three-year-olds first. With Ángela’s class, “B” I reviewed the usual—numbers, shapes and colors. Julia had a new activity for us to do: she had cut out paper dolls (a boy and a girl) and clothes and the kids had to dress the dolls to go out and play in the winter cold. Julia said the word in Spanish and then I said the word in English and then she had one kid come up and “stick” the clothing on the doll. The words included pants, boots, cap and scarf, among others.

In 5A we talked about unique buildings: an ice hotel in Sweden, a sail boat shaped hotel in Dubai, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and this hotel in Oxford that used to be a prison. I read each of the blurbs to the class and then asked them questions to check for comprehension.

1B had an exam, so I wasn’t able to do anything really—just sat there the whole time. It was kinda funny to watch because they don’t understand how to take exams yet…it was a listening exam (super easy, obviously, at that age) and they shouted out all the answers and translated into Spanish if others didn’t understand what was said. Esperanza was just like “they don’t understand the concept of taking a test…it’s incredible.”

In 5 años A we reviewed some animal vocab. The kids couldn’t remember a lot of the words, so Espe started asking me the words…and I’m happy to report that I’ve passed kindergarten English! SWEET! In 6A we finished some MLK stuff—they colored bookmarks with his quotes on them and we listened to MJ’s “Heal the World”.

It’s about 3:30 now and I’m thinking about taking a nap. I don’t have any real plans for the night; I do need to cut up and freeze some peppers that I bought at the store the other day. Last time I forgot about them and they were nasty by the time I remembered I had them. Out of sight out, out of mind, you know?

Xoxo,

Court