Hello everyone!!
This is Katrina and Kirsti and we just wanted to share with
you all how incredibly wonderful our first week has been!
Katrina – I have the amazing opportunity to be working in
the “Jupiter Classroom” also known as the children aged 5 and 6 years old.
Words cannot explain how shocked I am to see these children and their
capabilities day in and day out. They are hardworking and know exactly what is
expected of them daily. Every morning they read and write in Nepali and
English. This week the teachers introduced a new sound, “Magic E” to their
vocabulary. They also have been learning about insects and respecting the
environment they live in. I am excited to say that next week I will get to
introduce an art activity and lesson to the children related to insects. The
children will get to create their own insects with certain materials! I have
enjoyed some great Nepali Tea with snack every day and delicious lunches, read
lots and lots of books, played tag and hide and seek as well as been taken to
jail by the “police” on the playground and learned how to say the days of the
week in Nepali. I cannot wait to see what week two in my classroom will bring!
Every day after snack, the children ask me to read
stories in English to them. Today I read The Cat In The Hat and they loved it!
Kirsti- I have the privilege of working in a classroom with
3 year olds. They mostly speak Nepali, using English here and there, mainly
when talking about animals, they love farm and sea animals. They show great
ability in understanding English, as that is what their teacher uses most of
the time. Our day has a set routine, and I am pleasantly surprised at how well
they follow it. We spend a lot of the time playing inside, as well as outside.
They have been learning a new letter of the English alphabet each week, and
this week was letter F. I was able to help them color and make crafts for
animals that start with the letter F. I have finally learned all of their names
and I am making strong connections with each of the kids as each day goes on.
We have free play after snack every day which
often consists of playing with sea and farm animals. The kids love to tell me
the noises that these animals make. Here I was being eaten by a shark!
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