Profesora Ana (Teacher Annette)

Today, I had my first meeting with 3 ninos who are around age 5 to try to teach them some English. The mother told me I should bring games or fun activities, so I brought an ABC song, memory game, and bingo game. I also did Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes and the Hokey Pokey with them. The three boys definitely had a lot of energy, and I could hardly get them to listen to me when I was trying to explain things. Unfortunately, I don't think one of them will be able to come back next time because he didn't behave very well at all. Two of them are brothers which doesn't help the situtation. The other boy is very well behaved and gave me a kiss on the cheek when I was done teaching them. It's hard enough to get 5 year olds to pay attention in the US, let alone in Spain. I think it would be a lot of fun if they just could behave. I am meeting with them again on Tuesday and am going to try to teach them shapes and colors and hopefully play Twister...better luck next time hopefully! Tomorrow, I have my first test of the semester!!! I'm a bit nervous since it will be over all that we have learned in one class over the last 2 months in our Spanish history class. It's only 20 multiple choice questions though, so that shouldn't be too bad.