So I videotaped most of my "cola zombie" class today so you could kind of see how it goes start from finish. The camera got disrupted before class ended, but you'll get the idea.
These guys are one of my 6 year old classes (remember - that is Korean age, so they are all about 5). I'm not exactly sure how they divide the classes, some of it depends on the kid's schedule, but also they are divided by ability. My other afternoon 6 year old class only has 6 kids (the one with Billy A and Billy B from the Go Fish game video) and they are all really smart. I think that was done intentionally. So my point is: this is one of my lowest level classes, and also my most rambunctious, so we don't always accomplish a lot... but I do my best. For all of their craziness, this is probably my cutest class too, which I guess is why I chose to make the video of them.
Videos can only be 100Mb on this blog, so I split it up into five clips.
In the beginning, we are finishing up our "conversation" portion. After watching this I realized that I talk and act like a complete idiot around the kids... I almost didn't recognize myself. I guess I just end up falling into whatever role the kids respond best to. Your entertainment comes before my embarrassment though... I'd like to think they taught me that.
In the second part the kids get REALLY excited about writing W's on the board. You just never know what is going to be really fun for them. Then they rattle off a bunch of W words, I was actually pretty impressed. (Their vocabulary is decent, they just don't know how to string words together properly.) After that a game of Simon Says breaks out.
In this clip we play the "blowing game". There are many varieties of the blowing game, but they all involve blowing something across the floor. In this version, there are two teams and they are each trying to blow their piece (a plastic coin) through their respective set of glue sticks. I say a bunch of words and the first person to slap my hand when I say a "W" word gets to blow. If they slap my hand and it's not a "W" word, the other team blows. Fun stuff!
This clip is just a second round of the blowing game, and then setting up for musical chairs. Also, Kelly commandeers the camera for awhile.
The last clip starts off with musical chairs (played to "Do the Whirlwind" by Architecture in Helsinki). After that we start going over our current PM+ book. Every two weeks there is a new PM+ book that goes over a different theme. This theme was "Up and Down". So we talk about things that go up and down. Towards the end Jake knocks the camera down. Thanks a lot Jake.
Ok, this last clip is a real gem. This is one of my 7 year old classes, and they are definitely my smartest bunch. And they are graduating on Saturday! *tear* I'll definitely miss them (but not my other 7 year class, I hate them - seriously.) So I basically decided to pretty much give this class the week off. They've been really good to me, and they're really smart, so we're just gonna have fun this week. Today we watched some Tom and Jerry and also the "Kill Da Wabbit" Bugs Bunny opera in between Go Fish games. I also found out that a few of them are learning Japanese - they started speaking Japanese to each other! These kids are 7 and are tri-lingual! It's nuts!
So anyway, last week one of the kids in this class bumped his shin on something and ended up on the floor clutching his leg and wincing in pain. He was totally doing the Peter Griffin "Ahhhhh" and then the sharp intake of breath through the teeth. So then I showed them a clip of Peter doing that (once again, thank you youtube) and they loved it. (Video below for those who are not well versed in Family Guy lore - fast forward to 1 minute in).
So ever since they saw that, they will spontaneously break out into a wincing fit. They were doing it for a little while today and I ran and grabbed my camera to try and catch some of it.
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I'm glad you say February the right way, and not that nonsense Feb-ROO-ary crap.
ReplyDeleteThe kid said EVA cuz it's the other character in Wall.E the movie....so cute! Also, WON is a W word, that cute little girl should have totally gotten credit for that. Peter Griffin video is fantastic.
ReplyDeleteI love that you play Family Guy for your class. That's cute. How are you?
ReplyDeleteThings are good here. Went to the good ole QC a few weeks ago to go skiing and snowboarding. Saw your favorite couple ever. (I won't announce on here who that is).
Mark and I went to Boston and stayed with Ari and his sister Hayley (i think you met her). It was weird how many times Mark or I brought up our friend Mike who now lives in South Korea.
Gossip girl has been a rerun for the past 2 weeks so I've been a little down in the dumps. Also, we still haven't played beer die since you were in town, and sadly, I haven't seen any of the guys...Josh Matt Brett Dustin since you left either. How pathetic is that?
Well...miss ya, love ya, and will have a parliament for ya.
Yup, kids are cute. You're pretty good with them buddy. Here's my question...who is the chick in the pink shoes? Me rikey...
ReplyDeleteYour email broke? Write back dude!
ReplyDeleteA Boeing shirt? That hurts, Mike. Did I really see a bunch of six year olds read the word "helicopter?" That's pretty impressive. And I love how you tell them to "pipe down." I guess Asian kids are only quiet when you take them out of Asia.
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