Classes - Spanish and Preschool

Since last Spring I have been teaching the after school Spanish program at Josie's school.  It has been a really fun way to SLOOWWLLY get back into teaching again.  The best part is that it is all the things I love about teaching and none of the bad.  There are only 15 kids in each class, there are no school meetings that I have to attend and no grading.  Win, win, win!!

When I started there was one beginning class with 10 students. Now I have one beginning class with 15 students and one advanced class with 9. 

 Josie is truly amazing in her ability to pick up languages.  She is pretty much fluent in German and is by far the best student in the advanced class.  She is not flustered by what she doesn't know and is able to figure things out very quickly when it is in context. She also has an incredible memory so once she has got something she's really got it!  This quarter she is taking the advanced class and my assistant in the beginning.  She is a huge help and the other students like her and respect her.  Below she is helping a group of beginning students.

I continue to work in Benjamin's preschool class once a week.  It has been a fun way to get to know his friends and observe what he likes to do.  Most weeks he chooses to play in the block area.  This particular week he and his friends took every single block out of the cupboards and built an enormous structure.   

Ta-Da!!

Of course when it was time to clean up they all got suddenly VERY tired!!