Today was fellow volunteer Rachel's last day at school. We headed in early to teach a kindergarten class before our regularly scheduled classes. We always see the little ones around campus but the youngest grade I've had so far is grade/pratom 1.
Since the kindergarten class doesn't usually get volunteers we were a new novelty item in the classroom. The children were full of giggles at the "farang" which is Thai for foreigners. Pitsuda introduced us as Teacher Nadia and Teacher Rachel then we got to it. We sang the alphabet song and counted from one to ten. We used coloured balls found in the classroom to review colours. The children were very good with their colour names. After our review, Rachel and I handed out 3 Uno cards to each student. We played a few rounds of my go - to colour/number game. The children seemed to enjoy it immensely. We also introduced them to the 'Hokey Pokey'. Left and right were trickier than the previously covered topics but still good fun. Pitsuda sang the elephant song which reviews the concept of big and small. Class ended with a few group photos.
Fun fact: The children are told to say "Pepsi" to smile rather than cheese. This makes sense as cheese is not something often included in Thai meals. In fact, I can't think of a time that I've had cheese since I've arrived!
Since the kindergarten class doesn't usually get volunteers we were a new novelty item in the classroom. The children were full of giggles at the "farang" which is Thai for foreigners. Pitsuda introduced us as Teacher Nadia and Teacher Rachel then we got to it. We sang the alphabet song and counted from one to ten. We used coloured balls found in the classroom to review colours. The children were very good with their colour names. After our review, Rachel and I handed out 3 Uno cards to each student. We played a few rounds of my go - to colour/number game. The children seemed to enjoy it immensely. We also introduced them to the 'Hokey Pokey'. Left and right were trickier than the previously covered topics but still good fun. Pitsuda sang the elephant song which reviews the concept of big and small. Class ended with a few group photos.
Fun fact: The children are told to say "Pepsi" to smile rather than cheese. This makes sense as cheese is not something often included in Thai meals. In fact, I can't think of a time that I've had cheese since I've arrived!
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