Day 18

Okay first I want to apologize that I havent been posting regularly like I used to...Ive been soo busy :)

So I switched schools this week. I felt kind of useless at the other school because I was only teaching like one or two classes a day. I was sad to leave the children but I really want to be of help while Im here so it was worth it. The new school Im at is soooo different and to be honest so much more fun. I teach a class every period and I am basically on my own to do it...that means no one is translating to Thai for me. Its a challenge but soooo fun! I love every minute of it! I also get to work with all age groups which is fun too...from 3-16 :) In the morning I get to play with the little kids. This morning was song/dance time. We sang/did the chicken dance, B-I-N-G-O, and something about animals in a pool where the kids act out the animals. It was hysterical. One little boy was doing the Michael Jackson crotch grab every five minutes...I was dying. After that I got to go one grade up and work with 5 year olds. I had a box and the kids could stick their arm inside and pull out an animal. Then I would say the animal name in english and we would count the legs and talk about the color and the sound it makes. Loads of fun. Then I got to go and work with a little bit older. We talked about body parts...legs, arms, toes, fingers, head etc, and then we played head shoulders knees and toes and Simon Says so they could practice identifying the body parts (yes I did come up with this lesson plan by myself!) Then I got to have lunch with the children which is also lots of fun. We wait in line to get our food (curry noodles and coconut joice today) and then we eat, then wash our dishes and go and "play." At one I had another class...and this was my favorite. They were 16 year olds and the teacher told me to teach them a song and dance. Of course they dont want to learn "Im a little teapot" or something so I really had to rack my brain for something they would be interested in. What I came up with? The Cha Cha Slide...and yes...I did teach it to a bunch of Thai high schoolers. They were super excited to learn something that almost every American teen knows by heart! :) So i started off teaching them right and left, the hopping, the cha cha, and sliding...and the rest of the dance. They loved it. We practiced a few times then I let them do it in groups of five. It was hysterical! Ill have to get the pics from the teacher and post them! After that class I had another...like 12 year olds I think and I taught them about family...mom, dad, sister, brother, pets and had them make family trees. Fun stuff. After that I went home. Tomorrow is half day so I just get to play with the little ones in the morning, go home and pack to leave for Koh Phi Phi :)

(ohhh as a sidenote...this school is also only a five minute bike ride from the hostel so thats a plus!)

thats all for now...idk when Ill write again because I am going away for the weekend again but I cant wait to update you all!
<3 to everyone!