Mother's Day Activity
Look at these cute kids spending their Saturday morning with their moms or dad (if mom was unable to make it). It was Berhan's Chinese/English Preschool Mother's day activity. Unknown to the English teacher it was a big event. The Chinese school had been practicing songs for the last month. As you can see it was adorable. The only part I understood was "Ai Nee" aka Love You!
After the musical entertainment the student played games with their parents. The "games" consisted of activities such as the mom's pinning clothes pins onto their child and then their child shaking them off as they wiggled like the crazy kids we know them to be.
The scariest game by far (or at least I thought) was when we were given a long piece of nylon fabric. The parent and the English teachers held onto the length of the fabric while the secretaries hosted the kid up and they crawled across the fabric! I was praying the whole time that they I wouldn't let go that NO one would let go. Luckily no let go and everyone made it across. But the question remains. . . this is fun why?
Due to communication errors we, the English teacher, were less impressive when it was our turn to entertain the parents. That was the major error we thought we were entertaining the kids aka babysitting, not entertaining the parent by showing off their child newly acquired English skills. The only good thing is that graduation is just around the corner and we will redeem ourselves. The joys of communicating in a foreign country.
Look at these cute kids spending their Saturday morning with their moms or dad (if mom was unable to make it). It was Berhan's Chinese/English Preschool Mother's day activity. Unknown to the English teacher it was a big event. The Chinese school had been practicing songs for the last month. As you can see it was adorable. The only part I understood was "Ai Nee" aka Love You!
After the musical entertainment the student played games with their parents. The "games" consisted of activities such as the mom's pinning clothes pins onto their child and then their child shaking them off as they wiggled like the crazy kids we know them to be.
The scariest game by far (or at least I thought) was when we were given a long piece of nylon fabric. The parent and the English teachers held onto the length of the fabric while the secretaries hosted the kid up and they crawled across the fabric! I was praying the whole time that they I wouldn't let go that NO one would let go. Luckily no let go and everyone made it across. But the question remains. . . this is fun why?
Due to communication errors we, the English teacher, were less impressive when it was our turn to entertain the parents. That was the major error we thought we were entertaining the kids aka babysitting, not entertaining the parent by showing off their child newly acquired English skills. The only good thing is that graduation is just around the corner and we will redeem ourselves. The joys of communicating in a foreign country.
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