My First Class-Tuesday June 13

My first scheduled class lasted 2 hours and was a nervous joy. I had nine keen and curious little students and was helped by Vicky, my teaching assistant.

The orange cloth contraption is my first innovation in teaching for the school. Its a collection of objects (bought from Wal-Mart!) that I used for vocabulary development.

I ask kids to reach in without looking and pullout an object-and then guess what it is. When each child has an object, I ask them to describe it and explain what it is to the rest of the class.

We supplemented the planned textbook exercises with a series a word games, \'Simon says\' and guessing games based on the \'magic vocabulary box\'.

After the class, I met with all the parents and (with the help of a translator) answered all questions. Most of the parents looked at me with a wall of silence with only two of the parents doing all the questioning.

Most of my classes are on the weekend with Monday as my official day off. I also have three evening classes during the week. All the classes are two hours long with a 10-minute break.