Yesterday marked my second day teaching at Bangkhonthii School.  The students were excited for my return and the door outside my classroom has been decorated with my name.  One student made a good luck charm, a small wooden ball with a face drawn on it, for me.

With the older class (grades 4-6) we started working on first, second and third person statements.  (“I have a blue ball.  You have a red ball.  She has a green ball.”)  We also reviewed vocabularly, practised standing to introduce ourselves and say our age, and then played animal bingo.

With the younger class (gardes 1-3) we reviewed our fruits, spelling from last week’s homework, and colours.  We also briefly introduced first person statements.  Then we went outside for an elaborate game:

Each student carried an articifical fruit that I had brought with me – some of which (the grapes) are a bit worse for wear… but they’re so fun to squeeze!  Then, one by one, we named the fruit and then wrote the name in big letters on the court.  After each student had their fruit’s name written, we reviewed them then played a memory game:

Forming two teams, each team would nominate one person to play.  I picked a fruit then they had to run and find the name.  The first person to reach it would earn a point.  It was a close fought contest, but the girls eeked ahead and won, 7-5.  Another teach helped with the score keeping.

So next week I will return with more fun and games and more lessons to learn.  I’m hoping to get the grade 4-6 group to a point where, near the end of their school year, they can do some sort of exchange with their counterparts at the primary school where my sister teaches.  We’ll see about that as we get a little further along.