My carpool neighbour has been badgering me to tutor his two young school age boys since I moved in next door.
I was conflicted by this on two counts:
1. He speaks fluent English: Why can’t he do it? Especially since they go to school in Russian (and therefore are learning English through Russian.)
2. If I tutor one kid at home, the word will get out and I’ll have to tutor everyone. (I learned this the hard way).
But….
-The dude has been giving me a ride to work everyday without complaint.
-I actually like the 2nd and 3rd form textbooks.
-After Novruz my schedule was looking pretty empty.
A compromise: Round up another half-dozen classmates and I will hold a primary school club on Saturday mornings.
It has been a success. We review the simple vocabulary that is in the class textbooks: Colours, Animals, House, Family, Fruits and Vegetables. We act out dialogues.
But I’m not going to lie: we spend most of the time singing songs: ‘cause it’s Saturday and all the kids involved are under the age of 10.
Now I have to admit most of songs in questions are ones I’ve poached from other places and then altered to suit my needs: Ten Little Indians became Ten Little Rabbits. And the ones I didn’t change are definitely not musically faithful to the original. But that’s OK because the world always needs a little bit more “Head Shoulders Knees and Toes”.
Even if I can’t keep the kids’ names straight.
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LOL you're awesome. I always refused to teach on Saturdays. They're kinda sacred to me....unless if it were a job I LOVED and wanted to devote every minute to it...
ReplyDeleteand YES!!! I love head, shoulders, knees and toes, my lil ones in Korea couldn't get enough of it...and I always used to pick one out and make them do it as an example in front of the other kids - after much giggling and little bit of reluctance they'd then be clamouring to do it in front of everyone else!
(singing is amazing as it acting out dialogues)
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