Tuesday....
Today was the last day that I have to work my CWU job until January 3rd! Other than taking one weekend trip to Sorenson Video Relay Service, I will be OFF. :) I love my job and how it conveniently disappears around the holidays.
Currently I am waiting for the cupcakes that I made for Emma's class to cool. Every Wednesday I spend time with her classmates teaching them ASL. I am starting to get the into the groove of teaching. At first I was really intimidated and unsure of how to put together a lesson plan or how to keep the kids interested. Then I realized that all I had to do to keep the kids quiet and involved was to refuse to speak while I was teaching. If I am quiet and using ASL/facial expressions/gesturing to get my point across, they follow my lead and stay quiet themselves. If I try to use my voice to teach, they all start using their voices. Tomorrow's lesson is going to be birthday party focused. I'll teach them to sign the happy birthday song and I think I will use the cupcakes as a way of increasing their vocabulary around food things and table manners and and also a way to review our colors (I used a few different colors in the frosting). I feel bad giving them cupcakes so early in the day...perhaps the teacher won't let me and I'll have to think of another lesson on the spot.
This coming Saturday Ken and I are taking our first vacation together without the kids since Madeline was born (I'm pretty sure). We will be gone for 3 nights!! We are heading up to Vancouver for a day and then onto Victoria (our honeymoon spot). We'll be staying with some good friends of ours who have FINALLY relocated from San Diego (thanks Marcell and Page, California was too far away).
I've posted a couple of pictures from our day.
Emma and Madeline very pleased with their new matching sweatshirts
The Monday crowd...on Tuesday this week
Currently I am waiting for the cupcakes that I made for Emma's class to cool. Every Wednesday I spend time with her classmates teaching them ASL. I am starting to get the into the groove of teaching. At first I was really intimidated and unsure of how to put together a lesson plan or how to keep the kids interested. Then I realized that all I had to do to keep the kids quiet and involved was to refuse to speak while I was teaching. If I am quiet and using ASL/facial expressions/gesturing to get my point across, they follow my lead and stay quiet themselves. If I try to use my voice to teach, they all start using their voices. Tomorrow's lesson is going to be birthday party focused. I'll teach them to sign the happy birthday song and I think I will use the cupcakes as a way of increasing their vocabulary around food things and table manners and and also a way to review our colors (I used a few different colors in the frosting). I feel bad giving them cupcakes so early in the day...perhaps the teacher won't let me and I'll have to think of another lesson on the spot.
This coming Saturday Ken and I are taking our first vacation together without the kids since Madeline was born (I'm pretty sure). We will be gone for 3 nights!! We are heading up to Vancouver for a day and then onto Victoria (our honeymoon spot). We'll be staying with some good friends of ours who have FINALLY relocated from San Diego (thanks Marcell and Page, California was too far away).
I've posted a couple of pictures from our day.
Emma and Madeline very pleased with their new matching sweatshirts
The Monday crowd...on Tuesday this weekI'm off to frosting some cupcakes so I can get myself to bed! Tomorrow the tree should be going up!
posted by Christy at 10:26 PM
4 Comments:
That's so awesome that you're enjoying teaching. As for the treats, probably too late, but my suggestion is to give the kids the treats while you're there, but let the teacher decide when they eat them. So you could talk about the cupcakes, they could see the cupcakes, but maybe they didn't eat them until a "mini class party" five minutes before getting on the bus :) (that's what my choice would be as a teacher)
I loved reading about your teaching. Sounds like you have found a winning strategy.
Yay for the upcoming holidays!
Hope you have a WONDERFUL time away!
WOW!!! Have a WONDERFUL vacation with your sweet husband! It sounds like you guys are overdue. Do drink too much and stay up too late, okay?
So good you have a niche within Emma's class and have developed some confidence by stretching yourself a bit with a younger "crowd". I have no doubt they LOVE you.
Have you taught them the sign for diarrhea yet? or vomit? Those are my favorites! .;)
xo
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