We just completed Day 3 of winter camp, and I am still alive! We’re making paper mache globes, watched the movie UP, and have been busy with plenty of role plays. Initially I thought I had to make up the role play topics and was quite concerned with filling up the whole time. However, when I arrived Monday morning Sophia showed me a lovely pile of tubs in the english classroom. Each tub has its own theme, and is full of tons of props and gadgets coinciding to it. Sooo there are different boxes full of wonderful items to role play scenes from the hospital, post office, bank, restaurants, etc. The kids love being able to dress up as the different characters and carry around fake money and have fake jobs. I’m not really sure how much English we’re learning…. but we’ve definitely been having fun!
We also had a giant snowstorm on Monday, which took the record for most snowfall in one day (at least in the past 100 years or so). It was only about 8 inches… which by Utah/Washington standards is pretty average for a crazy storm, but for some reason everything seems worse here when it is cold and blizzards. Since it never snows that much at a time, it caught everybody off guard and caused all sorts of chaos. Despite some major bus delays, I was definitely grateful to hop on a bus instead of wrestling the storm in a car, and I realized how much I do nottt miss my old Utah commute to work on the frozen freeway. This was outside my classroom mid-morning… it kept dropping huggge snowflakes alll day long! At least it’s pretty I suppose.
you are the best teacher ever!!!
also, seeeeeee your winter in korea is the pretty, sparkly, fairy tale looking kind of winter. utah is currently in the ugly stages of winter. i almost wish we would just get a huge storm with huge snowflakes so that it will at least LOOK nice outside…