kindergarten

I love teaching at Kindergarten <3

So today I was at Yotsukura 1st Kindergarten which is currently sharing space with the Elementary school (like the JHS was until March this year).  This is a pretty big Kindergarten so I was with Peter and Sarah.  We each had the kids guess where we are from and, of course, the first thing any of the kids shouted out was America (and non of us are from America).  They called out America, France, England, Gaikoku (Outside the country), and then we started giving hints.  Peter is from Australia and Sarah is from Ireland. When I told the kids that my country is close to America, one little boy called out France. lol  Kids are so cute :D  These kids are ages 3 to 5 so we didn't really expect them to know. 

Sarah showed them her flag and they had no idea, but when I showed them mine, they all knew it immediately. (Thank you Olympics lol).

We played with the kids in the gym for about half an hour. We danced 2 Japanese dances with them and then did the Chicken Dance. lol  The kids thought it was hilarious <3  Then we had a relay race and the Three of us ran in the race with the kids.  I raced a 3 year old so I ran as slow as I could while making it look like I was running as fast as I could! lol By the time we were done, the three of us were worn out and the kids were just getting started. lol

One little girl came up to me and said I have a tall nose, and asked if I was a foreigner. Then she asked me if all foreigners had brown eyes (because I have brown eyes). She was cute and she listened to everything I said and then promptly told me her eyes are black. I smiled at her and said that they were brown and she looked so surprised lol.  I told her that the middle of her eyes are black but around that is brown and then she told me that "and around that is white!".   So Cute!

We had popcicles for a snack and then I went to the 3 year old's room and we played with my flag and Canada hat for a bit and then we coloured some pictures that I brought with me.  The kids had a good time and some of them gave me their colouring sheets affter

not bad for a 3 year old :)

Then we took pictures and I had kids crawling all over me and asking me to lift them up over my head (they are all tiny 3 year olds so I did it with no problems :D  )  and now I'm home for a few minutes before going back to the JHS to sit at my desk until 4pm.  Lunch is in 40 minutes so I'll get back to work with time to spare before lunch.  I really want a shower but I don't really have time. I should have gone straight back to work, but I really needed to change.

So off I go, to sit in a teacher's room with no AC.  Summer is finally here and I'm already not liking it lol. oh well. I'm happy for the sunshine at any rate :D

Today has been a great day so far =D