GLOBE Mandarin Sprouts: Greetings

Friday, August 30, 2013

Greetings | News

| Mandarin Updates|
*This week the children continued to practice their color words (blue, green, red,orange, yellow, purple, and pink) during centers and calendar.
*Kids really "get it" through musical experiences. Both classes enjoy singing the "Finger Exercise" song and sing it well. I will have to share the songs with all the parents...Atlanta traffic, anyone?
*We have been counting numbers up to 100, skip counting by 10's, and writing numbers in Mandarin during centers. Thanks for all the book donations, I was able to pull many of those to reinforce the skills. :)
*Oh, and both classes had the pleasure to FaceTime my mom. My mom is a retired middle school principal and resides in Taiwan. Every child practiced their greeting with this proud look on their face. I still remember saying hello to an American in my little town in Taiwan back in fifth grade. The fact that a foreigner understood me was music to my ears. THIS is true language application. I mean, seriously. And yes, I had to stop my mom a couple times on wooing and ahhing about how cute the kids are. Focus mom, focus.

|Mystery Reader|
We had the pleasure to have Laura Beck join our class today. She had the special magic to keep the kids sitting on the rug to listen through TWO books! She rocks! Can't wait for all the future mystery readers! By the way, you are welcome to bring your lunch to enjoy it with your child afterwards. (Just make sure it's nut free.)

|News|
PIANO! I was beyond speechless when a piano was delivered to my room last Monday! I had mentioned to Amy I could take one since I play a little and would incorporate music into my daily routines. I am grateful for the donation and all the sweat that went into moving the piano to the school. Gooooo GLOBE parents!

We are officially at 22 in both classes! You know what that means? I can finally put kids in ABC order!!! (the excitement of a teacher)

|Wish List|
THANK YOU fabulous parents for your dedication and support! I LOVE getting supplies and have my wish list filled every morning. Ms. Miao has been putting lots of time into creating center games with all the fun materials you've provided. YOU are making a DIFFERENCE!

|Noteworthy|
Other Mandarin teachers around GLOBE have been quizzing my kids in the hall way. You can't say this doesn't make me sweat (a little). Anyhow, one of them was very impressed and this is what she observed in the English classroom. Girl O was tying Girl M's shoes. Once through, Girl M said, "Xie Xie!" and with that, Girl O replied, "Bu Ke Qi!" And they went on as nothing ever happened.

|After School Program|
Please email all of your ASAP questions to asap@theglobeacademy.org
I don't have all the answers related to ASAP questions, so it might delay whatever there is you need.

|Pictures|
Here are a few shots from this week. Enjoy them and HAVE A FUN FILLED AND SAFE LONG WEEKEND!

Staff Appreciate Our Admins! Really, Really. We presented them with a matted staff photo (see below) with messages and a gift card to take their loved ones out!