Elementary School

This week was my first week of elementary school classes. It worked out pretty well, but I have no idea what I’m doing. I just did a self-intro type lesson where I showed them pictures of people and things from back home. So, if you come to Japan, there is a chance that about 40 Japanese children will recognize you.

They were particularly impressed with the size of our house – I tried to tell them that houses are just bigger in America, but they insisted that I was rich. Also, they got a kick out of the fact that I drove a Honda. I taught them some grammar, and then played a card game where they break into groups, and I lay cards with the pictures on them infront of them. I call out the name of something on the card (like, “my family”) and the first one to slap gets the card. It was kind of funny watching them slap pictures of everybody. The kids liked the game, so I think the lesson went well. But I have no idea what I’m going to do for next week.