Our latest Kids English Club meeting was delightful! The children are
speaking more spontaneously than ever, and the children’s behavior is wilder
than ever! They wrestle, laugh, and chatter, quite often in English! It seems they
are becoming fantastically confident, and are willing to take some pretty
amazing chances with the English language.
Today’s content focus was an extension of last meeting: What
I Want to Be (When I Grow Up). We played a darts game which required the
children to ask: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” and the answers
varied interestingly from what I had prepared (doctor, astronaut, pilot, etc.),
including answers like “mechanic” and “chef”, and also extended to family
members, which proved a bit too difficult (for now) because the “he/she”
structures are unknown, as well as some specialized occupation vocabulary. We
also did the geography game once again (“Where is it?”) to find countries and
capitals in Southeast Asia! The prize for the winners was real Cambodian riels.
Next, we read “Fizzkid the Inventor” (by Linda Strachan), a
very funny book with some challenging vocabulary (pterodactyl, quicksand) and lots
unknown of past tense verbs (hid, grabbed, peered, zoomed, flew, crossed). But
the illustrations were really fun, and everyone had a good time piecing the
story together in among the very noisy sound effects.
Finally we had snack time, a time for cool drinks and lots
of random Q&A. This part of the Club is always special because we can see
some very interesting, independent, expressions of language, and get ideas for
where to go in future. Also, the children have a chance to practice their
manners, of course.
We had a lot of fun today, and are looking forward to our
next meeting in April!
-Marshall
ELC, Maran
-Marshall
ELC, Maran
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