When I got to Korea this time around, I was expecting the same ole thing as last time, someone gives me the book that I teach from and I throw in a few activities/arts and crafts every so often. While this is super easy work, it has no real meaning...at least not to me. My new school is a North American curriculum based school where we have units mapped out for us for the entire school year, and we make our own weekly lessons based on those units. No books, just fun and learning. I absolutely LOVE it!! I mean it is way more work, but I feel a better connection with the kids and with the actual lessons that we do because they were designed by me to cater to the needs of those kids specifically. I also have my own classroom and have had so much fun with the decorating process, which is ongoing. Here are a few pics of my classroom currently (I still have lots of work to do).
The board with our birthdays on top, class schedule,
our piggy bank (class reward), colors, numbers, rules, etc.
Our life-sized self portraits (we only had 3 kids in the very beginning).
This is my big work-in-progress wall. Currently it is littered with coloring pages the kids have competed in their free/play time and a tree that we add letter crafts to every other week
(A for apple, B for butterfly, C for caterpillar, etc.).
Our Circle Time area on the mat, probably my favorite time of the day (lots of singing and dancing)!
The door with all of our names and hopefully we will add a few more!
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