teachin' english to kids

 There are these cute friend's daughters whom I'm giving english classes from the last year.
 I don't think I'm a great teacher but they happen to like the way I teach them, we have fun together and they learn pretty well. Their names are Amanda (8) and Sofía (sofy, 10).

Sofy

Sofy is a great atudent, her brain's just like a sponge. She likes so much english and she just want to learn as much as possible and now xD she's proactive and most of the time suggests activities and homework and has a remarkable ability in speaking and pronounciation. 

Amanda

Despite Amanda is two years younger and sometimes it takes her a bit more time to understand vocabulary, she is a clever, creative girl. She always have fun of something in the class and makes a relation between what she is learning and something else she already knows.

Both of them are good, intelligent kids, they really enjoy our classes and I think that's the main incentive for me to continue teaching them.

As  they  like animals and in order to capture their atention, our first class was about jungle and we saw a video called "Jingle jungle monkey" from CBBC's web page. I remember I used the word 'banana' to teach them the english vowel "schwa" xD there's still an echo inside my head of our voices repeating "banana, banana" lol, We've also worked with vocabulary cards, worksheets, games, quizes and stuff. 

May be it is thanks to these girls that I at least realized the love for teaching inside of me xP of course I know I must be a down-to-earth person, not all kids are disposed to learn like Amanda and Sofy are, but I still want to give it a try, to prove myself  I can be a good teacher. And to pass on not just knowledge, but also values and share my experiences and view of life.

And why am I talking to you about it? Cause today we started our summer classes, I was so nervous, this is the first time I give this kind of classes and they are suposed to be more funny and interactive than regular ones. I choosed the "The lion and the mouse" tail u.u but it didn't go that funny... swt, there was too much vocabulary to go through <.< Anyway, the next class we'll watch this video about the story:

These are also some pages where I pic up material from:

 - The british council embassy site

 - English for kids

So, that's it for now :3