The little ones....

I am over due on my monthly blog post. Truthfully, I just haven't had a lot of camera moments these days. So, I thought I would post pictures of those who I spend the most time with here in Korea... my students. Specifically, my home room class, which is a group of eight seven year olds (4 boys and 4 girls).

Meet Ability Class:

Every month my Hagwon (private school) takes our preschoolers on a field trip to some place or another around Seoul. The pictures from this section include a trip at the Korean Folk and Miniature Museum.

Meet the girls.... Olivia, Jenny, Alice and Elly (left to right). Here we are in front of the Korean cavemen. There is so much to be said for their personalities in just this one photo. If you are wondering what is in Elly's nose, its a sort of nose-plug used a little too often here because Korean children seem to be super prone to nose bleeds.

I've gotten used to the phrase, "teacher... blood" and can expect hearing it every other week.

The boys... minus Alun (he was in Canada). Andy, Kevin and Henry (from left to right). So we were trying to pose "tough" and show off our muscles.... Kevin is our newest edition to class and is clearly unaware of the meaning of tough or muscles.... but I am working on it.

I have a lot of great pictures of them but I just wanted to post my favorites for now in no specific order.


Elly looking up at Jenny.

Kevin and Andy. Awww.

Fountain Time!!!!!!

Alun found a feather.

Chuseok is sort of like the Korean Thanksgiving in September. At SLP our preschoolers and all the teachers come dressed in traditional Korean clothes called Hanbok.

Andy, Henry and Olivia at Yangjae Stream.

That sums up our first summer together. I have three morning classes that I teach, each for 40 minutes. After that, I return to my home room class and we have lunch together every day.

I will teach this group of children until they finish first grade in February. They are each so different and they keep me on my toes. So far the time here has been flying by..... ahhhh, to be a kids again.