the mix of kids also good, as they do learn from each other, and they get on so well with each others, birthday parties, beach outings, field visits, etc
parents get together for meals
russian
bulgarian
usa
swedish
japanese
korean
indian
uk
french-belgian
swiss
italian
german
chinese singaporean
chinese hk
chinese mainland
chinese american
chinese canadian trinidadian of french creole hakka chinese extraction
in a class of 18 kids, in hk, comprised of w/ no more than 5 of any one ethnic group
all kids at least bi-lingual, some kids tri-ligual
they do seem to have a lot of fun
during my 30 min observation period a few weeks ago, jack was engaged w/ a chinese word game with 2 other kids and one of two teachers, 4 other kids were doing some english word game with the second teacher, and the rest of the kids were doing activities either in groups or on own, with a few just wandering amoungst the groups watching
all of sudden jack stood up and asked to go play soccer, and the teacher says she would walk him over to the gym
i asked the teacher later, saying "can kids just say they want to play soccer and go? too wonderful"
the answer was, jack was noting that it is his scheduled time for soccer practice w/ kids from other classes, and did per scheduling.
whoa, even more wonderful. |
