Playing the dictionary This morning I went to work. Sometimes when I tell people that the kids I teach are really clever, they don't believe me. My kids don't need EIKAIWA. But no one believes me. My pre-schoolers woul probably find second or third grade in an American elementary school a piece of cake. As a matter of fact, they laughed at the fifth grade spelling list that I gave them.
They just got dictionaries and we are practicing how to use them. We are reading The Legend of the Poinsetta in class next week. Although it is a rather simple story, it has quite difficult vocabulary such as manger, procession, blazing, burro, etc... I took some of the most difficult words from the story and had them look them up in the dictionary. They thought it was a game and got quite competitive.
Unfortunatelly, these are not my kids, so I can't make this video publicly available on the Internet. But, if you are on my friends or family list.... take a look at what my kids can do!!!



It is crazy that they can do this. I know some middle school kids that don't know how to use an index or glossary. Although my kids don't have the dexterity to tie their shoes and still have squeaky voices and believe in Santa with all their hearts, they know the difference among the parts of speech, can do long division, and can find words in the dictionary!!!! You still don't believe they are clever? (I must admit... it is a little bit scary. The littlest one sent an e-mail from my cell phone a week ago.)  ¶ sábado, diciembre 09, 2006