Introducing Venus

The past two months have been so busy that I haven't even introduced my new kindergarten class. So here they are! Since my school is so clever, each kindergarten class is named after a planet; hence the name Venus. Most pictures were taken recently during our field trip. Enjoy!

   

Update on cold: The cold isn't too bad. Yesterday I felt like death, but I was actually able to get rest last night. Well, until construction began on my apartment building at 7:45 am. Even with more rest and somewhat cleared sinuses, I lost my voice today. Instead of teaching I played scrabble and word games with all of my classes.

Conversation between Gwen (one of my students) and I:
me - popped a cough drop in my mouth during a game of scrabble
Gwen - Ugh, teacher give me candy.
me - It's not candy. It's a cough drop. It's medicine.
Gwen - what?
me - It's not candy. It's a cough drop. It's medicine for your throat.
Gwen - Oh, mo candy?
me - NO! It's medicine.
Gwen - Yes teacher. Mo candy?
me - Looking at Gwen sternly. Gwen, no it's medicine.
Gwen - Teacher I know. Mo candy is Korean for cough drop.

I'm not sure if that's how you spell cough drop in Korean, but that's basically what Gwen was saying (mo candy). After I realized what was going on I just burst out laughing. Gwen is pretty smart so she also caught on and after our laugh we continued to play scrabble.