Snow has arrived here in Moscow. Our first snow fall was October 26 during the Parent Teacher Conferences that were held at school. Needless to say, the snow didn't stick but I enjoyed watching it fall from the windows of my classroom. It was a blistering cold day. October 28 was the 'real' first snow day. I woke up to a beautiful white covered view from my windows of my apartment.
Not too many exciting things have happened since my last post, it actually has been a pretty hard month. I got a new student in Kindergarten, her name is Allison. Since Allison has arrived, the dynamics of my classroom have changed tremendously, and most not for the better. It has been a very crazy time in Kindergarten trying to get things back to 'normal.'
I did make it to the Russian Ballet and boy was that absolutely incredible. I have never any kind of ballet or dancing done so beautifully. The Russian Ballet consisted of, a Jewish wedding, Greek dance, Russian kick dance, Chinese dance, Japanese dance, a sailor dance, and many other things. Each dance was well performed and so fascinating! I cant even explain what I seen. I teared up watching the beauty of the dances being performed so perfect. I will definitely go see another one!
Twice this month I have had the privilege of going over to my bosses house on a Saturday to have dinner and play some games. This is always an exciting time because I dont have to cook! LOL My boss makes the best cornbread and she specially makes it for me every time I go over! :) I have had the opportunity to play some new games while over at her home as well as spending time with her family and making new friends! It is such a joy to have a wonderful family here that is so fun to be around and so uplifting.
I had the opportunity to go out around town yesterday with my bosses daughter and take photos of her for her senior year. We had such a blast together. I explored different things and starting with taking the brown, orange, red, green, and blue lines to get around town on the metro. We rode very steep escalators, walked thru metros, around a park, down Arbot street, and many other places. We also hiked up a huge hill, walked thru a watery mud hole, slipped on some ice, hopped over a small stream, walked by a river, and had so much fun doing it all. I also experienced a Russian Mcdonalds. Very different atmosphere, the inside of this mcdonalds was amazing and two stories. The 'drive thru' people were "walking thru" just absolutely different. Amazing to see how similar but different things like this are in another country!
I have started something new on Tuesdays after work with a small group of ladies that I work with. We now get together and do aerobics together! We had so much fun meeting for the first week but we all were so tired and sore for days following our workout. We will continue to do aerobics every Tuesday after work together, so please keep us in your prayers! Lol...
The first semester of school is done and grades are all finished. That was definitely a crazy week to get all of that finished on top of planning for our parent teacher conferences. But, I got it all done and on time! I do have a couple of funnies from the past couple of weeks from my lovely kindergartners. I asked all of my students, "What are some different kinds of people in the world?" I got some very expected answers like, boys, girls, black, brown, russians, americans... and then my youngest student yells out, "usual people- you know like the usual skin colored people." It was too cute! One more story and this has to do with my Russian student. At the end of each semester I will do an overall semester test to see what knowledge the child has gained, etc. On this test, I had to ask the child about, Top, Middle, and Bottom. I used a picture and asked the children to point to something on the top shelf, something on the bottom, and something in the middle. Well when I was testing my Russian, I asked, "Point to something on the bottom," but before I could finish my question, she pointed to the little girls "bottom" on the paper. I had to do everything I could to hold it together. Well she definitely knows what the body part "bottom" is and when I got around to finishing the question she could show me something on the bottom shelf as well! :) It was so funny and too cute. It made me very happy to see the progression that my russian speaking child has made so far in the first semester.
Our first semester as well as October has come to an end but the learning and making a difference in a child's life will continue. I look forward to all of the new adventures, stories, memories, and life lessons that the future here in Moscow will bring!
Not too many exciting things have happened since my last post, it actually has been a pretty hard month. I got a new student in Kindergarten, her name is Allison. Since Allison has arrived, the dynamics of my classroom have changed tremendously, and most not for the better. It has been a very crazy time in Kindergarten trying to get things back to 'normal.'
I did make it to the Russian Ballet and boy was that absolutely incredible. I have never any kind of ballet or dancing done so beautifully. The Russian Ballet consisted of, a Jewish wedding, Greek dance, Russian kick dance, Chinese dance, Japanese dance, a sailor dance, and many other things. Each dance was well performed and so fascinating! I cant even explain what I seen. I teared up watching the beauty of the dances being performed so perfect. I will definitely go see another one!
Twice this month I have had the privilege of going over to my bosses house on a Saturday to have dinner and play some games. This is always an exciting time because I dont have to cook! LOL My boss makes the best cornbread and she specially makes it for me every time I go over! :) I have had the opportunity to play some new games while over at her home as well as spending time with her family and making new friends! It is such a joy to have a wonderful family here that is so fun to be around and so uplifting.
I had the opportunity to go out around town yesterday with my bosses daughter and take photos of her for her senior year. We had such a blast together. I explored different things and starting with taking the brown, orange, red, green, and blue lines to get around town on the metro. We rode very steep escalators, walked thru metros, around a park, down Arbot street, and many other places. We also hiked up a huge hill, walked thru a watery mud hole, slipped on some ice, hopped over a small stream, walked by a river, and had so much fun doing it all. I also experienced a Russian Mcdonalds. Very different atmosphere, the inside of this mcdonalds was amazing and two stories. The 'drive thru' people were "walking thru" just absolutely different. Amazing to see how similar but different things like this are in another country!
I have started something new on Tuesdays after work with a small group of ladies that I work with. We now get together and do aerobics together! We had so much fun meeting for the first week but we all were so tired and sore for days following our workout. We will continue to do aerobics every Tuesday after work together, so please keep us in your prayers! Lol...
The first semester of school is done and grades are all finished. That was definitely a crazy week to get all of that finished on top of planning for our parent teacher conferences. But, I got it all done and on time! I do have a couple of funnies from the past couple of weeks from my lovely kindergartners. I asked all of my students, "What are some different kinds of people in the world?" I got some very expected answers like, boys, girls, black, brown, russians, americans... and then my youngest student yells out, "usual people- you know like the usual skin colored people." It was too cute! One more story and this has to do with my Russian student. At the end of each semester I will do an overall semester test to see what knowledge the child has gained, etc. On this test, I had to ask the child about, Top, Middle, and Bottom. I used a picture and asked the children to point to something on the top shelf, something on the bottom, and something in the middle. Well when I was testing my Russian, I asked, "Point to something on the bottom," but before I could finish my question, she pointed to the little girls "bottom" on the paper. I had to do everything I could to hold it together. Well she definitely knows what the body part "bottom" is and when I got around to finishing the question she could show me something on the bottom shelf as well! :) It was so funny and too cute. It made me very happy to see the progression that my russian speaking child has made so far in the first semester.
Our first semester as well as October has come to an end but the learning and making a difference in a child's life will continue. I look forward to all of the new adventures, stories, memories, and life lessons that the future here in Moscow will bring!
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