Category: kindergarten
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Spring Activities at Kindergarten in China
I’ve been a kindergarten English teacher for 7 months now and I can’t believe how fast this spring semester is going! We’ve been learning about pets, clothes, shapes, counting 1 to 20, as well as other spring vocabulary. It’s such a joy to watch these little guys learn words and songs and then actually use…
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A Day in the Life of a Kindergarten English Teacher in China
I get asked lots of questions about teaching English at a Chinese Kindergarten: How do you communicate with students still learning their first language? What’s your daily schedule like? Are you even working? Don’t you just play with kids all day? 😉 I thought it would be fun to answer some of those questions here…
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Kindergarten Christmas Fun
This was my third Christmas in China, and totally different than previous years! It was fun to do more activities, crafts and songs with my little kindergartners to celebrate the season. Here’s what you should do to celebrate Christmas with your little kiddos: How to celebrate Christmas in China Make reindeer hats with your students.…
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Tales of an English Kindergarten Teacher in China
My little munchkins are a source of so much joy – it’s hard to imagine not waking up and seeing their bright little faces every day. We’ve been together for three months, all of us adjusting to new schedules and new people and a new environment. We have a routine. Every day after morning exercises…
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Trick or Treat in China
I love October! The whole month feels like a big build up for Halloween – costumes and games and candy and fun, even in Guangzhou where the weather still feels warm. We decorated our classrooms and the big areas of the kindergarten to get ready for our Halloween day! I really love that the kindergarten…
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Welcome to Kindergarten in China!
School started on September 1 here in China and that’s when I became a teacher to 31 little three and four-year-olds at a kindergarten in Guangzhou, China The first few weeks of school we spent time helping the students adjust to being away from their parents and establishing a routine – showing them where to…