Ciao!
I can't believe this semester is coming to an end already and that we had our last lesson in Claudie's class. It has been so much fun getting to know the G&P Kindergardeners and teaching them Italian! For this last lesson we decided that it would be appropriate to end our time together with a party, but we needed everyone's help to get it going!First, we needed to figure out what decorations we needed. So we took suggestions from the class: we got balloons (palloncini) and hats (cappelli) to start. Then we decided that all good parties need delicious food, so the kids brainstormed pizza (pizza), cake (torta), and ice cream (gelato). As the kids gave their suggestions we posted cutouts of the items on a posterboard that represented our party. If we weren't prepared for one of them we would draw it onto the posterboard. For each word the kids suggested, we would have them repeat it after us in Italian. Here's an example of the cake we posted on the posterboard:
After this we started asking the kids about what kinds of activities happened at parties. One of the kids suggested that we dance (ballamo!). We decided to play a FREEZE dance game with an Italian song and they seemed to really love dancing around tog
ether and freezing when the music stopped. Below is a picture of the kids dancing to the music:
Next we talked about how at parties often people play games, so we played a game of Bingo that would help everyone review what we've learned over the last several weeks. It was amazing how many of the words the kids retained, and if one of them didn't remember what a word meant, another kid at the table would remind them. Eventually a few of the kids got five in a row and were able to call "BINGO!" As you can see these kids were hard
at work filling out their Bingo cards:
After a fun round of Bingo, it was time to mangiare (eat). We brought mini-cupcakes as a treat, because honestly, would it really be a party without cake?! The kids loved it and were relieved to find that the party wasn't just
pretend! We were able to get them to say "Mi piace" (I like it) and we closed by teaching them to say "Io parlo Italiano" (I speak Italian). At the end we took a lovely group photo, as you can see below:
It has been such a joy teaching at the Graham and Parks School this semester and we're really looking forward for our final time together at the museum. We hope it's been a great experience for the whole family and we will keep you posted on how the museum visit goes.
Arrivederci!
Alex, Brennan, e Nick
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