Burlington High School AP Spanish students visited us today and afforded us the opportunity to practice our social skills of greetings, self-introductions and conversation. We greeted one another in English and then in Spanish. What happens when you bring a room full of 5 and 6 year old students together with a group of 17 and 18 year old high school students?...Lots of fun, dancing, sharing and learning!
The high school students, along with their teachers, Professors Dacey and DiCroce traveled to Pine Glen to learn and be with us. The visit could have been intimidating for either group of students but all had a wonderful time! We know that the best way to put a guest at ease is to introduce ourselves. We shared our recently produced books about what we will eat for Thanksgiving and our new amigos translated the words into Spanish.
Next we invited our friends to dance! Nothing like a fun song to help break the ice! Visiting students and teachers were very receptive and realized quickly that they needed to get to our level (physically) pretty quickly! There are some pretty great dancers in both groups!
Students broke off into various sections of the room to continue reading books together. It was awesome!
Our visit continued with more fun and dancing and the introduction of a Spanish video that teaches colors and numbers. Our visit ended with a Spanish thank you and good-bye and a desire to reconnect!
Additional high school students plan to visit with us tomorrow. We will learn another song and share more of our Thanksgiving books. Kindergartners are invited to bring books from home to share.
Also,stay tuned as we share our year in learning together....we will be working on a service learning project to help those in need in our community!
Students are welcome to bring more books to share tomorrow as additional high school students will be visiting with us!
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