Posts Tagged teaching English to kids

July 31, 2004 – Rugby

Posted by Barniferous in Teaching English, Uncategorized on August 16, 2014

More NOVA kids! Today I had a group of four x 4 year old boys. It was rough. I am not sure what educational value parents expect their 4 year olds to get out of NOVA kids classes.

After work I watched rugby on TV. Like most sports, it’s a lot more enjoyable when someone takes the time to explain what you are watching. For some reason, the rugby match reminded me of my NOVA kids class.

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July 17, 2004 – Too many kids

Posted by Barniferous in Kawasaki Nova, Teaching English on August 12, 2014

The entire Kawasaki NOVA schedule was filled with kids classes today. I was scheduled for three, but only had students show up for two.

I taught a 3 year old girl in one of my classes. She kept trying to climb furniture and jump on me. She also picked her nose a lot. Seriously a lot. When she wasn’t trying to jump on me, her finger was spelunking in her nasal cavity. I felt nauseous for about two hours after the class ended.

I finished my busy day, and then realized that since tomorrow is an early shift, I will be back at work in about 11 hours. BOOOOO!

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July 14, 2004 – How big is Uranus?

Posted by Barniferous in Kawasaki Nova, Teaching English on August 11, 2014

Every month the lesson plans for NOVA kids change. This month’s topic is outer space. The senior class (9-12 years old) is learning the names of planets and comparison words.

Today I had to teach the kids “Uranus is larger than Earth”. If I tried to get kids to say that in Canada I would have been arrested.

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