Serenaded with Gifts

I thought it would be cute to post pictures of the gifts I have received thus far from students in my class.

I was feeling a bit lazy to take nice photos of them, but as you can see - the first gift is either a hot dog or a space ship, the second is a beautiful mask, and the third is a thoughtful piece of modern art.


Last week, I was also gifted with a pile of leaves, and today I was eagerly presented with a pile of dirt.
These were not hate gifts - the students that gifted them were bawled over with pride for their

masterpieces. In fact, after I was given the pile of dirt today, the student kept checking to make sure I still had it. Finally, I said "Sofia, why don't you take this home with you? I know you worked so hard on it and I think you should also share it with your family." She was ecstatic and could not believe that I was so kind as to give back the incredible gift so that she could take it home with her.



By the way, I think that any teacher that wants to learn about classroom management should spend time in a classroom with Spanish children. They are absolutely lovely, but I have never before come across such lively, charasmatic, emotional, and unaware of the phrase "Do not talk" children as all of them at this school. I am quite certain that silence or even low voices does not exist for them. They are a delightful headache, and I think it is because of the children in Spain that delicious, cheap wine is so prevalent amongst the adults.