snow white class

This is my Snow White class. They are the first level of kindergarten meaning when they started school at GDA a few months ago they had never heard English. I have been told by other teachers that most of them cry the first week. I adopted them after the crying, and right around that point where all they do is repeat what I say, then say no.

For example: Teacher- "Grace, please sit down and be quiet."
Grace- "Grace, please sit down and be quiet," arms folded in protest in the corner of the room. "NO!" It's pretty awesome.

Top, left to right: Alex, Jun-Han and Jae-Hee. Alex is just about the cutest boy that every existed. He wears suspenders that tug his pants to his navel and after he uses the bathroom, has bits of shirt hanging out. Jun-Han is like a rubber band. He can't sit down and he can't control his enthusiasm, or boredom for that matter. Yesterday when I told him we were going to make chickens and pigs and hang them on the wall, he lept into the air, arms waving, and shouted "oh boy, oh boy!" Jae-Hee is shy but sweet. She is just getting comfortable with English and that deer in the headlights look I saw the first week is starting to fade.

Bottom, left to right: That is Grace. Grace always has an ouchy that "hurts many so bad a lot, teacher!" and always has to pee. She knows more English than most of the kids and is younger, but somehow only manages to utter three bits of vocabulary: no, pee-pee, and MINE! Next to Grace is Alex. He looks scared.