My First Day of Classes...EVER

I do have to say I was a little nervous this morning.  I had everything planned for the 5th graders, in terms of the Alto Secreto book.  I actually recognized a few of the girls' names as girls I had taken care of in the past.  But as any teacher on their first day, you're always wondering what you forgot.

After breakfast with the little girls, I walked with them to school.  Amy met me at the school and introduced me to each of the middle school teachers.  Once school began, I went to get my first class.  All of them went very well.  The children were good.  The Maryland team sent a team member over who sat in with me.  She handed out stickers at the end of class to those students who read out loud - which was every one today!  After classes, I thanked her and mentioned that I'd see her tomorrow and then we headed our separate ways to lunch.

I ate with the little girls, walked them back to school and then spent the afternoon reading the next 2 books - one was the Spanish version of 'Dinosaurs before Dark', and the other one was called 'Help! A Vampire!'  They were slightly easier to read than the 'Top Secret' book I had already read, so moved quite a bit more quickly.  As I went through these books, I did laundry.  When it was time for supper and baths, I headed once again to the little girls' house to help out.

This evening Alina asked Kimberly if she could paint her nails.  Kimberly chose a purple nail polish with a clear sparkle over the top, and then Alina chose to paint her nails 1/2-pink and 1/2-blue with purple polka dots lining where the 2 colors came together.  She also got a clear sparkle over the top.  They had a blast!

I was completely exhausted from having read so much this weekend that I needed to go to bed extremely early.  Tomorrow will be another day of reading...but a Narnia book - in Spanish!