Every morning, I write my kinder kids' names on the board. They earn smiley faces for good behavior, following directions, or whatever I feel like giving smiley faces for. For every three smileys, they earn a sticker. The threat of losing a smiley face holds incredible sway over these kids. We discussed feelings in speaking class. This is a dangerous topic to address with a dozen exhausted kindergarteners. Nevertheless, we talked about things that make them happy or sad or excited. When we got to angry, I received an education in how these kids treat each other when teachers aren't watching. I also learned that Peter accidentally broke Justin's toy gun hours earlier, and Justin still was not over it. A few minutes after this conversation, Peter raised his hand. "Teacher, take my happy face please and give to Justin." Peter is my tallest kinder kid, and he's high on the list of energetic and loud students. I forget sometimes that he's also my mo...
Good to know! Does it change with DST?
ReplyDeleteAt the moment, no. I think they're considering observing it again in 2010.
ReplyDeleteI am pretty sure we are not going to start observing DST ever they love getting up in the dark to pray and go to the market.
ReplyDeleteSounds good to me!
ReplyDelete...And feel free to correct me if I post anything inaccurate about Korea :)
According to wikipedia.com I might be wrong about this one. It seems like a big change to never have heard anyone talking about it. I'll have to ask my friend if she has heard anything about it.
ReplyDeleteSouth Korea observed DST from 1948 to 1951, from 1955 to 1960, and from 1987 to 1988. South Korea does not currently observe DST. As of July 29, 2009, the South Korean government is considering re-introducing daylight saving time from April 2010.